drinkner
BrowseSavedBETA

Cachaca cocktails

Brazil's native cane spirit — raw, grassy, and alive — brings an earthy brightness no rum quite replicates. It's the soul of the Caipirinha and pulls its weight in the lesser-known but formidable Rabo de Galo.

2 classic recipes from our canon that use cachaca — Cachaca sits in our spirits shelf.

Caipirinha

✦ Proven classicEasyRocks

Cachaça muddled with lime and sugar — Brazil's national drink, rustic and zesty.

Ingredients

  • ◆1, in wedges lime
  • ◆20 ml simple syrup
  • ◆60 ml cachaca

Method

  1. 1Muddle the lime wedges with the syrup in a rocks glass.
  2. 2Fill with crushed ice and add the cachaça.
  3. 3Stir well.

PRO TIP

Muddle gently — crush the juice out, not the bitter white pith.

Garnish — Lime wedge

Open ↗

Rabo de Galo

✦ Proven classicEasyRocks

Cachaça stirred with sweet vermouth and Cynar — Brazil's bittersweet answer to the Manhattan.

Ingredients

  • ◆60 ml cachaca
  • ◆20 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆15 ml cynar
  • ◆2 drops angostura bitters

Method

  1. 1Build all ingredients over ice in a rocks glass.
  2. 2Stir briefly.

PRO TIP

The name means 'rooster's tail' — a Brazilian bar staple.

Garnish — Orange twist

Open ↗

Got more than just cachaca?

Tell us everything on your shelf and we'll find every cocktail you can make.

Open the bar picker ↗