Hemingway Daiquiri

Name: Hemingway Daiquiri
Ingredients: 2 oz White Rum (Ideally a Cuban-style white rum); 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 0.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice (Ruby red or white grapefruit); 0.5 oz Maraschino Liqueur (Luxardo is the standard)

A sophisticated twist on the classic Daiquiri, famously preferred by Ernest Hemingway at El Floridita in Havana. It swaps sugar for grapefruit juice and maraschino liqueur, resulting in a drier, more complex, and bracingly refreshing cocktail.

Base

rum

Difficulty

Medium

Glass

coupe

Strength

medium

Ingredients

2 ozWhite Rum(Ideally a Cuban-style white rum)
0.75 ozFresh Lime Juice
0.5 ozFresh Grapefruit Juice(Ruby red or white grapefruit)
0.5 ozMaraschino Liqueur(Luxardo is the standard)

Garnish: Lime wheel or grapefruit twist

Instructions

1Add the rum, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and maraschino liqueur into a shaker with ice.
2Shake vigorously until well-chilled.
3Double strain into a chilled coupe glass.