Name: Jack Dempsey
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Gin; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Jack Dempsey contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.7% alc./vol. (37.41° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Werd Bmocsil 41w

Mine was Bacardi Superior, Beefeater, &ct. It's fine, especially since I'm on a 'diet' (no wine or wine products, no aged liquor, no fun, all due to a possible MCAS condition).
The balance of the ingredients tames the gin for me, but perhaps a different combination would rate better than "Recommended". Or maybe my palate is getting jaded.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 50w

Previously rated this four and a half stars.. Just made again with 40ml Carta Blanca, 5ml S&C, and 15ml Beefeater. It's now a solid five! ♡

John Taylor 1y

My first rum-based cocktail, sipped first then remembered saline, accidentaly added a bit much but either way this is a tasty cocktail (the salt really adds something so don't be put off by it. Before that it tasted vaguely tequila-ish, but the salt rounds everything out and enhances it too? It's an intriguing combination that I will research with more rigour ;-)

John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

Tried again using Barbados white rum and Empress 1908 Gin. Turned the cocktail an interesting dusty pink/mauve colour. Nice before dinner.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 2y

Maybe I did not hit the right proportions or had not the fitting ingredients, but I am actually not convinced by this cocktail.

Chris Dimal 37w

I agree. Not worth 5* in my opinion. I will say that the Planteray 3 Stars I used is not the most delicate rum. Maybe a Bacardi-esque rum is the way to go?

Matt Premium Member 2y

I did not care for this. I tried adjusting the syrup down, and I tried Old Tom gin, and I couldn't get it to work for me. Maybe less lemon? - I gave up before trying that. I do recommned the *very* similar Stanley cocktail, found here on Diffords.

Lynn Garvie 2y

Beautiful!!
Somehow, despite the lowly 15ml measure, the mixture enhances the herbal flavours of the gin.
Light, refreshing and entirely repeatable.
(Jack Dempsey)

Chris Dimal 3y

Fantastic and adaptable. I've been using Havana Club 3 for cocktails calling for an aged charcoal filtered rum, and yet again, this works so effectively. Maybe it's Havana Club 3 VS any other rum in its category, but this is wonderfully balanced. The gin is really, really subtle, but it still feels like a true Daiquiri, though the lemon juice ensures it feels less bracing.