Garnish:
Pineapple wedge on rim & speared Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Bacardi Gold rum |
| 5/6 fl oz | Pineapple juice (fresh pressed) |
| 5/12 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/3 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Luxardo Maraschino liqueur |
| 4 drop | Difford's Daiquiri Bitters |
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Review:
A Pineapple Daiquiri with an added something – a touch of flavoursome ash-aged maraschino liqueur. When garnishing the pineapple may be optional but the cherry is a must-have.
Variant:
Served in an old-fashioned glass over crushed ice (with and additional 2.5ml maraschino liqueur and 2.5ml more sugar syrup).
Nutrition:
One serving of Havana Special contains 167 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 17.01% alc./vol. (34.02° proof)
- 17.4 grams of pure alcohol
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