Couple quickies.

Been working on a couple full posts,but they’re not ready to be published yet. So here’s a pair of mixings to hold you over.

Mix #135 Potted Parrot

2oz light rum
2ox orange juice
1oz lemon juice
1/2oz orange curacao
1/4oz orgeat
1/4oz rock candy syrup

Shake with ice and pour into mug.

Trader Vic created this in 1964 for the opening of his Mexican restaurant Senor Pico. Very citrus-y with a touch of sweet. I used regular simple syrup and upped it to a half ounce since rock candy syrup is super sweet(like 3:1). I also used my Siesta Keys silver rum,whose rums will be featured in an upcoming post. Quite good,and not surprising since the Trader was the master.

Mix #136 Storm the Beach

1oz Demerara rum
1/2oz Plantation OFTD
1/2oz velvet falernum
1/2oz lime juice
1/2oz grapefruit juice
1/2oz cinnamon syrup
2 dashes bitters

Shake with ice,strain into glass with fresh ice. Add lime shell with overproof rum and light.

So,no,I didn’t add the flaming lime shell,I’m more interested in the drink than the presentation. This was created by Ryan Welliver,who has an interesting name for a bartender. His recipe calls for cinnamon-cumin syrup,but I just used standard cinnamon syrup. And that’s all I pretty much tasted. If you really dig cinnamon,then try this,but I’ll stick to drinks where I can actually taste my rum.

Until next time folks,aloha and mahalo.