Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Today we make the Hotel Nacional or the National Cocktail from the Hotel Nacional in Cuba. The drink was most likely created by Wil P Taylor or someone around him when he was the manager at the Hotel Nacional in Cuba. The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book gives credit to Wil P Taylor for not only creating the drink, but as being the final bar manager at the Old Waldorf-Astoria before it closed in 1929. It appears that Taylor then went to Cuba where he is noted as running the hotel in the early 1930s.
_recipes at the bottom of the description_
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00:00 Introduction
00:16 The History
03:27 The Historic Version
04:33 Making the Hotel Nacional Special
06:13 Drinking the Hotel Nacional Special
📝 *Recipe* 📝
5 drops saline solution
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 tsp demerara syrup
1 oz pineapple juice (30 ml)
¾ oz lime juice (22.5 ml)
½ oz apricot liqiuer (15 ml)
1 oz Stiggins Fancy Pineapple Rum (30 ml)
1 oz light white rum (30 ml)
¼ oz Paranubes rum (7.5 ml)
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Today we make the Hotel Nacional or the National Cocktail from the Hotel Nacional in Cuba. The drink was most likely created by Wil P Taylor or someone around him when he was the manager at the Hotel Nacional in Cuba. The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book gives credit to Wil P Taylor for not only creating the drink, but as being the final bar manager at the Old Waldorf-Astoria before it closed in 1929. It appears that Taylor then went to Cuba where he is noted as running the hotel in the early 1930s.
_recipes at the bottom of the description_
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🍋 *Best Citrus Hand Juicer:* amzn.to/4bU1tjY
🍍 *My Big Juicer of Choice:* amzn.to/4k5xkSE
🧊 *Nugget Ice and Tools:* amzn.to/3yH3zFe
🌺 *Cocktail Garnish Game:* amzn.to/3UQ8v26
🍷 *Glassware:* amzn.to/4bOK2SA
📚 *Cocktail Books:* amzn.to/3WwwR19
🍾 *Crew Bottles with removable base:*
Save 20% on your first order with the link below:
crewsupplyco.refr.cc/Crew-Affiliate/u/makeanddrinkvideos?s=sp&t=cp
✨ *From the MakeAndDrink Shop* ✨
Find Mai Tai glasses, enamel pins, tasting glasses, and some of my own personal glassware for sale at the MaD Shop: make-and-drink-shop.fourthwall.com
❄️ *Favorite Slushie Machines* ❄️
*Ninja SLUSHi Max*
Amazon: amzn.to/42OhZzU
Walmart: walmrt.us/48CcEyE
*Ninja SLUSHi*
Amazon: amzn.to/3VbzhTI
Walmart: walmrt.us/49HYFZk
*HiCozy:* amzn.to/4pM8VFq
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🎶 MaD Playlist: epidemicsound.com/playlist/jc578rte2ii0xcl5aaq5vn8tz7l6fv81
📖 *Episode Chapters* 📖
00:00 Introduction
00:16 The History
03:27 The Historic Version
04:33 Making the Hotel Nacional Special
06:13 Drinking the Hotel Nacional Special
📝 *Recipe* 📝
5 drops saline solution
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 tsp demerara syrup
1 oz pineapple juice (30 ml)
¾ oz lime juice (22.5 ml)
½ oz apricot liqiuer (15 ml)
1 oz Stiggins Fancy Pineapple Rum (30 ml)
1 oz light white rum (30 ml)
¼ oz Paranubes rum (7.5 ml)
