The glorious combination of rum, sugar and lime juice has been sustaining drinkers for centuries, but the original daiquiri recipe wasn't penned until the late 1800s. According to folklore, that's when Jennings Cox, an American working in Cuba, wrote down the recipe during a party after he ran out of gin and needed to substitute rum, which was more widely available on the island.

Cox may not have invented the daiquiri's specific combination of flavors, which harken back to "grog," a drink consumed by men enlisted in the British Navy to combat scurvy, but he did immortalize the drink and named it after a nearby port town.

To celebrate this year's National Daiquiri Day, pull out the rum, grab some limes and sprinkle with sugar for a refreshing ode to our Caribbean neighbor. Below, you'll find a simple, classic recipe, based on this one from Serious Eats.

Or perhaps a frozen daiquiri is more your speed? Perfected at the Floridita in Havana, the drink has undergone a transformation that has introduced added flavors like strawberry, banana and other tropical fruit.

Locally, you can visit the Daiquiri Deck for more daiquiri varieties than you can drink your way through (unless you're Ernest Hemingway, who, allegedly, could put away 15 a night). To celebrate today's "holiday," the Daiquiri Deck is offering up a ton of specials, including the chance to win free daiquiris for a year at each of its five locations.

“National Daiquiri Day is one of our most beloved events at Daiquiri Deck, and we’re so excited to bring back the opportunity for five guests to win free daiquiris for a year,” Michelle Smith, chief marketing officer at Daiquiri Deck, said in a press release. “We have more than 31 daiquiri combinations available, both regular and virgin.”

Classic Daiquiri

Ingredients

2 oz. light rum
3/4 oz. lime juice (about half of a lime)
1 tsp. sugar

Directions

Combine sugar and lime in a cocktail shaker and stir until sugar has dissolved. Add rum and fill the shaker with ice. Shake or stir until chilled. Strain into your preferred cocktail glass.