Hemingway Special Daiquiri (Papa Doble)
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Hemingway Special Daiquiri (Papa Doble)
Serve in a Martini (large 10oz) glass
| 3 1⁄2 oz | Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column) |
| 1 oz | Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 3⁄4 oz | Luxardo Maraschino liqueur |
| 1 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a MARTINI (LARGE 10OZ) GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry &/or lime wedge/wheel.
How to make:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- Garnish with mraschino cherry &/or lime wedge/wheel.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
This cocktail is also known as a Papa Doble for good reason; it's twice the size of a regular cocktail. Hence, the above recipe will fill one oversized Martini or two regular coupe glasses.
If you've a bone dry palate and would like to sample a proper Hemingway Special, without the addition of sugar, then try the following authentic recipe given to me by Alejandro Bolívar Rodriguez, Head Bartender at El Floridita in Havana, Cuba, where this cocktail is blended and not shaken. Indeed, blending rather than shaking Daiquiris is the default at El Floridita.
Daiquiri Hemingway (El Floridita's recipe)
Glass: Hurricane
Garnish: Straw
Method: BLEND all ingredients with crushed ice for five seconds.
90ml (3oz) Light Cuban rum
5ml (1 spoon) Maraschino liqueur
30ml (1oz) Grapefruit juice
15ml (½oz) Lime juice
AKA: Papa Doble Daiquiri
History:
Created by Constantino (Constante) Ribalaigua Vert, the legendary head bartender of El Floridita, Havana, Cuba for Ernest Hemingway, after the great man wandered into the bar to use the toilet. When Hemingway tried the Floridita's standard frozen Daiquiri, he is quoted as saying, "That's good but I prefer it without sugar and with double rum" - so the Hemingway Special was born.
Hemingway suffered from haemochromatosis (a rare hereditary disease that can lead to diabetes) from which his father also suffered, hence his aversion to sugar. The original version was exactly as Hemingway requested a Daiquiri without sugar and heavy on the rum, basically, rum shaken with a splash of lime juice.
Years later, after he took over the position of Head Bartender at El Floridita, Antonio Meilan added maraschino and grapefruit juice into the drink. Today, sugar is commonly also added to balance this drink and make it more palatable to people with less sour palates than Hemingway.
Hemingway was affectionately known as 'Papa' in Cuba, and this cocktail was originally named 'Daiquiri Like Papa' and then later 'Papa Doble'. After Meilan added maraschino and grapefruit, the drink changed its name again to the Hemingway Special we recognise today.
Daiquiri cocktail history
Nutrition:
One serving of Hemingway Special Daiquiri (Papa Doble) contains 346 calories
Alcohol content:
- 2.6 standard drinks
- 17.86% alc./vol. (17.86° proof)
- 36.2 grams of pure alcohol
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First and foremost- this version is ultimate when it comes to ratios. No question.
Using pink pink grapefruit fresh pressed makes all the difference - the only improvement I think I can bring to it is to use granulated sugar instead of syrup (trust me, the slight difference in dilution is noticeable); my preference for aged rum (Havana Club Especial, 37.5%) while watching the 50’s version of The Old Man And The Sea might be a bias.
The only thing the site could use at this point is a way to calculate a half recipe. Because some users may start writing a novel after only 2 iterations.
If you made it with multiples of 5ml, you would have
70ml rum / 20ml grapefruit / 15ml maraschino / 20ml lime / 10ml sugar
[Hemingway Special Daiquiri]
Strong and rummy with citrus and cherry. Perfect for sipping on a hot June evening.