Daiquiri Hotel Nacional Cocktail Kit

Cuba is the ancestral home of the Daiquiri and very likely where it was invented. The Hotel Nacional was the house Daiquiri of the namesake hotel in Havana where it was created by American bartenders who left the US during Prohibition. It features a base of Gold Rum that is accented with Apricot liqueur, Pineapple Gum Syrup, and Aromatic Bitters.

Sadly, Cuban Rum is not available in the US due to the embargo, so we swap in one of our favorite Gold Rums from Barbados which is made in a similar way to the Cuban stuff. This is an elegant, complex, gorgeously balanced take on a Daiquiri and one of our favorites at the bar. 

The kit contains a bottle of Cockspur Gold Rum, Liber & Co. Pineapple Gum Syrup, Giffard Abricot du Roussillon Apricot Liqueur, and Amargo Chuncho Aromatic Bitters. 

The kit contains enough Rum for about 12 Daiquiris, with some leftover syrup/bitters/liqueur, and DOES NOT include the limes/juice.

Hotel Nacional
2oz Cockspur Rum
1/4oz Giffard Apricot Liqueur
1/2oz Pineapple Gum Syrup
2/3oz Fresh Lime
2 dashes Amargo Chuncho Bitters

Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass. Garnish it with a lime wheel. Rinse and repeat.