Quick Sips: A Cocktail Recipe for National Daiquiri Day

Daiquiri, Easy as 1-2-3

Today is National Daiquiri Day. Although at this point there are various flavors and iterations of Ernest Hemingway's favorite cocktail, we're toasting with the original. According to the folks at Bacardi, the daiquiri was created in 1898 in Cuba by Jennings Cox and then introduced to the U.S.A. by Rear Admiral Lucius W. Johnson in the early 1900s at the Army & Navy Club in Washington, DC. While the modern daiquiri is often served in slush form, especially in New Orleans, here's how you make the original:

The Original BACARDÍ® Daiquiri

INGREDIENTS:

3 parts BACARDÍ Superior

1 part freshly squeezed lime

1 part simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water boiled until sugar has been diluted.)

METHOD: 

Put all ingredients into a shaker.  Fill with half cubed ice and half crushed ice.  Shake vigorously until chilled.  Double strain into a coupe or rocks glass.

Booze News: Happy National Daiquiri Day

Sweet Drinks for All

So here's a little something we bet you didn't know. Today, July 19th, is National Daiquiri Day. Apparently, (and according to Bacardi) the cocktail was conceived in a small town called Daiquiri, Cuba in 1898 by a mining engineer named Jennings Stockton Coz. The drink became popular, and the recipe spread throughout the area, eventually finding its way to the glass of Earnest Hemingway (who became one if its most famous fans). So, tonight toast the day at your neighborhood bar with a Hemingway Daiquiri (recipe & image courtesy of cocktailtimes.com). If your bartender doesn't know how to make one, you may suggest a career change, but only after suggesting and receiving a mixture of Appleton White Jamaican Rum (or another quality white of your choosing), fresh lime juice, fresh grapefruit juice and maraschino liqueur. Remember, though, to mind your limit.