# Demerara Dry Float

Lime, passion fruit, maraschino, and aged rum make an unusually tart tropical drink whose overproof black-rum sidecar lets the drinker choose the danger.

Strength: 19% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 5 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 45 ml [Passion-fruit syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/passion-fruit-syrup.md)
- 7.5 ml [Demerara syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/demerara-syrup.md) — Use a rich syrup made with two parts demerara sugar to one part water.
- 7.5 ml [Maraschino liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/maraschino-liqueur.md)
- 45 ml [Blended aged rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/blended-aged-rum.md)
- 22.5 ml [Black blended overproof rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/black-blended-overproof-rum.md)

## Glassware

Double old fashioned glass

## Method

1. Add every ingredient except the overproof rum to a spindle blender with 360 ml crushed ice and four to six small cubes.
2. Flash-blend at high speed for five seconds, then open-pour through a gated finish into a chilled double old fashioned glass, holding back the larger cubes.
3. Serve the overproof rum alongside so it can be added incrementally.

## Related drinks

- [Aku Aku](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aku-aku.md): Fresh pineapple and mint are flash-blended with lightly aged rum, peach liqueur, lime, and demerara before being fine-strained into an unusually vivid up drink.
- [Hotel Nacional](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hotel-nacional.md): An elegant Cuban rum sour whose restrained pineapple, apricot, and lime suggest the tropics without sacrificing the spirit beneath them.
- [Twenty Seventy Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/twenty-seventy-swizzle.md): Contrasting rum styles carry lime, honey, demerara, allspice, anise, bitters, and nutmeg through Martin Cate and Ron Roumas’s dark modern swizzle.
- [Hurricane](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hurricane.md): The restored New Orleans branch is unapologetically huge and simple: black rum, lemon, and passion fruit in a two-one-one strong-sour-sweet avalanche.
- [Mai Tai](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mai-tai.md): A landmark tropical sour balancing aged rum with lime, orange curaçao, almond, and demerara.
- [Formidable Dragon](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/formidable-dragon.md): Three rum styles, Amaro di Angostura, molasses, honey, and twin citrus make Martin Cate’s huge modern tropical drink dark, spicy, and surprisingly coherent.
- [Tradewinds](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tradewinds.md): A lush tropical revival balancing two styles of rum with apricot, fresh lemon, and a generous measure of sweet coconut.
- [Mundo Perdido](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mundo-perdido.md): Black rum and apple brandy give this compact modern tiki sour a dark fruit core, sharpened by lemon and rounded with cinnamon and demerara.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/demerara-dry-float
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/demerara-dry-float-88b64ef6.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.danhorst.com/rum/beginner-tiki-drinks/