Courtesy of Patricia Richards, legendary mixologist at Wynn Las Vegas and official bartender of Goodboys Nation (her “Patricia Delicia” received four “thumbs up” during a Goodboys Las Vegas weekend several years ago), here’s the oh-so-au courant cocktail at The Great White Shank’s Arizona hacienda designed to keep us happy and healthy this coming Arizona winter. It’s the “Hemingway Daiquiri”:
1 1/2 oz. Oronoco Rum
1/2 oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz. grapefruit juice
1/2 fresh-squeezed lime juice
1/2 oz. sweet syrup
Shake vigorously in ice and prepare to take your own private Havana vacation. I like using the Simply Grapefruit brand because its pink color makes for a lovely shade, but any grapefruit juice will do. Also, don’t use sweetened lime juice – you don’t want this cocktail to be sweet. Slightly tart with a hint of sweet is the kicker here, just as Patricia planned it. Oronoco is a top-shelf Brazilian rum that may not be easy to find, but believe me, it’s worth it. You can even sip it neat in a chilled glass and it is smoooooooooooooooooooooth.
So do yourself a favor: make yourself a Hemingway Daiquiri today, and go with the Oronoco flow.
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BTW, how do like that pelican martini glass? Got that for Tracey in a New Orleans shop near the Monteleone on our last visit to New Orleans. That was a fun day.
Enya’s original version is very good but I think I prefer Celtic Woman’s version:
http://youtu.be/_H4TlDxXxVk
Theirs is bigger and I think that song should be BIG.
Love the Pelican glass.
Comment by Rob — October 15, 2011 @ 10:00 pm
You might be right there, Rob. Haven’t heard a lot of Celtio Woman but it’s a good one! That shop is on the street behind the Monteleone, and they had the coolest emerland green chandelier in teh corner. We could have bought everything in that shop. It was awesome. Wish I remembered its name.
Comment by The Great White Shank — October 15, 2011 @ 11:27 pm