Hemingway with Honey recipe

Name: Hemingway with Honey
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz White Rum; 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 0.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice; 0.5 oz Honey Syrup

A softer Hemingway Daiquiri that swaps maraschino for floral honey syrup.

Method: Shake · Glass: Coupe · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Intermediate · Family: The Daiquiri Family

Ingredients

2 oz White Rum
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
0.5 oz Honey Syrup (2:1 honey to warm water, adjusted to taste)

How to make a Hemingway with Honey

Add rum, lime juice, grapefruit juice and honey syrup to a shaker with ice.
Shake hard for 12–15 seconds so the honey syrup fully disperses.
Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Express a grapefruit twist over the drink and garnish with it or a lime wheel.

Garnish

Grapefruit twist or lime wheel.

Pro tip

Honey syrup blends more cleanly than straight honey. Start with a 2:1 syrup for a rich texture, then adjust the small measure rather than adding undiluted honey to the shaker.

History of the Hemingway with Honey

Hemingway with Honey is a modern home-bar variation on the Hemingway Daiquiri. It keeps the rum, grapefruit and lime backbone but replaces maraschino’s cherry-almond character with honey’s floral sweetness.

Flavour profile

Floral, Citrus, Tart, Soft

Variations

Hemingway Daiquiri — Use maraschino for the classic cherry-almond sweetness
Papa Doble — Increase the rum and keep the drink extra dry
Frozen Hemingway — Blend the honey version with crushed ice

Practise making the Hemingway with Honey in the free Virtual Bar game.