Grapefruit Daiquiri No.1

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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1910

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 1⁄4 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
4 drop Bob's Grapefruit Bitters optional
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

The flavours of rum and grapefruit combine harmoniously - clean and fresh.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Grapefruit Daiquiri No.1 contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 14.35% alc./vol. (14.35° proof)
  • 14.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Darren Companion’s Avatar Darren Companion
2nd July 2024 at 03:32
A pleasant cocktail. A tad sweet (especially with the garnish). A good way to use up those grapefruits!
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Ian Fenton’s Avatar Ian Fenton
31st October 2023 at 11:59
Made two versions, one with Bacardi Superiore and one with Veritas. Used gomme syrup for the first and Demerara syrup for the second (ran out of gomme), and homemade spiced rum bitters for both.
The Bacardi was good, the Veritas was great.
Next time I will try it with a mix of Luxardo cherry syrup and maraschino in place of the sugar syrup. It was 34°C today so daiquiri season is well and truly here.
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Yossi Burg’s Avatar Yossi Burg
16th March 2023 at 07:52
Used a split of Plantation 3 Stars/Bacardi Carta Blanca and added 4 drops of Bob's daiquiri bitters together with a dash of grapefruit bitters- downed the sugar 10-15ml as I like my daiquiris tart- result: the Yossi two thumbs up warranted seal of approval with grin of satisfaction.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
17th March 2023 at 21:25
Agreed. I've dropped the sugar to 15ml but could have gone down to 12.5ml.
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aleksandra calosevic’s Avatar aleksandra calosevic
19th May 2022 at 17:23
Very nice! Used angostura betters (2 dashes) and added 1 tsp of luxordo maraschino. Worked great :)
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JAMES WHYTE’s Avatar JAMES WHYTE
12th December 2021 at 02:08
Delicious! Home grown grapefruit, Bacardi, simple syrup. I didn't have Bob's Bitters so used Peychaud's. Simple, clean, and pretty.
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Carmine Sessa’s Avatar Carmine Sessa
12th May 2020 at 01:39
Swapped out rum for Tito's Vodka and pineapple juice for cane syrup. Lift-Up Cocktail in the age of Covid-19.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
12th May 2020 at 17:44
Your comment led me to remake this cocktail and update the recipe. Thanks for the feedback.
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