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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 3⁄4 Fl. Oz.
Falernum 1⁄4 Fl. Oz.
Unaged Jamaican Overproof Rum 1 Fl. Oz.
Green Chartreuse 3⁄4 Fl. Oz.

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