Name: Hemingway Daiquiri
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces rum (lighter rum is better); 1/4 ounce Maraschino liqueur; 3/4 ounce simple syrup; 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice; 3/4 ounce lime juice

Said to be created for Ernest Hemingway by Constantino Ribalaigua Vert at El Floridita in Havana.

Editor's note: This drink comes from And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis (Crown Publishers) and was featured as a Cocktail of the Month.

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