Name: Christmas Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Falernum liqueur; 15 ml Cranberry juice; 4 drop Daiquiri bitters

Christmas Daiquiri
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
4 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of star anise.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Prepare garnish of star anise floated on surface.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Fruit,y rum-laced, cleansing citrus with delicate Christmassy spice.

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History:

Created in October 2020 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, Sussex.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Christmas Daiquiri contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.58% alc./vol. (17.58° proof)
16.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Ruth Harvey

27th December 2024 at 18:08

Boiled up some leftover fresh cranberries from the Christmas festivities...managed to eeak out enough juice for 2 of these delicious cocktails! It was a very Christmassy red colour and I garnished it with rose gold powder and a pea shoot. 🎄🎄🎄

John Hinojos

2nd October 2022 at 01:43

It is the 01 October, but had to try. It was also perfect for the Autumn. As we are big Jamaican rum drinkers, we used Jamaican to get a little of the rum funk. It was wonderful. Will definitely have again at Christmas, but there is no need to wait for the Holidays to enjoy this wonderful cocktail.

Chris Dimal

5th June 2022 at 21:54

I am in a country where even orange bitters are impossible to get, let alone these Daiquiri bitters. There is a website which ostensibly sells them, but laws of the country state that no alcoholic product can be purchased unless through an approved liquor store. Keeping that in mind, how severely would the cocktail be affected if I omit these bitters? How does this work for other recipes with such bitters?

Simon Difford

6th June 2022 at 12:34

Sounds like you need to emigrate. The https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/ stocks and if they ship to your country, all should be legal re duty, etc. Otherwise, I'd give this a try without. The quality of your falernum will have a more significant impact.

Marie-Therese Straus

30th October 2021 at 02:17

This will surely be our Christmas tipple this year! We used Atlantico Reserva as our gold rum and Cocktail Kingdom's falernum bitters. Just a delicious mix of flavours. A real 5 star drink.

Lotte Verduin

10th December 2020 at 12:50

The Bobs bitters aren't to be found anywhere in the Netherlands and there's no website that ships to here at the moment. Is there any other good bitter I could replace it with? Or if I use Diplomatico Planas instead of Havana, can I also leave it out?

Simon Difford

10th December 2020 at 13:07

You can omit the bitters whichever rum you use. Won't taste the same but should still taste great.

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