Blue Hawaiian
45 ml White rum, 20 ml Blue curaçao, 60 ml Pineapple juice, 20 ml Coconut cream, 15 ml Lemon juice, 1 wedge Pineapple, 1 Maraschino cherry
Bacardi Cocktail
Daiquiri's rosier relation - rum, lime and a blush of pomegranate.
Classic
Easy
3 min
Photo: Bacardi cocktail by Luigi Manzo · CC BY 3.0 · All credits
Ingredients
Measures below are multiplied for 6 drinks. Unmeasurable amounts such as “a splash” are left as written.
- 270 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 270 ml line. White rum
- 120 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 120 ml line. Lime juice
- 60 ml Jigger One large side (50 ml) of a standard jigger, plus two teaspoons. Grenadine
- 6 wedges Lime wedge (optional)
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What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Shake rum, lime and grenadine hard with ice.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
Method
Pitcher (6 drinks)Pitcher (6 drinks) - about 450 ml of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps below are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
- Chill a coupe glass.
- Fill a shaker with ice and add the rum, lime juice and grenadine.
- Shake hard for twelve seconds or so, until the tin is cold.
- Strain into the chilled glass and garnish with lime.
Serve it
Volumes in this story are multiplied for the size above, along with the ingredients. Years, ratios and the capacities of glasses and jugs are left as written.
Bacardi Cocktail
Cuba in the 1910s: a Daiquiri with a spoonful of grenadine in it, pink rather than white, and sweet in a way that a Daiquiri is not. There is a well-loved story that a New York court once ruled the drink could only be called a Bacardi if it was made with that particular rum, which tells you how seriously people took it - and how good it is when the rum is a bright, clean white one.
Getting it right
It is a Daiquiri at heart, so the shake is everything: hard, cold and quick, and strained into a glass that has been waiting in the freezer. Grenadine varies enormously in sweetness, so start with 60 ml and taste - the drink should be tart first and sweet afterwards, never the other way round. Fresh lime is not negotiable here; there is nothing else in the glass to cover for bottled juice.
Tasting notes
Sharp lime and grassy rum, with a soft pomegranate sweetness underneath and a faintly floral finish. Elegant, quick, and two sips shorter than you think.
If you like this, the cabin's Daiquiri and Hemingway Daiquiri are the same drink wearing different clothes.
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