Hemingway Daiquiri
Ernest Hemingway's beloved double-rum daiquiri: drier and more complex than the classic, cut with grapefruit and sweetened with maraschino.
Ingredients
- 2 oz white rum
- 0.75 oz fresh grapefruit juice
- 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.5 oz maraschino liqueur
- Lime wheel, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- 2Shake until well chilled.
- 3Double strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a lime wheel.
Origin & Story
Hemingway was a legendary regular at La Floridita bar in Havana, where he asked bartender Constantino Ribalaigua to modify the house daiquiri: no sugar (Hemingway was diabetic), double rum, grapefruit juice instead of plain lime, and a splash of maraschino for sweetness. Ribalaigua named the variation the Papa Doble; it's now universally known as the Hemingway Daiquiri.
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