My Bar Bible / Cocktails / Hemingway Special

Hemingway Special in a coupe, drawn with its ingredient layers

Hemingway Special recipe

Name: Hemingway Special
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: IBA official cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml (2 oz) White rum; 40 ml (1¼ oz) Grapefruit juice; 15 ml (½ oz) Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml (½ oz) Lime juice

Also known as Floridita Daiquiri, Hemingway Daiquiri, Papa Doble

IBA officialShakenCoupeNo ice17% ABV200 kcal

The Hemingway Special is a shaken rum cocktail from Cuba, made with white rum, grapefruit juice, maraschino liqueur and more, served in a coupe. It is citrusy. It is an official IBA cocktail, in Contemporary Classics.

Strength: about 17% ABV in the glass, roughly 23 g of alcohol and about 200 calories per drink (an estimate; brands, sugar and dilution vary).

Made at El Floridita in Havana for Ernest Hemingway, with no added sugar.

Hemingway Special ingredients

White rum	60 ml (2 oz)
Grapefruit juice	40 ml (1¼ oz)
Maraschino liqueur	15 ml (½ oz)
Lime juice	15 ml (½ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

How to make a Hemingway Special

Add everything to a shaker and fill with ice.
Shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
Strain into a chilled coupe.

Glass: Coupe
Ice: None, served up
Garnish: None

Open Hemingway Special in My Bar Bible

Part of

IBA official cocktails Latin American cocktails

Hemingway Special: quick answers

How strong is a Hemingway Special?: About 17% alcohol once the ice has melted in, roughly 23 g of alcohol per drink. That is an estimate: brands and dilution vary.
How many calories are in a Hemingway Special?: About 200 calories per drink, from the alcohol and the sweet and fresh ingredients. An estimate: brands and the amount of sugar change it. Compare every drink in the cocktail calorie chart.
What glass is a Hemingway Special served in?: A coupe, with no ice in the glass.
How many ingredients does a Hemingway Special have?: 4 in total: white rum, grapefruit juice, maraschino liqueur and lime juice.

Cocktail calorie chart: compare all 1,471 drinks

Hemingway Special variations

Daiquiri variations