Aged Honey Daiquiri

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (144 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
12 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
13 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Rich, flavoursome honey replaces sugar syrup in this delicious Daiquiri. The fuller the honey, perhaps the bigger the rum.

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History:

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Nutrition:

One serving of Aged Honey Daiquiri contains 209 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 17.65% alc./vol. (17.65° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Helge Syversen’s Avatar Helge Syversen
15th February at 16:37
I used Flor De Cana 7 years rum and local "grown" honey.
And found this cocktail to improve a lot after 5-6 minutes in Nick&Nora glasses. I think the shaking added bubbles
Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
10th December 2024 at 14:23
Excellent cocktail! I had only Havana Club Especial available, sorrily this rum is too light to balance the honey.
狐狸 屑’s Avatar 狐狸 屑
30th June 2024 at 12:35
稍微有点甜,蜂蜜糖浆我使用了10ml
Mike Ummels’ Avatar Mike Ummels
9th September 2023 at 11:23
To my taste the 15ml of 3/1 honey syrup was a bit too much, too sweet… perhaps the honey I used was too fragrant. Otherwise, absolutely amazing! I used Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva and the character of the rum really came through
17th November 2023 at 00:41
Maybe the problem is with the rum, considering that the Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva is quite sweet.
Lora Bryant’s Avatar Lora Bryant
23rd July 2023 at 00:05
Loved this after adding 1/4 ounce Cointreau.
Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
20th June 2023 at 17:15
Oh wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Just splendid. Using Appleton Estate Reserve Blend, I'm tasting just hints of the funk making it so balanced. The rich honey and the lime are already a match made in heaven. Delightful. Absolutely deserving the 5 stars.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
5th October 2022 at 01:19
Used half slightly overproof Caribbean blend rum and half 8 year Jamaican rum. The extra hit of proof and Jamaican funk tamed down the sweetness. Was wonderful.
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14th January 2022 at 18:48
Perfectly balanced, it is great with Bacardi 8, and probably great with other rums if you experiment a bit. 5 stars for me!
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
18th June 2021 at 20:40
Bacardi 8, 3:1 honey... I'm immediately leaning more toward a Appleton Estate 12 or something a touch more dark. Balance is nice though.
26th July 2020 at 21:56
Really nice way to taste the spices in the diplomatico. I also made a version with agave syrup instead of honey