Name: Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 4 drop Daiquiri bitters

Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
4 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters optional

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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:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

For an even better Daiquiri, use 2 x 5ml measuring spoons of powdered sugar (finely ground caster sugar) in place of 10ml sugar syrup. To ensure the sugar is fully dissolved, stir the sugar with lime juice in the base of the shaker prior to adding rum and ice and shaking.

This 6:2:1 (6 parts rum, 2 parts lime and 1 part sugar) Daiquiri recipe emerged after an afternoon's Daiquiri experimentation with five of the UK's most respected bartenders back in 2010. It is a touch more citrus-forward, so it suits a fuller flavoured rum than my own 10:3:2 Daiquiri formula, which calls for a charcoal-filtered lightly aged rum.

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Variant:

Daiquiri No.1 Difford's 3:2:1 recipe
Daiquiri No.1 Embury's 8:2:1 recipe
Daiquiri No.1 countdown 3:2:1 recipe

History:

Daiquiri cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula) contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.61% alc./vol. (19.61° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

12th November 2024 at 14:40

As Tolstoy said: "There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth." I'm pretty sure that a Daquiri never passed betwixt his lips, but if I'm wrong he may have had this recipe in mind.

John Hinojos

8th June 2024 at 01:07

This cocktail never fails. Had again with a Barbados gold rum. Love the rum flavour which is more noticeable using the darker rum.

Annabelle Egginton

28th April 2024 at 17:12

I used Rivière du Mat Reunion island gold rum. Has a peaty whisky like taste. Really good in this Diaquiry. If you like rum and lime this is the cocktail for you.

Sal Khan

21st December 2023 at 14:59

Not much to add really, this so easy (too easy???) to drink, absolute yum!

Yossi Burg

2nd November 2023 at 09:59

Perfection in a coupe! My little secret is to fine strain the lime first and put into the Boston tin- then fast hard shake with ONE large ice cube and no need to double strain , just use a Hawthorn strainer and pour fast and high. Generally never get ice shards and the perfect fluffy top.
Bob's Difford Daiquiri bitters a must and I add 4-6 drops of saline. So simple, so bloody good. Havana Club 3, Plantation 3 Star a stand out- even Bacardi Carta Blanca. Heaven on a warm evening.

Giulio Motta

24th October 2023 at 08:18

I tried this with Difford's Daiquiri Bitters, and they really add a layer needed complexity to the cocktail. Loved it

Remko Desmet

13th October 2023 at 17:19

Made this just now with powdered canesugar and Clément VSOP rum de Martinique. The complexity of the rum seems to be amplified by the use of canesugar, definitely would recommend

David M.

24th July 2023 at 00:27

This works so well with a fuller flavored rum. The lime and sweetness complement the scent and flavor and of the rum, which still is prominent.

Florian Ruf

4th July 2023 at 13:52

Today I tried the version with powdered sugar and daiquiri bitters. Personally I prefer syrup and would half the bitters.

Chris Dimal

9th March 2023 at 11:06

5 star plus for a reason. Especially with Havana Club 3. The evolution starts with tartness, then goes on to a balanced sweetness before the slight esters of the rum round off the drink. A true delight.

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