How would you like to be able to enjoy the same cocktail John F.
Kennedy and Ernest Hemingway enjoyed?
Well, my name is David Edwards and welcome to booze on the rocks.
We're going to make a Dery or in Spanish, a Dery.
Now we're making the classic version and it's one of the few
cocktails where we actually know the origin story of, and we can point
specifically to a time and a place.
Now in 1898 in a little town off of Southeastern Cuba called Daiquiri
or Daiquiri we'd say it in English.
And this is a mining town.
And in that mining town, you had Jennings Cox who was an American born engineer who
used to work at the mine, used to frequent a little place called Santiago's Venus.
Now every morning, him and six of his coworkers used to go in and drink.
Multitudes of the, a good three to four before you started to shift every day.
And his original recipe breaks down to serve six and it contains the
juice of six lemons, six teaspoons of sugar and six Bacardi cups, whatever
that size actually works out too.
So in around that time, one of these days, he said to everybody, you know what,
we've been drinking this for a while.
What should we name it?
Now, everybody looked back at him and he said, well, let's name it.
A Daiquiri and history was made.
This is a simple in cocktail.
That is absolutely perfect to enjoy any time of the year.
Now, this simple classic cocktail is only made with three ingredients.
And even though the original recipe was made with Bacardi's Carta,
Blanca, or Bacardi white rum, I have made a substitution to use
a Cuban spirit.
So before we get involved, let's talk about today's spirit is
Havana Club's 3 year old Cuban rum.
It's 40% alcohol by volume, and it's distilled in San Jose Del Las Laja, Cuba.
And we're going to start with lime juice.
So grab a lime and then grab your wide peel.
And what we'll do is we will peel a swath of lime for your Garnet.
After that, you're going to cut the lime in half and squeeze it one out
or 30 milliliters into the glass.
And this is where you can actually adjust the cocktail to your preferences.
So you can adjust the lime juice up and down a little bit.
You can also adjust the type of syrup that you use.
Now, in this case, I'm using a one to one simple syrup.
I'll put the ingredients in the method, how to make it down
into the description for you.
And we're going to use three quarters of an ounce or 22 and a half mil.
Now your third ingredient is a Cuban rum.
And in this case, I'm using event club three year old, as I said, and
you could adjust this to a seven year old or something else that just gives
you those hints and flavors that you want, but we're going to use.
A full pour of two ounces or 60 milliliter.
Now that the basic ingredients are over, what we will do is shake this for a good
10 to 15 seconds with a little bit of ice.
Now, the original recipe did call for some soft dice.
However, I'm just going to use some cube dice, and I'm going to shake
it very hard to break everything up.
So make sure.
When you put it down, you've got a good tight seal.
You have a flip and shake it with a smile.
Yeah.
Pop that off with the strength of a thousand limes.
Set this off to the side.
Now, before we pour this in, what we'll do is we will prep our garnish.
So take your swath.
And what we'll do is just give ourselves a nice little twist, just like so, and
make sure that you're just prepped.
Ready to go.
And we will serve this in an up style.
I'm going to use a coup now Jenning's recipe said not to strain it.
So I'm not going to find strain this because there should be some small ice
crystals inside and we'll just pour it in.
Okay.
Oh, look at that.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Add your little lime twist right there.
And there you have a classic Dery let's give it a try.
so immediately I can smell a little bit of the rum and I
get a little bit of that lime.
That is a classic it's tart.
It's sweet.
It's got that rum funk.
Absolutely fantastic.
And there's not a lot of fun, cuz this is just great rum with great ingredients.
What I'll do is I will put the ingredients and the method, how to.
Down in the description down below for you.
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