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Banana Daiquiri (shaken)

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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 2⁄3 fl oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1 fl oz Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
1⁄2 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 fl oz Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)
6 drop Difford's Daiquiri Bitters

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of banana slice.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with banana slice on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Banana Daiquiri (shaken) contains 239 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 19.27% alc./vol. (38.53° proof)
  • 21.7 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Recipe created by yours truly.

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Review

Perhaps better named a Sour Banoffee Daiquiri – what's not to like?

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Comments & Discussion

Adam Holland
Tasty! Omitted the bitters and went with 40ml of Pusser's and 10ml of Gosling's 151 for the rum - delicious! (Used Giffard's Banane du Bresil as well.)
score: 1
Florian Ruf Premium Member
Made it with Appleton estate Signature and de Kuyper Banana, which I indeed had to up a little bit to balance the rum/lime combo.
score: 0
Mike Premium Member
Wow. This is a simple but exceptional drink. The banana was present but in the background. My rum choice likely played a big part in that.

O.F.T.D. rum, Tempus Fugit Crème de Banane, Sother Teague Driftwood bitters. (Use OFTD with care! 69% ABV)
score: 2
Paul Fritsky
Used Tempus Fugit Banana to 30ml spec. Used Real McCoy 12 40ml and Rum Fire 10ml. No bitters. Maybe my favorite Daiquiri.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We love this...really elegant. For a more characterful version, we use Rhum JM (agricole) and gently nudge the banana liqueur up by 2.5ml.
score: 2
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
And yes, we know, who has ever seen 32.5ml specified as the volume for a cocktail ingredient? Oh well.
score: 2
Mike Premium Member
This reminds me of an old catchphrase we used when training young soccer/football referees: Don’t be a slave to the diagonal.

Simon, well done in getting off the diagonal.
score: 2
Patrick A.
Just made this for the first time, used all the listed brands of ingredients except subbed Appleton 8yr instead of Havana Club 7yr. I have to agree with other comments, the banana was extremely subtle at 20ml Banane Du Bresil which I found surprising. As others mentioned, upping to 30ml was an improvement and made the drink shine.
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Agreed. Many thanks to all for the feedback. I've upped crème de banane to 30ml.
score: 0
Keon Woo Koo
I think sweetness and subtle overripe banana notes from the giffard liquer nicely complements the rum. An excellent cocktail!
score: 1
Marie-Therese Straus
Really delicious and nicely balanced take on the daiquiri. I used Tempus Fugit's exceptional Crème de Banane, a cognac cask aged rum, and Falernum bitters and the result was surprisingly subtle, not especially sweet, and a really nice twist on a tropical classic. I increased the crème de banane by about a barspoon as I had an agressively tart lime. I will definitely make this again.
score: 1
Chris Lamb Premium Member
Just tried this last night for the first time with Difford's own daiquiri bitters - very, very nice. The remark about this cocktail potentially having a 'misleading' name is definitely true, for, like other user-submitted comments here, the banana element is actually quite subtle. Might work much better holistically if my expectations of this drink was that it was an aperitif, rather than, as the name suggests, some kind of dessert/digestif. Will try again with 30ml Tempus Fugit though.
score: 1
Chris Lamb Premium Member
A quick follow-up to this: I tried this with 30ml banana liqueur last night (instead of 20ml), and omitted the 10ml of chilled water to keep the volume the same. For me, this is a definite improvement as I am quite fond of banana, but at this ratio you start to get some of the underlying silverey mouthfeel of the liqueur which some people may not like, and may be somewhat un-daiquiri-esque. (Maybe keeping the water would solve this? I defer to Simon...)
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
I prefer the banana notes to be subtle rather than pronounced to allow the rum to shine. Proportions will very much vary by different brands of banana liqueur. Water may not be needed if ice is wet - striking a perfect level of dilution is part of making a great Daiquiri.
score: 1
Glen Urquhart
Nice but didn’t find banana flavour to be present, would say the lime was the dominant flavour.
Did use Difford’s daiquiri bitters.
Nice enough cocktail but a let down as banana not at all prominent.
Banana flavour more present in the blended recipe
score: 1
Christopher Day
I agree with you. I personally was not hoping for a banana-forward/sweet banana drink here; I love the plain Daiquiri and definitely wanted a Daiquiri first with banana undertones second, but the banana here was barely (if at all) detectable.

For me increasing the Banane du Bresil from 2/3oz/20ml to 1oz/30ml did the trick. I personally think with this the drink is identifiably and very pleasantly banana-tasting but without overwhelming the core of the Daiquiri or becoming very sweet.

The Giffard Banane du Bresil is magnificent (it actually smells and tastes richly of bananas, not artificial banana-sweet flavour) but I wonder if the proportion suggested is more suitable for lower grade/artificially flavoured and bright yellow banana liqueurs which I suspect might be more prone to overpowering the lovely rum and citrus? I have some Bols Banana liqueur lying around (very potent 'foam banana sweet' smell/taste) and should endeavour to test this theory.
score: 1
Zach Schwartz
@Christopher Day I agree with you regarding the extra touch of banana being good, but since this is an original Difford recipe, and he clearly endorses Banane du Brasil, I highly doubt that he would have proportioned it for an inferior banana liqueur. Some may just prefer the drink with only a suggestion of banana!
score: 1

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