Name: Santiago Daiquiri
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Grenadine syrup; 10 ml Chilled water

Santiago Daiquiri
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Photographed in a Michelangelo Coppa 225ml

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This Daiquiri is particularly delicate in its balance between sweet and sour.

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Variant:

Made with Bacardi rum and lime (rather than lemon) and this becomes the Bacardi Cocktail

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

SANTIAGO COCKTAIL.
2 Dashes Grenadine.
2 Dashes Lemon Juice.
1 Glass Bacardi Rum.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Santiago Daiquiri contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.58% alc./vol. (18.58° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

9th March at 01:30

I made the recipe above and was super less than impressed. Too muddy... Made it again by stirring in-glass, not chilled, based on the Craddock recipe. My take used 5 ml each grenadine and lemon juice and 2 oz Bacardi. Better, but still lacking... Not much of a Daiquri.

Miguel Perales

11th July 2023 at 21:44

Just slightly citrus forward, but I don't mind. Use a good quality rum because it is very prominent. Overall, nice and refreshing for a hot summer day.

Florian Ruf

25th July 2022 at 13:56

Very tasty and simple cocktail for a hot summer afternoon. I upped the Grenadine syrup to 2,25 cl, but can't tell whether it is because of my products or our tastebuds ;-)).

Simon Difford

26th July 2022 at 14:16

My original recipe was indeed way too sour. I've reduced the lemon and rebalanced.

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