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István GT’s Avatar István GT
14th May at 20:27
this was absolutely fantastic, bit overpowered by the strawberry, but still super tasty fruity wonder
Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
18th April at 15:28
We just discussed wether a strawberry margarita or a strawberry daiquiri is preferable and agreed the a strawberry margarita is winning because the tequila blanco give such a nice contrast to the soft strawberry aromas.
Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
18th April at 15:15
A nice addition is to shake some mint leaves with the cocktail.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
19th April at 08:21
Great suggestion. Thanks, Florian.
Morten Carlsbaek’s Avatar Morten Carlsbaek
27th August 2024 at 18:49
Very tasty summer cocktail. I muddled the fresh strawberries through a kitchen strainer into a bowl, and sieved it again through the kitchen strainer. I find that blenders also extract some bitterness from the little stones (seeds) so not recommended. I ended up with 50 ml strawberries pulp, which I shaked with 50 ml Havanna Club 3 yr rum and 20 ml Pussers Gunpowder Proof Rum. Oherwise as in Difford's recipe. Straining ok after shaking, some intermediate cleaning of small cocktail sieve needed.
7th July 2024 at 20:49
Try sieving the strawberries In advance and freezing the juice in an ice cube tray. Add to shaker/mixer when needed for your cocktail. Saves lots of stress.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
23rd May 2024 at 03:22
As a light rum cocktail this is great and very flavourful.
As a rum cocktail it is a bit wimpy. Added a float of 151 Demerara rum. Good strong rum flavour.
Giulio Motta’s Avatar Giulio Motta
2nd May 2023 at 00:03
When I make cocktails with lots of fruit pulp I actually prefer to: 1) Shake 2) Pass to the smaller part of the Boston shaker 3) Use a Julep strainer so that pulp don't get clogged up 4) Use the bartender spoon to help the cocktail flow through the fine strainer. This way I can even make two cocktails in one go.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
8th April 2023 at 00:32
Simon, thank you for the note about straining. Very helpful. Much easier to make this time. Did decide to up the punch of the cocktail by putting in 1 1/2 oz white rum and 1/2 oz of overproof white rum. Gave it a little hint of the rum funk.
Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
1st April 2023 at 16:38
I prefer doing this drink in a mixer. It extracts more of the strawberry flavor and it is easier to strain.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
1st April 2023 at 17:39
Agreed, Florian. Please see link to 'Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri' above
Paul Holdsworth’s Avatar Paul Holdsworth
25th June 2022 at 18:17
Well I've just made my first strawberry daiquiri and, like others below, I struggled to extract the drink from the strawberry mush - a right mess! I used strawberries from my garden and a coco strainer, to no avail. Having read through the Daiquiri cocktail area linked in the description above, I think my problems may reside in using ice straight from the freezer. I can't be alone among enthusiastic amateurs in using freezer ice without adding chilled water to achieve correct dilution. Stupid.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
27th June 2022 at 10:39
Straining strawberries is a faff but I've added some notes below. As for ice, I recommend taking out the freezer 5 to 10 mins (depending on ambient temp etc) before use (as you would ice cream) to allow the ice to temper. Even then, some cocktails still benefit for a little extra dilution.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
17th April 2021 at 23:00
After reading the comments, we used a few more strawberries and muddled them lightly so we got the strawberry juice and the ingredients and then strained into the shaker. Then added ice and shook. The light muddle of the strawberries still was slow to strain, but most of the strawberry seeds stuck to the pulp.
29th August 2020 at 18:39
Hi...tried the Strawberry Daiquiri. Overall taste and composition was great. Just had an issue with fine straining (double strained?), the fine sieve gets blocked and takes too long to pour! Any ideas to as an alternative as s most "Fruit Muddled" and shaken drinks will suffer this fate? The end result was spoilt by fruit pieces and icd shards....shame.
31st August 2020 at 09:17
Thanks...will investigate further.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
31st August 2020 at 07:43
It's not the cone-shape of the Coco Strainer that is important. It is larger holes in the mesh of the sieve of the Coco that makes it easier to use with drinks such as this.