Name: Black Daiquiri
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Dark/black rum; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Black Daiquiri
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Dark/black/blackstrap rum
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

More deep golden amber than black in appearance, this Daquiri takes its name from the black rum (well, dark brown rum) it's made with. Pungent rum notes sit well with zingy citrus.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Black Daiquiri contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.3% alc./vol. (17.3° proof)
14.7 grams of pure alcohol

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István GT

13th April at 19:15

Well this has quickly gone to my favorites

Roy Leslie

12th April 2024 at 22:39

I like my rum. I used myers dark rum fot this whixh worked well. Made it again but added 25ml of Rockstar Grapefruit Grenade Spiced Rum. It combined beautifully to make a well rounded tasting grapefruit cocktail, especially if you like your stronger cocktails.

Alex Powell

29th October 2023 at 08:13

Closest rum available for me was some Pussers Gunpowder. Worked fine on a first pass, but taking a cue from a regal daiquiri by adding a good hunk of grapefruit zest to the shake kind of lifted this for me. A big spritz of lime and grapefruit essential oils at the end gives a big of additional grip which sits well with the way the overproof rum opened up.

Mael C

4th May 2023 at 18:55

Tried it with Goslings : great alternative to the classic daiquiri if you have a spare grapefruit. Nice balance between fruit and rum, less boozy than the standard version, loved it.

John Hinojos

13th April 2022 at 20:07

Being big rum drinkers, we really wanted to like this, but it fell a bit flat for us. The citrus was a bit overpowering to our tastes. It was dry which was good. After the first sip, added a 151 float, which improved it slightly. I like my rum drinks with a strong rum flavour, and this did not do that for me.

Sally Morgan

6th February 2022 at 20:13

Fabulous. Seems simple but the ingredients really work well together. Shows of the strengths of a dark rum so try it out on your favourites

Rollin Kuhn

18th January 2022 at 04:06

Hmmm, interesting. Not sure if I like it just yet. May need to tweak the citrus a bit to balance the very strong rum flavor (used Kraken). Alternatively, I may try a different rum and see how that goes. It's definitely worth experimenting with, if only to have a good option for something with rum as the primary spirit.

Michael Jones

30th October 2021 at 22:53

This was absolutely delicious and I would definitely have it again. Next time I’ll put a touch more grapefruit juice in it.

Peter Shaw

21st August 2021 at 08:03

I am NOT a dark rum drinker. But the sound of this recipe was enough for me to get a bottle of Plantation dark rum and I loved it! Nice to have something other than a Hemingway Daiquiri to put a bit of fresh grapefruit juice in. (Note: my 2:1 sugar syrup is made with Billington's light muscovado sugar - or rather, pure liquid gold). Like Betty, it is on the list! (And I am off to make another one)

Betty Pruitt

2nd February 2021 at 02:20

Not the prettiest color.....but great taste! Love being able to use grapefruit and it nicely balances the lime. Citrus forward and easy to drink....though potent. Going into the rotation.

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