Ribalaigua Daiquiri

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (12 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
12 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
13 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare mint leaf for garnish.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Float mint leaf.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

This unusual Daiquiri leads with sweet maraschino and finishes with sour grapefruit. I've tried with a more flavoursome 'gold' rum, but this is a cocktail that shines with a light white rum.

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Variant:

With gin in place of rum, this becomes Seventh Heaven No. 2.

History:

Named for Constantino Ribalaigua, who introduced Hemingway to the Daiquiri at El Floridita, Havana, Cuba.

Nutrition:

One serving of Ribalaigua Daiquiri contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 18.41% alc./vol. (18.41° proof)
  • 21.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
1st August 2024 at 10:14
Diluted nonsense. Made this with Banks 5, thinking that might cut through the mix enough to make it interesting. But the lack of palpable acidity renders this concoction mufflingly mute.