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Hemingway Special Daiquiri (Papa Doble)
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...
Heidi Della Pesca
6th May at 00:37
Weeeee! Wow, if you can only have 1 cocktail in an evening, this is definitely a top 10 pick.
13th September 2025 at 01:39
Very good drink, but for the second try we adjusted the recipe.
Found it a bit sweet for our tastes so we forgot the sugar syrup and substituted 1/2 the amount of Giffards Pamplemouse liquor. Added a bit more grapefruit flavour.
Used a Barbados gold as it has no adulterated sugar.
Added a few drops of Difford's Daiquiri Bitters.
Served over ice and it was PERFECT for our tastes.
Spirit forward and not too sweet.
Found it a bit sweet for our tastes so we forgot the sugar syrup and substituted 1/2 the amount of Giffards Pamplemouse liquor. Added a bit more grapefruit flavour.
Used a Barbados gold as it has no adulterated sugar.
Added a few drops of Difford's Daiquiri Bitters.
Served over ice and it was PERFECT for our tastes.
Spirit forward and not too sweet.
16th July 2025 at 03:35
Ok, been working through this recipe since maraschino has been available in my part of the world for the first time (3 separate attempts)
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.
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.
16th July 2025 at 07:03
I can't quite halve it for you, but its proportions are 14:4:3:4:2 based on multiples of 7.5ml.
If you made it with multiples of 5ml, you would have
70ml rum / 20ml grapefruit / 15ml maraschino / 20ml lime / 10ml sugar
[Hemingway Special Daiquiri]
If you made it with multiples of 5ml, you would have
70ml rum / 20ml grapefruit / 15ml maraschino / 20ml lime / 10ml sugar
[Hemingway Special Daiquiri]
30th June 2025 at 22:25
It's on my favorite list now.
7th April 2024 at 12:30
My grapefruit was definitely on the mild side, so omitted the sugar altogether and was happy with the balance. My palate i would say is sweet-leaning. Loved the Luxardo depth and roundness here. Split the rum between plantation 3 star and Havana 3. Delicious!
8th April 2024 at 11:29
Remade to the exact recipe- with better grapefruit- excellent! Generous hunk of lime to garnish brought out the lime-rum sugar magic x.
30th March 2024 at 22:44
Iets minder zoet volgende keer. Erg stevig
11th August 2025 at 02:44
Ik prefereer deze zelf graag zonder toevoeging van de suikerstroop
4th January 2024 at 22:54
Great cocktail even made with cheap white rum as I have no Havana Club 3 or Plantation 3 at the moment. Probably needs less sugar if you're using pink or red grapefruit.
17th August 2023 at 00:16
Made this again with Barbados rum. Outstanding also as rum is Barbados is not adulterated with sugar before bottling. Makes the cocktail a bit drier, but without the Jamaican funk that I added the first time. Both are great.
17th August 2023 at 00:21
Since we were using smaller glasses. We added 4 drops of Bob's Difford's Daiquiri Bitters to the second part. This this cocktail to a next level. Adds some depth of flavour and complexity.
13th June 2023 at 08:34
Just got my first ever bottle of Luxardo Maraschino and I could think of no better cocktail to crack it open for than this.
Strong and rummy with citrus and cherry. Perfect for sipping on a hot June evening.
Strong and rummy with citrus and cherry. Perfect for sipping on a hot June evening.
13th January 2023 at 23:29
An excellent cocktail! For those of you like me who may not have Hemingways EtOh tolerance, scaling this drink to 2/3 (works out nicely using ml and the Easy Jigger!) creates a smaller drink that doesn't require a large coupe glass. (Full disclosure: I used "rich" gomme syrup instead of "rich" simple syrup which for me created a nice mouth feel. I also used 2 drops 20% saline solution, but not sure I would do so again.
10th January 2025 at 14:35
Good call on the ratios. What host wants to be legless before the prawns have even made it onto the BBQ?
6th November 2022 at 22:44
What a delightful cocktail. Since I don't have "Cuban" rum, I used the home-made Black Tail bar "Cuban" rum blend recipe ( supposedly mimics Cuban Rum). It was absolutely wonderful. Nicely balanced and remarkably smooth.
24th August 2022 at 16:33
I almost made this as a shaken cocktail until I reread the recipe and saw a blender was involved.
24th August 2022 at 17:40
I make as a shaken cocktail and main recipe above is shaken. Blended version is El Floridita’s.
4th August 2022 at 17:50
Hey Difford’s Guys, nothing to do with this mix (one of my favorites’ though): love the new layout of your website. Quite trendy and very professional, as always. Keep going.
4th August 2022 at 18:48
Many thanks for your kind words. We've still a little polishing still to do then we'll be adding some more new features still under development. Like the recipes, it's a constant work in progress.
7th March 2022 at 18:14
Cuban Rum, no sugar. Fab.
26th January 2022 at 05:27
Absolutely a fantastic cocktail- skip the sugar altogether and stick with simple Bacardi silver—- Then try to drink 15 of these in one setting like Hemingway…. God Bless America and don’t forget British Gin (Scotland makes the best!)
23rd January 2022 at 17:47
Great drink, as I was almost out of sugar syrup I used half sugar syrup, half orgeat which gave it a nice additional hint of almond which worked perfectly in this drink!
17th August 2021 at 00:02
Outstanding. Large and boozy. Strong flavour of rum. Based on comments, we used 1/2 sugar syrup as we like our cocktails a bit sour. Used Jamaican gold rum as I like Jamaican rum taste. Perfect.
25th July 2021 at 04:55
Very enjoyable. Needs lots of ice I the shaking because of the volume. Perhaps a little bit sweet- esp if using proper cherries in the syrup. Next time I will use less sugar syrup and a touch more grapefruit. But good stuff overall.
25th December 2020 at 01:40
Been making this cocktail/recipe for years and it is wonderful any season, sipping one now 12.24.2020, don't forget the Luxardo gourmet-marachino cherries. The Commodore's House in NOLA serves a Papa Dople that is excellent, ordered mine in the kitchen bar, try it there.
26th December 2020 at 11:37
Agreed re Luxardoi cherries. I've changed the recipe above to reflect this and will re-shoot the photograph to illustrate cherry garnish.
Anonymous
14th August 2020 at 00:37
I simplify it to 3/4 each grapefruit, lime, maraschino, and use Brugal extra dry rum. It’s a true classic.
2nd July 2020 at 10:13
I’m loving it
14th June 2020 at 12:29
LOVED IT