White Cuba Libre recipe
White rum, lime juice and cola, built over ice in a highball glass, garnished with a slice of lime.
By Kris Barton · Updated - 2 mins total
- 4 ingredients
- Highball glass
What Ingredients do you need to make a White Cuba Libre?
White Rum
All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.
Rum is usually aged, and the container it’s aged in has a big say in its colour.
In bourbon or other wooden casks, the rum turns a dark brown colour, but in stainless steel tanks it stays colourless. Rum that’s been aged in wood can also be filtered to take the colour out.
White Rum is clear because it’s aged in stainless steel, or filtered after ageing.
Pretty cool, huh?
What Equipment do you need to make a White Cuba Libre?
Highball Glass
Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.
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Recipe card
White Cuba Libre
- Prep
- 1 min
- Making
- 1 min
- Total
- 2 mins
- Serves
- 1
- Glass
- Highball glass
Ingredients
Makes 1 drink.
Method
- Add ice, white rum, lime juice, and cola to a highball glass.
- Garnish with a slice of lime.
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White Cuba Libre FAQs
What Ingredients do you need to make a White Cuba Libre?
To make a White Cuba Libre, you need 50ml / 1.7oz white rum, 10ml / 0.3oz lime juice and 120ml / 4.1oz cola, plus a slice of lime to garnish. There’s more about white rum above.
What Equipment do you need to make a White Cuba Libre?
You’ll need a highball glass.
What alcohol is in a White Cuba Libre?
The only alcohol in a White Cuba Libre is white rum: 50ml / 1.7oz.
Is a White Cuba Libre shaken or stirred?
Neither. A White Cuba Libre is built straight in a highball glass: pour the ingredients over ice and serve. No shaker needed.
What glass is a White Cuba Libre served in?
Serve a White Cuba Libre in a highball glass.
How do you garnish a White Cuba Libre?
Garnish a White Cuba Libre with a slice of lime.
How do I make a White Cuba Libre for a group?
The recipe makes one drink. Multiply every measure by the number of drinks you want: for 4, you’d need 200ml white rum, 40ml lime juice and 480ml cola. Build each drink in its own glass.
