Hemingway Daiquiri

About the Hemingway Daiquiri

Tart, dry, and aromatic, the Hemingway Daiquiri swaps out the sugar in a classic daiquiri for maraschino liqueur and adds grapefruit juice alongside lime, all built on Timber Creek Florida Rum. It’s a drier, more layered relative of the standard daiquiri, named for the writer who reportedly favored it. Grapefruit juice gives this variation its defining bitterness, sharper and more grown-up than the straightforward sweetness of a classic daiquiri, while maraschino liqueur adds a faint almond-cherry note underneath that keeps the drink from tasting purely sour.

The rum still needs to carry real weight through all that citrus and liqueur, and Timber Creek’s Florida Rum, distilled and blended through the distillery’s PureBlend process of individual grain distillation and component aging, brings a rounded, slightly caramelized character that keeps the drink from feeling thin. [VERIFY: the specific historical claim that this cocktail was Ernest Hemingway’s personal favorite drink] To build it, shake the rum, maraschino liqueur, grapefruit juice, and lime juice together hard with ice, this one benefits from a longer, more vigorous shake than a standard daiquiri given the extra ingredients. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lime wheel set on the rim.

Serve it alongside tuna tartare or a citrus salad, both pick up on the drink’s grapefruit and lime notes without competing against its dry, slightly bitter finish. It also works well as a between-courses palate cleanser at a longer dinner, given its low sweetness and bright acidity. Fresh grapefruit juice, squeezed just before shaking, makes a real difference here compared to bottled juice, which tends to taste flatter and slightly more bitter than the fresh version.

If maraschino liqueur tastes unfamiliar, a small taste on its own beforehand helps calibrate how much its faint almond-cherry character will show up once mixed into the finished cocktail. Because this cocktail is drier and less obviously sweet than a standard daiquiri, it can be easy to underestimate how much alcohol is actually in the glass. Pace yourself and drink responsibly, only if you are 21 or older.

Tart, dry, and aromatic, the Hemingway Daiquiri swaps out the sugar in a classic daiquiri for maraschino liqueur and adds grapefruit juice alongside lime, all built on Timber Creek Florida Rum. It’s a drier, more layered relative of the standard daiquiri, named for the writer who reportedly favored it. Grapefruit juice gives this variation its defining bitterness, sharper and more grown-up than the straightforward sweetness of a classic daiquiri, while maraschino liqueur adds a faint almond-cherry note underneath that keeps the drink from tasting purely sour.

The rum still needs to carry real weight through all that citrus and liqueur, and Timber Creek’s Florida Rum, distilled and blended through the distillery’s PureBlend process of individual grain distillation and component aging, brings a rounded, slightly caramelized character that keeps the drink from feeling thin. [VERIFY: the specific historical claim that this cocktail was Ernest Hemingway’s personal favorite drink] To build it, shake the rum, maraschino liqueur, grapefruit juice, and lime juice together hard with ice, this one benefits from a longer, more vigorous shake than a standard daiquiri given the extra ingredients. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lime wheel set on the rim.

Serve it alongside tuna tartare or a citrus salad, both pick up on the drink’s grapefruit and lime notes without competing against its dry, slightly bitter finish. It also works well as a between-courses palate cleanser at a longer dinner, given its low sweetness and bright acidity. Fresh grapefruit juice, squeezed just before shaking, makes a real difference here compared to bottled juice, which tends to taste flatter and slightly more bitter than the fresh version.

If maraschino liqueur tastes unfamiliar, a small taste on its own beforehand helps calibrate how much its faint almond-cherry character will show up once mixed into the finished cocktail. Because this cocktail is drier and less obviously sweet than a standard daiquiri, it can be easy to underestimate how much alcohol is actually in the glass. Pace yourself and drink responsibly, only if you are 21 or older.