Rum-Bar Daiquiri Recipe
Daiquiri Recipe
Three ingredients. The bartender's litmus test. Rum-Bar White Overproof — Worthy Park's signature 63% Jamaican — gives the Daiquiri the spine the supermarket builds never have.
Ingredients
- Rum-Bar White Overproof rum (63% ABV)45 ml
- Fresh lime juice25 ml
- Sugar syrup (1:1)15 ml
- Garnish: thin lime disc on the rim—
Method
- Chill a coupe in the freezer.
- Add Rum-Bar White Overproof, fresh lime juice and sugar syrup to a shaker.
- Fill with cubed ice and shake hard for 8 to 10 seconds.
- Double-strain into the chilled coupe.
- Float a thin lime disc on the surface.
Garnish: Thin lime disc
Why this works
The Daiquiri is the simplest cocktail in the canon and one of the hardest to get right. Three ingredients, no margin for error. Codified in Cuba in 1898 by American mining engineer Jennings Cox in the village of Daiquirí, it was Hemingway's drink at El Floridita in Havana through the 1930s.
If you can make a good Daiquiri you can make any cocktail. The proportions look forgiving until you try them with bad rum. Rum-Bar White Overproof is what you want — at 63% ABV, it's Worthy Park's working-bartender white rum, the high-ester version that holds its character against the lime instead of disappearing. Lower-proof whites get steamrolled by the citrus.
Bartender tips
Shake harder than you think. The Daiquiri needs aeration to soften the high-proof rum. 8 to 10 seconds is the right window — beyond that, you over-dilute. Sugar syrup must be 1:1 (250g sugar to 250 ml water, dissolved); rich 2:1 syrup throws the balance off. Always fresh-squeeze the lime, no exceptions. The garnish is a thin lime disc, not a wedge — wedges drip and ruin the temperature.
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Rum-Bar White Overproof 63%
Worthy Park's signature high-proof white rum. The right Daiquiri base — high ester, dry, fierce.
Shop the bottleWorthy Park Single Estate Reserve
For an aged-rum Daiquiri (Hemingway-style). Use 45 ml of the 45% Worthy Park instead of overproof.
Shop the bottleGiffard Maraschino
Drop 5 ml of Maraschino in for a Hemingway Daiquiri variant — citrus and fruit cherry on top.
Shop the bottleFAQ
Can I make a Hemingway Daiquiri with this?
Yes — add 15 ml fresh grapefruit juice and 5 ml Giffard Maraschino, drop the sugar syrup to 5 ml, swap to Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve. That's the Floridita 1930s spec.
Why overproof rum?
Because 40% white rum hides under fresh lime. Overproof punches through and gives you the rum-and-lime balance the Daiquiri was designed for.
Is it sweet?
No — it's a sour. Equal lime to sugar syrup with twice as much spirit. If yours is sweet, you've over-poured the syrup.
Can I use any aged or spiced rum?
Aged rum makes a different (good) drink. Spiced rum does not — the added spice clashes with the lime.