How to Not F@%& Up a Daiquiri
By Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Fresh lime juice is not hard to come by and neither should a great tasting daiquiri. Being such a simple drink to make, it boggles the mind that someone charging you a great deal of money in exchange for bartending lessons would teach you how to make it incorrectly. See how simple the process really is here.
Recipe
Daiquiri
2 1/2 oz aged rum
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
Instructions
Shake with ice.
Double strain into a chilled cocktail coupe
Comments
I’ll be trying this ratio later today. Those ABS videos would be hilarious if they weren’t so sad!
Is that El Dorado you’re using there? What age?
Great to see Jeffrey on Small Screen!
And wow, I just wasted an hour of work watching that guy on YouTube. Unbelievable.
Yeah, the El Dorado 15 is amazing! Blow people’s minds using a dark rum, baby!
Blair
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ED 15 is quite possibly my favorite rum in the world. I has never occured to me to make a Daiquiri with it. I will remedy that tonight.
hehe…I have just enough ED15 to make this drink! Although the sad part is i will be out of ED15 after this drink! Will have to use some Fazenda Mae De Ouro Cachaca to make my Daq’s(Caipirinha’s in Brasil) until I get more ED15.
The lime juice fresh is the best for using!!!! Of course!!!
The recipe being used by Jeffrey is difford’s 10:3:2 ratio. Actually Difford says that his 10:3:2 was perfected from Embury’s 8:2:1. He used to believe 8:2:1 was the perfect one until he came up with this one concluding that:
10:3:2 is the perfect ratio for a white rhum based daiquiri.
8:2:1 is the perfect ratio for an aged rhum based daiquiri.
According to Difford then if you use El dorado you should be doing a 8:2:1. I haven’t yet tried the difference, but anyway both ratios are for sure some of the best out there, giving you a delicious cocktail where the rhum stands out yet being very easy to drink and balanced.
Cheers Jeffrey, so glad to see you on Small Screen!
Thanks, everyone. Juan, I didn’t care for Embury’s 8:2:1 formula (or any of Embury’s formulas, quite frankly) so I just use Difford’s 10:3:2 for everything. We adjust the simple syrup from 1:1 to 2:1 depending on the rum, but use 2:1 most of the time.
Thanks for the details Jeffrey. How often will you be posting videos on Small Screen?
Juan - we’ve already shot a few, If more people like them than hate them, I’ll hope that SSN will invite me to shoot more.
Love the video and the blog. Great recipe too. Hope you stick around!
Great video, although personally I swear to a Cuban blanco rum in daiquiris.
Yeah, well, that’s a little inconvenient for us here in the states, as it is illegal and all.
That just makes it more exciting! Embrace your inner pirate. *hides*
Very pleased to be able to get a dose of Morgenthaler on SmallScreen! Looking forward to future shows.
Be careful what you wish for, Nick and Dinah.
Jeffrey, I am stoked to see you on here. I’m a fan of your blog!
Norweigan Wood all the way baby!
Jeff , I do not know if you say this in English, me saco el chapeau (I take my hat).
Unfortunately here in South America many bad cantineros, do not understand the beauty of a well-made daiquiri.
I follow your blog for years and I consider you one of my teachers,
I look forward to more videos
Fede Cuco
Jeff! Followed you blog for years now! Great to see you on the SSN now. Looking forward to the new videos!
Yeah, you can’t bash ABS enough for their videos ;) Totally like the style of your video, it is quite short but really gets down to the point ..and is still entertaining. Keept them coming ..and someone please make all the series that are still alive subscribable on itunes. Please.
Jeff, awesome post. Registered just to say thanks. I love having a repertoire of simple drinks, and the “eureka” ratio you’re sharing here really is the perfect rum drink. Many thanks.
So, what’s your objection to the 8-2-1 ratio, as I use this ratio most of the time
If that’s the ratio you prefer, then by all means go ahead and enjoy. This video is just one guy’s opinion, dude man.
I’ve always enjoyed Embury’s 8:2:1 ratio personally, but I’ll certainly have to give this one a try. I like the style of the video, and I like to see the dark rum in there. I typically prefer it with dark rum.
Thanks for doing this one.
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