Hemingway Special
IBA official cocktail
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A Hemingway Special or Hemingway Daiquiri and its component ingredients
TypeMixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume
  • Rum
ServedStraight up; without ice
Standard drinkware
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Cocktail glass
IBA specified
ingredientsdagger
  • 6 cL (12 parts) Rum
  • 4 cl (8 parts) grapefruit juice
  • 1.5 cL (3 parts) Maraschino liqueur
  • 1.5 cl (3 parts) fresh lime juice
PreparationPour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake.
TimingAll day
dagger Hemingway Special recipe at International Bartenders Association

A Hemingway Special is an all day cocktail based on the Floridita Daiquiri and is recognised by the IBA.

Mixture

It is made with rum, lime juice, maraschino liqueur, and grapefruit juice and served in a double cocktail glass.

History

While he was staying in Cuba, Ernest Hemingway tried the Floridita's signature drink, the Floridita Daiquiri, and said "That's good but I prefer it without sugar and double rum," creating a cocktail now known as the Hemingway Daiquiri or the Papa Doble. This recipe was later modified further, adding grapefruit juice to the mix, at which point the drink was dubbed the Hemingway Special."

Bibliography


This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Hemingway Special, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.