It’s probably my favorite cocktail book right now.Ĭombine 2oz of rum. If you want to learn more about what these ratios do to the drink and how best to evolve the daiquiri to your specific tastes, then I highly recommend you check out the book Cocktail Codex from the team behind Death & Co. It’s funny for such a simple drink there are a lot of different recipes with different ratios out there. Soon on this blog we’ll be sharing variations for both a pineapple daiquiri, as well as a strawberry daiquiri that doesn’t suck.īut for now, I’m going to share with you my go to recipe.

One of the things I love about the daiquiri is just how easy it is to make, and how many different variations you can create of it. Now that you know a little bit about daiquiri cocktail, let’s get right down to how to make it. Best Daiquiri Recipe: How to Make a Daiquiri This one looks a little more brown, due to using demerara simple syrup as opposed to standard. They began to actually become more popular during the WW2 era of the 1940s when whiskey and vodka became harder to come by.įortunately, due to friendly trade agreements with Latin American countries, rum was much easier to get – and the popularity of the drink skyrocketed because of it. Note to self: “Wonder if this works with Coronavirus?” The lime and the alcohol were both thought to ward off the disease, and the sugar was added just to make it palatable. It was an American mining engineer of all people who came up with it, as he was trying to protect his workers from yellow fever. The original daiquiri was first invented in a mining town on the southern tip of Cuba called, you guessed it, “daiquiri.” You’d never know it, but the the daiquiri became a thing long before spring breaks, all-inclusive resorts, or even blenders were a thing. While I don’t suggest going that route, trust me, once you have one, you’ll want to keep going.Īnd today along with giving you a bit of history on the daiquiri, we’re going to give you the perfect daiquiri recipe that will also unfortunately leave you playing bartender all night at the next party you bust one of these out at. In fact, it’s so good, and so easy to drink that you’ll often find well seasoned bartenders taking them as shots and calling them “smackeri’s.” No, a classic daiquiri simply consists of three ingredients: rum, lime, and sugar.

It’s amazing to me that still to this day when I’m out with friends and tell them I want a daiquiri, they give me this weird look like “Really, bro? What, do you think we’re at an all inclusive in Cabo?”Ĭontrary to popular believe a daiquiri cocktail is does not contain strawberry.Īnd in many cases, it’s not even all that sweet. When it comes to the classic drinks, there aren’t many that are more versatile (or delicious) than the venerable daiquiri.