--- title: Bernie Sanders Cocktail: What the Bernie Paloma Tastes Like description: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders now has his own cocktail, the Bernie Paloma, a tequila-based drink developed by a Washington bartender. canonical: https://time.com/3978957/bernie-sanders-paloma-cocktail/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-30T18:39:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:23.010Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's What the Bernie Sanders Cocktail Tastes Like og:description: It's made in part with Vermont maple syrup, naturally. og:url: https://time.com/3978957/bernie-sanders-paloma-cocktail/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f50b6728b6778cb/69885d39cd684870700a10b3/jose-andres-barmini.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Barmini is José Andrés' culinary cocktail lab adjoining minibar at 855 E Street NW in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What the Bernie Sanders Cocktail Tastes Like twitter:description: It's made in part with Vermont maple syrup, naturally. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f50b6728b6778cb/69885d39cd684870700a10b3/jose-andres-barmini.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What the Bernie Sanders Cocktail Tastes Like > Sponsored content. 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Barmini is José Andrés' culinary cocktail lab adjoining minibar at 855 E Street NW in Washington, DC. The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) and [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) Jul 30, 2015 6:39 PM UTC When Miguel Marcelino Herrera learned that Sen. Bernie Sanders would be coming to a house party he was hosting in his apartment, the Washington bartender wanted to do something special. He decided to create a cocktail in his honor. After experimenting with a mojito made with maple syrup from Vermont, which Sanders represents, and a Michelada made with a lager from Brooklyn, where Sanders grew up, he settled on something a little stronger: a variation on a tequila-based cocktail called the paloma. “In my languge paloma means dove, and dove means soul,” explains Herrera, who grew up in Puebla, Mexico. “And Bernie truly has soul. When he speaks it’s almost like he has a truly big holy spirit driving his ideas.” The Bernie Paloma is made with silver tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice and Vermont maple syrup. Be warned: If you’re making one at home, it’ll set you back a bit. For a TIME taste test, the main ingredients cost $59.36, and that wasn’t counting sucrose esters, an emulsifier that can be found online in generic form for another $15\. (Brand-name Sucro, as specified by the recipe, costs a whopping $105.) Herrera, 24, works at the swank, reservations-only Washington cocktail lounge Barmini, which is owned by noted D.C. chef José Andrés. (This isn’t the first time that Andrés has come up in connection to 2016, either. He [backed out of a deal](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2015/07/08/jose-andres-backs-out-of-restaurant-in-donald-trumps-hotel/) to open an upscale restaurant in an D.C. hotel being developed by Donald Trump after the Republican candidate made anti-immigrant comments at his campaign launch.) The drink was served at a house party held Wednesday as part of a massive national organizing event for Sanders, but it gained attention after the New York _Times_ [shared the recipe](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/30/sanders-hosts-a-nationwide-house-party-for-over-100000-would-be-foot-soldiers/) in a story. **MORE:** [_Sanders Hosts Biggest Organizing Event of 2016_](http://time.com/3976557/bernie-sanders-house-party/?xid=tcoshare) So how does it taste? Here are some remarks from our assortment of taste testers: _“Nope. It tastes like this drink from college called Skittles.”_ _“The hairs on my arms just stood up from the smell. … (After drinking) Not bad.”_ _“Refreshing. That is a fine drink.”_ Noting the lime and grapefruit juices: _“This might be useful if I was at sea.”_ All our testers recommended serving the drink chilled or over ice, as otherwise it tended to come off a little too much like something you’d get served in a red Solo cup at a college party. As it’s a tequila drink, the salt-based garnish is also strongly recommended. For those wanting to try at home, here’s the recipe: **The Bernie Paloma** _0.5 oz. Vermont maple syrup_ _0.5 oz. fresh lime juice_ _2 oz. fresh grapefruit juice_ _2 oz. silver tequila_ _Garnish: “salt air,” which is made by emulsifying sea salt, lime juice, water and Sucro with a hand blender._ ### See the 2016 Candidates' Campaign Launches  Sen. Ted Cruz kicked off his campaign for 2016 Republican presidential nomination at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. on March 23. Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul launched his bid for the Republican nomination at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville on April 7\. Supporters held signs with the slogan "Defeat the Washington Machine / Unleash the American Dream." Amy Harris—Corbis  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her campaign in a YouTube video posted April 12 that has been seen nearly 4.5 million times. One boy featured in the video boasted about playing a fish in a school play. Hillary For America  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announced his campaign for the Republican nomination during a rally at the Freedom Tower in Miami on April 13\. He took a drink of water during the speech, a callback to his State of the Union response in 2013. Wilfredo Lee—AP  Vermont Sen. 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