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Nuclear Daiquiri Copy link image

Origin:
Gregor de Gruyther for LAB in 2005
Tags:
daiquiri 

Slightly green and highly potent with 126 proof unaged Jamaican rum and 110 proof Green Chartreuse, this is a Daiquiri riff with a kick.

There are a number of slightly different variations of this with different ratios and occasionally no falernum. They all use Green Chartreuse, unaged overproof Jamaican rum, and lime juice, though. I have seen equal parts 3/4 oz for each of those, another with 1.5 oz rum, and another with 1 oz rum and 1 oz lime juice. I went somewhere in the middle and bumped up the rum just a bit and slightly reduced the falernum since I am using the sweeter John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum (plus the original ratios are in milliliters which don't quite align anyway). Play with the ratios and see what works for you.

A cocktailsandbars.com post makes note of a variation of this which includes rye whiskey called the Nuclear Daiquirye which is intriguing.

Ingredients

Ingredient Amount Notes
Lime Juice 34 Fl. Oz.
Falernum 14 Fl. Oz.
Unaged Jamaican Overproof Rum 1 Fl. Oz.
Green Chartreuse 34 Fl. Oz.

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