The Canadian distillery Romero Distilling Company (known as Romero) set a new Guinness World Record on Thursday by preparing the largest Cuba Libre in the world, doubling the amount established in the previous record.
"It's official! Romero Distilling has broken the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the Largest Cuba Libre Cocktail! We thank everyone who made this possible. Visit our Cocktail Bar to try a glass of the Largest Cuba Libre for yourself," the company announced on its social media.
The new record of 1,000 liters for the famous cocktail breaks the previous mark of a 500-liter Cuba Libre, and according to the co-owner of the distillery, Tom Romero, it not only takes the prize for the largest volume but also for the "most delicious."
"The largest Cuba Libre cocktail recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ from Romero, which filled a 1.2 cubic meter glass, was prepared with the perfect proportion of the award-winning rum, lime juice, and cola from Romero," said co-owner Tom Romero. On its social media, the distillery thanked Calgary Glassware "for donating the cube-shaped glass in which the largest Cuba Libre cocktail was served."
"By using quality ingredients from local origin, we have not only created the largest Cuba Libre cocktail in the world but also, possibly, the most delicious one to date," he proudly stated about the ingredients used for the record mixture.
The preparation of the cocktail took place in the distillery's own facilities, the main factory dedicated to the production of rums in western Canada.
"Romero uses Canadian ingredients of the highest quality, such as molasses and water sourced from the glaciers of the Rocky Mountains, to produce its rums and cocktails. All the distillation equipment used by Romero is also Canadian-made," the company explained in a statement.
According to what is explained on their website, the master distiller of Romero has perfected a dark, amber, and spiced rum that is distilled in copper stills and aged in used Kentucky bourbon barrels.
"As the only rum-driven distillery in western Canada, Romero has given many, including myself, the unique opportunity to enjoy quality locally made rum," expressed a customer of the distillery.
In addition to its spirits, the company commercially exploits the history of alcohol prohibition and its past as a "smuggler."
"Whether I'm enjoying a bottle of their award-winning dark rum or visiting Romero's prohibition-inspired cocktail bar, I can always count on a luxury experience," added the customer.
According to the company, Romero is based on a rich -mostly untold- history of rum traffickers during Prohibition, related to the Blairmore Hotel in Crowsnest Pass. The Romero distillery encourages those who want to learn more about this history to visit their cocktail bar in Calgary.
In August 2018, bartenders in Havana prepared a Cuba Libre of about 500 liters at the IBA Pan American Cocktail Meeting, the largest in the world up to that date.
Tourists and other people gathered in the lobby of the iconic Tryp Habana Libre hotel, located in the capital of Cuba, to follow the step-by-step preparation of the drink that required 108 bottles of Havana Club 3 Años rum plus 200 liters of the Cuban soft drink TuKola, according to elsumario.com.
"It is a Cuba Libre party among all the bartenders of Cuba and the world to update ourselves on new trends and to be more professional," declared the then vice president of the Association of Bartenders of Cuba (ACC), bartender Sergio Serrano.
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