> 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