Mixology 101: Panorama.
The Panorama cocktail has been recently created by Sergey Slesarenok, a leading Belarusian Bartender for the BLGCC 2017 (Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition).
Sergey’s inspiration for the Panorama came when he stumbled across an old Bacardi poster. It showed Buzz Aldrin in swimming trunks, swim fins and a space suit in a role of a diver on the Mars. The Artist’s task was to add a bit of tropics in unusual situations. This poster is one of the most prominent among a series of works Just add Bacardi. A panoramic picture taken by NASA agency was used to create this particular poster. The ingredient that shines through the most in the Panorama is the romaine lettuce. The choice for using lettuce Sergey says was not accidental. Ramain Lettuche is the first plant, which was grown on a near-earth orbit as part of an expedition to Mars. Panorama cocktail has a unique story that links together the past of Bacardi company and the future of a whole mankind... Let’s learn how to make it.
We will start with placing 20 grams (about two big leaves) of romaine lettuce into the bottom of our shaker tin.
To that we will add 20ml of sugar syrup.
Muddle the sugar into the lettuce. The gentle press will release all the flavour from the lettuce and incorporate it into the sugars.
Once we have done that we can add the rest of the ingredients which is as follows...
30ml of fresh pineapple juice. You can use a good quality bottled juice but if you have the possibility to get your hands on freshly pressed pineapple juice it does make a huge difference! A centrifugal juicer does the trick!
To balance out the sweetness, 15ml of lime juice. Cut it in half and squeeze it in!
To add a gentle touch of bitterness we follow with 10ml of Campari Bitter. Adding herbal and fruit notes as well as slightly tinting the colour of the cocktail.
And last but not least the star of the show, we pour in 50ml of Barcardi Carta Blanca into our shaker tin. You could use other good quality white rum if unavailable but this is a Bacardi Legacy cocktail so using Bacardi is the way foreward.
Add ice and shake! Giving it a nice hard shake incorporates the ingredients, chills the drink, and dilates it to lower the alcohol percentage making it more enjoyable to sip while you are on the beach or on the moon!
Double strain it onto fresh ice cubes in a highball glass.
Garnish with a lime wheel! And enjoy!
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