Tag: light rum

Day 44: Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai

  • 1 oz Demerara rum
  • 1 oz dark Jamaican rum
  • 1 oz light rum
  • 1 oz orange juice
  • 1 oz pineapple juice
  • 1/2 oz lime juice
  • 1/4 oz lemon juice
  • 1/4 oz orange curaçao
  • 1/4 oz Orgeat
  • 1/4 oz simple syrup

Another day, another tiki drink. Tonight we’re hosting a dinner party that is themed around citrus, so I decided to pick something that used as many citrus fruits as I could get. This is a pretty nice Mai Tai variant that I would recommend if you have a ton of juice you need to use up.

Day 43: Stumblebum

  • 1 oz pineapple juice
  • 3/4 oz macadamia nut liqueur
  • 1/2 oz lime juice
  • 1/2 oz light rum
  • 1/2 oz gold rum

Another liquor store run, another new liqueur to try! I kept seeing macadamia nut liqueur in the Beachbum book, so obviously I needed to get some. It’s fairly inexpensive as well.

This is absolutely delicious. The macadamia liqueur gives it a warm finish that works surprisingly well with the pineapple.

Day 40: Samoan Fog Cutter

  • 2 oz lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 oz light rum
  • 1 oz orange juice
  • 1/2 oz Orgeat
  • 1/2 oz brandy
  • 1/2 oz gin
  • 1/2 oz cream sherry (float)

Another beauty from the Beachbum Berry book. The actual recipe for this calls for it be blended, but I was feeling lazy. This is super tart and would make a great “sipping by the pool in summer” drink. I also finally got a chance to use my Horror in Clay fogcutter mug, designed by a friend of a friend. Clearly I need some longer straws.

Day 36: Beachbum’s Own

  • 1 1/2 oz light rum
  • 1 1/4 oz gold rum
  • 3/4 oz lemon juice
  • 3/4 oz pineapple juice
  • 3/4 oz orange juice
  • 3/4 oz passion fruit syrup
  • 3/4 oz Licor 43

Here’s another sweet, easy drinker. This called for Demerara rum, which I don’t have, so I substituted the gold Angostura rum instead.

I also had the good fortune to visit Adrift last night,a tiki bar in Denver. I had an excellent Scorpion Bowl and a fine Mai Tai. I have now decided that I need one of those tiki punch bowls at home.

Day 27: Bali Bali

  • 1 oz lime juice
  • 1 oz orange juice
  • 1 oz pineapple juice
  • 1 oz dark rum
  • 1 oz light rum
  • 1 oz gin
  • 1 oz Cognac
  • 1/2 oz simple syrup
  • 1/2 oz falernum
  • 1/2 oz passion fruit syrup

Here’s another doozy of a tiki drink. Four whole ounces of booze, and so easy to drink! Falernum is a syrup that I’ve heard of before but never used myself, and I’m pretty much in love.

Day 24: Don’s Special Daiquiri

  • 1 oz dark rum
  • 1/2 oz light rum
  • 1/2 oz Passion Fruit syrup
  • 1/2 oz honey syrup
  • 1/2 oz lime juice

I showed a colleague of mine the blog because I knew he was also a cocktail fan. The next day he lent me his tiki book. I spent most of Friday making as many cocktails as I could based on what I had in the house, just to practice a bit. The book is absolutely fantastic! I am definitely picking up a copy of my own at some point.

I got some Passion Fruit syrup when I made a liquor store run today since I noticed that so many recipes used it. The recipe calls for “gold Jamaican rum” and “light Puerto Rican rum”, so I used what I found to be close enough. (The book actually has a really good section on types of rums that I will use when I make up my next shopping list). This was pretty sweet, and easy to drink. I might try a more boozy variation at some point.