How to Make the Cuba Libre Cocktail from ‘Cocktail’


In the latest episode of cocktail enthusiast Nick Fisher’s “Recreated” series, Nick demonstrates how to make a movie accurate version and an improved version of the Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) cocktail that tripped up on Tom Cruise in the classic 1988 comedy-drama film, Cocktail.

“The movie “Cocktail” from 1988 showed what happens when you put Tom Cruise’s manic energy behind the bar of a TGI Fridays. Before he mastered his sick flare bartending moves, he got stumped by the Cuba Libre. Let’s learn the original recipe and then a next-level rum & cola.”

Previous episode: The Dude’s White Russian Cocktail from ‘The Big Lebowski’