Go Back
Graveyard daiquiri cocktails and movies

The Graveyard Daiquiri

This cocktail feels like the undead cousin of the traditional daiquiri — smooth, complex, and a little unsettling
Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Equipment

  • Shaker
  • Jigger (or measuring spoons)
  • Strainer
  • Coupe or Nick and Nora glass
  • Bar Spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ounces Dark Rum aged or blackstrap preferred
  • 3/4 ounce Fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 ounce Demerara syrup (or simple syrup if you must)
  • 14 ounce Creme de cassis (for that blood from the earth richness)
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1/4 ounce Mezcal Option for a smoky twist

Instructions
 

  • Add rum, lime juice, demerara syrup, crème de cassis, bitters, and mezcal (if using) into a shaker with ice.
  • Shake vigorously — like you’re waking the dead.
  • Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass.
  • Garnish with your eerie touch: dusted lime or “grave mint.”
  • Serve immediately… before it returns to the earth.

Notes

Why It Works

The Graveyard Daiquiri is a perfect resurrection of a classic — familiar yet shadowed by darkness. The dark rum gives a deep molasses base, the crème de cassis bleeds through with blackcurrant sweetness, and demerara syrup adds warmth. A whiff of mezcal or smoke lingers like the last breath of the departed.
This cocktail feels like the undead cousin of the traditional daiquiri — smooth, complex, and a little unsettling. It’s what you’d sip in a candlelit mausoleum, pondering your past lives.