Name: Daiquiri No. 5 (Pink Daiquiri)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

1/2 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

1/6 fl oz

Monin Grenadine Syrup

1/6 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1/3 fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Daiquiri No. 5 (Pink Daiquiri) contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.81% alc./vol. (35.62° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by Constantino "Constante" Ribalaïgua Vert, who owned and bartended at Havana's famous El Floridita from 1918 to 1952. The Daiquiri No. 5, also known as the Pink Daiquiri due to its hue, appears in the 1939 edition of his bar's Cocktails Bar La Florida cocktail menu book.

Daiquiri No. 5
(Pink)
2 Ounces Bacardí.
1 Spoonful Sugar.
1 Teaspoonful Marraschino.
1 Teaspoonful Grenadine Syrup.
Juice ½ Lemon.
Shake with cracked ice.
Serve frappe.

Cocktails Bar La Florida, 1939

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Takes one to the fringes of what makes a Daiquiri. I used my reliable Morgenthaler grenadine, in addition to my house/base white rum Bacardi CB... I'm curious where I can go with this...

Beverly Stanton 2y

I find this very balanced. I am just getting a blast of the grenadine at the end. Will make again.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

Using store bought grenadine syrup, I would suggest to use grenadine also instead of the sugar syrup and maybe reduce the maraschino a little bit, because the taste is very dominant.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 3y

A very citrus forward cocktail that finishes with the grenadine. To me it was not on the sweet side at all, and I can see the bubblegum flavor mentioned before.