Cachaça Cocktails

15 drinks · Updated October 2026

Cachaça is a Brazilian spirit distilled from fermented fresh sugarcane juice. Unlike most rum, which is made from molasses, cachaça starts with the juice itself, although some rum traditions also use fresh cane juice. Producers use pot or column stills, and bottles may be unaged or matured in wood, including various Brazilian woods. In cocktails, cachaça contributes grassy and fruity cane character that works with citrus and sugar. The Caipirinha combines it with muddled lime and sugar. The Rabo de Galo pairs cachaça with vermouth, while the Batida Rosa belongs to Brazil’s broader tradition of mixed cachaça drinks.

• Caipirinha

  Classic (Brazil)

  6 Lime wedges 0.75 oz Simple syrup 1 White sugar cube 2 oz Cachaça

• Rabo de Galo

  Classic (Brazil, 1950s)

  2 oz Cachaça 0.75 oz Sweet vermouth 0.5 oz Cynar 2 drops Angostura bitters (optional)

• Sylvain's Rat Race

  Noelle Wilcox and Chris Zulueta, Sylvain, New Orleans (2017)

  1 oz Cachaça 1 oz Sloe gin 1 oz Lime juice 0.5 oz Rosemary syrup (2:1) Top Soda water

• Por do Sol

  Easy Bistro & Bar, Chattanooga (2015)

  1 oz Cachaça 1 oz Bianco vermouth 1 oz Campari 1 dash Orange cream citrate (optional)

• Brazilian Vesper

  Jacyara de Oliveira, El Che, Chicago (2018)

  1 oz Cachaça 1 oz Vodka 1 oz Lillet Blanc 1 barspoon Passionfruit syrup (1:2)

• Beg Your Pardon Swizzle

  Alex Renshaw, Drumbar, Chicago (2014)

  0.75 oz Cachaça 0.75 oz Jalapeño-infused green Chartreuse 0.75 oz Pineapple juice 0.75 oz Lime juice 3 Cilantro sprigs

• Confederados

  Julian Goglia, The Pinewood Tippling Room, Decatur, Georgia (2014)

  4 Lime wedges 2 oz Cachaça 1 oz Watermelon shrub 0.5 oz Simple syrup (1:1)

• Fog Over Rio

  Derek Walker, Ēma, Chicago (2018)

  2 oz Aged cachaça 0.5 oz Earl Grey-lavender syrup (1:1) 4 Lemon quarters

• Caldo de Caña

  Jesse Vida, BlackTail, New York (2018)

  1 oz Cachaça 1 oz Bianco vermouth 1 oz Pineapple juice 0.5 oz Lime juice 0.5 oz Cane sugar syrup (2:1) 1 dash Absinthe Top Soda water

• Cana's Caju Amigo

  Radovan Jankovic and Marko Bogdanovic, Cana, Washington, DC (2025)

  1 oz Cachaça 1 oz Amburana cachaça 1 oz Cashew orgeat 1 oz Pineapple juice 0.5 oz Lime juice 0.25 oz Feni 1 barspoon Dry curaçao

• Inside the Sun

  Sother Teague for Doom Tiki, New York

  1 oz Cachaça 1 oz Amaro Montenegro 1 oz Lemon juice 0.5 oz Maraschino liqueur 0.5 oz Yellow Chartreuse 0.5 oz Ginger syrup 2 dashes Orange bitters

• Dragon's Dream

  Raven Mina, Death & Co, Los Angeles (2023)

  1 oz Cachaça (unaged) 1 oz Cachaça (amburana-aged) 0.5 oz Aperol 0.75 oz Lime juice 0.75 oz Mango syrup 1 pinch Cayenne pepper

• Royal Port

  Joshua White, Death & Co, Washington, D.C. (2024)

  0.75 oz Jamaican rum (aged) 0.75 oz Cachaça 0.5 oz Dry vermouth 0.5 oz Blanc vermouth 0.25 oz Yellow Chartreuse 1 tsp Banana liqueur 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1 dash Pimento bitters

• Batida Rosa

  Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Bel Ami Lounge, Eugene, Oregon (2008)

  1.5 oz Soda water 1.5 oz Cachaça 0.75 oz Pineapple juice 0.75 oz Lemon juice 0.5 oz Grenadine

• Macunaíma

  Arnaldo Hirai, Boca de Ouro, São Paulo (2014)

  2 oz Cachaça 0.5 oz Fernet-Branca 0.75 oz Lime juice 0.75 oz Simple syrup