Catching up.

All good things must come to an end,and this includes the spooky Halloween season. With the passing of Samhain,it’s time to get back to mixing regular cocktails. Well,maybe just one more spooky one.

Mix #96 Voodoo

2oz aged dark rum
2.5oz apple juice
3/4oz sweet vermouth
1/2oz lime juice
1/4oz rich simple syrup(2:1)

Shake with ice and strain into glass with fresh ice.

A sweetish,funky drink. Very nice. I made a second version I dubbed the Black Voodoo with Demerara rum,apple cider,and Demerara syrup. It was funkier and sweeter. A nice Autumn drink.

And now,back to the regular cocktails.

Mix #97 ‘Vintage Mai Tai’

1.5oz light rum
1.5oz gold rum
1/2oz 151 rum
2oz guava juice
1oz orgeat
1/2oz lemon juice
1/2oz lime juice
1/2oz curacao

Shake everything except 151 with ice and pour into glass. Float 151 on top.

This was found on an index card with a bunch of other recipes by a Facebook poster. I needed to use up the last of my guava so I figured what the heck. It actually wasn’t bad,but it was quite strong. If you want something sweeter than a Zombie,but with Zombie kick,give it a shot.

I’ve also been able to catch up on some of my reading,and the following are from the Tiki magazine Exotica Moderne,published by House of Tabu.

Mix #98 Deep Six

4oz Coruba dark rum
1oz Hamilton 151 Demerara rum
2.5oz Latitude 29 formula falernum
2oz pineapple juice
2oz lime juice
1.25oz St Elizabeth allspice dram

Shake with ice and pour into Tiki bowl with two or more straws.

From issue #20 comes a Beachbum Berry drink created for his Deep Six Tiki bowl. Now,being a bachelor,I’m flying solo,so I halved the ingredients to make it single person friendly. Very spicy,with the falernum and allspice coming forward. If you want to get your date drunk,let them sip most of it. And if you wind up drinking most of it,then you know they’re trying to get you drunk.

Mix #99 The Retro Cocktail Hour Cocktail

1.5oz Jamaican aged rum(Appleton Estate)
1/2oz blackberry liqueur
1/2oz Pierre Ferrand dry orange curacao
3/4oz orange juice
3/4oz lime juice
1/2oz orgeat

Shake with ice and strain into Zombie glass with fresh ice.

From issue #21,this was created by Diana Condori of the now closed Tiki Cat in Kansas City,Kansas for the KPR Retro Cocktail Hour,a radio show that’s been on the air for 27yrs and recently passed 1000 episodes. A nice,sweet,easy drinking cocktail that would be perfect for kicking back and listening to exotica. Another good one that I’ve placed into my roster of regular mixes.

Well,that’s all for this week. I’m up to 99 mixings,wonder if number one hundred will be anything special? Stay tuned to find out.