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Highball · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Florida Special

Cheerio's Florida Special is a Bacardi-and-grapefruit highball stirred over a cube of ice.

rum-forward · grapefruit · refreshing · summer · cooler

Served in Highball glass. Ice: Cube ice.

Variants (1)

Cheerio! A Book of Punches and Cocktails by Charles (1928, p.45) — Cheerio 1928

1 ponyBacardi rum base
1 cubeice base
1 grapefruitgrapefruit juice garnish
1 twistLime peel garnish
  1. Place a cube of ice in a six-ounce glass and add the Bacardi rum, grapefruit juice, and lime peel.
  2. Stir with a highball mixer and serve.

Garnish: Twist of lime peel

Ice: Cube ice

See also: Orange Gin Sparkle, Minute Man Highball