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Subject: Re: Sherry daiquiri
From: DrinkBoy
Posted: Tue Apr 2. 2002, 15:46 UTC
Followup to: "Sherry daiquiri"  by Clutter  (Tue Apr 2. 2002, 05:08 UTC)
> Would it be a total faux pas to substitute sherry for rum in a 
> daiquiri? I know shrry is classified as a wine but I've seen it in 
> recipies for rum punches adn the like.
> 
> I really like sherry and really like daiquiris but am afraid I'll end 
> up with swill.
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Just because you like ice cream, and you like lasagna, doesn't mean you'd also 
like ice cream with cheese and tomato sauce on it :->

Sherry is totally different from rum, or any other "base spirit" for that 
matter. That doesn't mean you won't like a drink which uses sherry, lime 
juice, and sugar, only it won't be anything like a daiquiri.

Sherry, being a "wine" or "apperitif", would be more appropriate to be used as 
a replacement for sweet vermouth in a cocktail.

The Xeres is a sherry "cocktail" you almost certainly would like:

Xeres Cocktail
2 ounces Sherry 
1 dash Orange Bitters 
1 dash Peach Bitters 

Stir well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

(Note that "Xeres" is another word for Sherry as well)

Or here is one of my own which uses sherry:

Trident
1 part dry sherry
1 part Cynar
1 part aquavit
2 dashes peach bitters

It is only a coincidence that both of these cocktails happen to include peach 
bitters... which you are almost guaranteed not to have :-> It is only 
available from "Fee Brothers" in Rochester NY.

  Fee Brothers
  453 Portland Ave.
  Rochester, NY 14605
  USA
  (716) 544-9530

Of course, you probably don't have Cynar either (it is a artichoke based 
apperitif, sort of like a cross between Campari, and Sweet Vermouth)... and 
while more common, Aquavit also is not something you find in most folks liquor 
cabinets either.

You can find a short-list of Sweet Vermouth cocktails here:
http://www.drinkboy.com/LiquorCabinet/Wines/SweetVermouth.html
I'd recommend trying substitutions with those, instead of going full bore with 
substituting it for the base spirit.

-Robert
 www.DrinkBoy.com


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