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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

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Coupe

A Bermuda-born daiquiri spiked with falernum and Cointreau, perfected in Trader Vic's 1947 guide.

rum classic pre-tiki mid-century shaken falernum daiquiri-variant
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Ingredients

  • fresh lime juice (0.5 oz)
  • Velvet Falernum (0.25 oz)
  • Cointreau (1 dash)
  • Barbados rum (1.5 oz)
  • lime twist

Instructions

  1. Combine fresh lime juice, Velvet Falernum, Cointreau, and Barbados rum in a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake hard and strain into a chilled coupe.
  3. Garnish with a lime twist.

Sources

  1. Crosby Gaige, Cocktail Guide & Ladies Companion (1941), Royal Bermuda Yacht Club entry, earliest documented printed appearance of the drink, predating Trader Vic's adaptation. ↩
  2. Bergeron, Bartender's Guide, by Trader Vic (1947) and Bartender's Guide, Revised (1972), Royal Bermuda Yacht Club entries, Trader Vic's falernum-and-curaçao adaptation; the spec is unchanged between editions. ↩
  3. "Royal Bermuda Yacht Club." PUNCH. https://punchdrink.com/recipes/royal-bermuda-yacht-club/ (accessed 2026-05-03), published modern spec aligned with Vic's 1947 version; source for this file's measurement bill. ↩