Hemingway Cocktail

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This recipe isn't in the slightest the Hemingway cocktail. The correct Hemingway cocktail is exactly as listed in Preiss's comment except he forgot 1.5 oz of white rum. Great presentation when served with a brandied cherry.

Exact recipe as follows:

1.5 oz white rum
1/2 oz grapefruit juice (fresh is best
3/4 oz lime (fresh
3/4 oz simple syrup

"Ernest Hemingway needed a bathroom.
Or so the story goes. The novelist had stopped into Havana’s El Floridita bar, not far from the hotel where he lived during much of the 1930s. On his way out, he noticed the bartender setting up Daiquiris. Never one to walk past a drink, Hemingway took a sip. Not bad, he said, but he preferred them with no sugar and double the rum. The bartender made one as specified, and then named the drink after him."

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1/4 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
1/2 oz grapefruit juice
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup

The drink is all wrong as you mix it. The original is made with Luxardo Mataschino

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I did this the lazy way and just sprinkled some sugar in rather than making the simple syrup, but I had the sweetest grapefruit to begin with. What a very nice and refreshing drink.

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Delicious! Can't wait to make some more. Very refreshing and easy

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This drink, although named a Hemingway by Michael's friend is not the traditional recipe for a Hemingway. I learned this when I hired a bartender for a formal party and asked him to make Hemingways. He didn't know what they were and when we tried to look up the recipe [this recipe wasn't available online at the time] we came up with something entirely different.

That being said, this is a fabulous drink. Shortly after this show originally aired, I tried the drink at home and even though I'm not a straight grapefruit drinker, I ADORED this drink. Try it... it's great. Also try Michael's technique to segment citrus fruit. It's not at difficult as you would think.