Post #131101 by Johnny Dollar on Wed, Dec 15, 2004 7:26 AM

very interesting article...

i noted that they included the recipe for the suffering bastard instead of for the mai tai:

juice of 1 lime
4 oz tv mai tai mix
1 oz light rum
1 oz gold rum
.5 oz dark rum

shake with crushed ice
garnish with cucumber spear, reserved lime half, and mint sprig

compare to the tv website recipe

PRESENT DAY FORMULA
OF THE MAI TAI

2 ounces fine dark rum
4 ounces Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
juice of one large lime

of course, ref this t.c. discussion earlier on:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=2750&forum=10&start=0

they coulda just given the stright-up recipe instead of the one with the mix... but i guess the recipes were supplied by trader vic's inc. they probably just decided that the "sb" name sounded more poetic or something.