White or gold light rum cocktails
White or gold light rum cocktails

White or gold light rum cocktails

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Daiquiri (Difford's recipe)

Crisp, light and refreshing. Delicately simple yet with perfectly balanced complexity of flavours. For an even better Daiquiri: In place of sugar syrup,
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Canchànchara

Your choice of honey and rum will greatly affect the flavour and, indeed, the success of the finished cocktail. More flavoursome honey demands a more robust
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Mojito Cocktail

When well made, this Cuban cousin of the Mint Julep is one of the world's greatest and most refreshing cocktails.
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Daiquiri No. 1 (6:2:1 formula)

For an even better Daiquiri, use 2 x 5ml measuring spoons of powdered sugar (finely ground caster sugar) in place of 10ml sugar syrup. To ensure the sugar
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Daiquiri No. 5 (Pink Daiquiri)

A Daiquiri sweetened with pomegranate syrup and a splash of maraschino. (Classically blended rather than shaken.
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Honeysuckle Daiquiri

A Daiquiri made with flavoursome honey in place of sugar, or a Bee's Knees with rum in place of gin. However you view this, it's damn tasty.
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Daiquiri (on-the-rocks)

Light and refreshing. No one flavour predominates - sweet and sour are in harmony with the rum.
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Oh Gosh!

A subtley orange twist on a classic Daiquiri.
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Queen's Park Hotel Super Cocktail

It is perhaps best described as a Trinidadian Daiquiri due to its heavy use of Angostura Bitters. According to Owen Rutter, it was also originally made
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King's Jubilee

If there is such a thing as a 'Rum Aviation', then this is surely it. The proportions of the original 1935 recipe stipulate equal amounts of maraschino
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Santiago Daiquiri

This Daiquiri is particularly delicate in its balance between sweet and sour.
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Bacardi Cocktail

This classic salmon-pinky cocktail perfectly combines and balances the light rum with the assertive sourness of lime juice and rich sweetness of pomegranate
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Caipirissima

A Daiquiri-like cocktail made in the style of a Caipirinha.
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Daiquiri No. 1 (countdown 3:2:1 formula)

Made to the easy-to-remember 3:2:1 Daiquiri countdown formula (3 parts rum, 2 parts lime and 1 part sugar), this balanced and limey daiquiri suits a more
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Daiquiri No. 2

A Daiquiri with subtle orange notes, but far from being a mere Orange Daiquiri.
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Fireman's Sour

Smooth and balanced with great rum character. Lime fresh and fruity sweet.
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Honey Daiquiri

Rich flavoursome honey replaces sugar syrup in this natural Daiquiri. Try experimenting with different kinds of honey. We favour orange blossom honey.
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Jean Harlow

Reminiscent of a Martinez but a tad lighter.
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Mint & Honey Daiquiri

A fresh-breath-tastic riff on the classic Daiquiri.
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Mint Daiquiri

Reminiscent of a short, concentrated Mojito, this Daiquiri works well with either a charcoal filtered 'carta blanca' style light rum or a lightly aged
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Orange Daiquiri

Exactly as it says on the tin: a classic Daiquiri with a fruity splash of freshly squeezed orange juice.
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Beachcomber

A Daiquiri with the addition of a dash of triple sec and maraschino.
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Casablanca

Go easy on the aromatic bitters (use drops rather than dashes) or your Casablanca will be more orange than blanca. Original recipes in The New American
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Commodore No. 1

A Daiquiri sweetened with raspberry and grenadine syrup and mellowed by egg white.
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Cuban Cocktail No. 2

Faint sweetness balances spirituous rum notes in this delicately fruity, rose-red, bite-sized cocktail.
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Daiquiri No. 4

Maraschino cherry liqueur adds delicate notes to this finely balanced golden rum-based Daiquiri.
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Dolce Havana

A bittersweet, rum-laced melange of Mediterranean fruit.
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El Presidente Menocal Special

What hot Cuban summers are made for.
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Espresso Daiquiri

A rum-based twist on the ubiquitous and very tasty Espresso Martini.
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Maison Charles Daiquiri

Reminiscent of concentrated Mojito.
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Mr President

A combination of the El-Presidente and Negroni. A cocktail on the bitter side of bittersweet which is perhaps best served on-the-rocks.
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Pedro Collins

This rum-based Tom Collins is basically a long Daiquiri with soda.
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Pink Daiquiri

The quality of the pomegranate syrup will make or break this delicate Daiquiri.
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President

Delicately fruity sweet and sour.
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Sloppy Joe

A well-balanced combination of sweet and sour.
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Basil & Honey Daiquiri

Basil adds dry vegetal notes to a Canchànchara (honey) Daiquiri.
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Derby Daiquiri

For those seeking the shaken version previously above: Glass: Coupe Garnish: Orange zest twist How to make: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain
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Tahitian Honey Bee

Basically a lemon honey Daiquiri or a lemon Canchànchara - very tasty it is too.
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Fair & Warmer Cocktail

Sure to warm and fairly good.
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Fort Lauderdale

Rum, vermouth, lime and orange combine in this juicy fresh golden cocktail. It's relevance to Fort Lauderdale is yet to be revealed to us.
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Daiquiri (frozen)

A superbly refreshing cocktail on a hot day. Blend with too much ice and you will have a tasteless slushy drink that will give you brain-ache if you drink
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Beachcomber's Daiquiri

Basically a frozen rum margarita.
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Strawberry Daiquiri

Makes strawberries and cream appear very dull. NOTE: Strawberry pulp is notorious for blocking strainers and sink wastes. Hence, double straining is essential
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