Authentic Curacao - Tiki Drinks and Food

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Tue, Mar 21, 2006 9:16 PM I finally restocked my Rhum St. James Hors D'Age, which I found at a good price of $32.99 at Vintage Wine and Spirits in Mill Valley, CA. Bay Area folks should check out the store - it has a great selection of whiskey (including several ryes) and a very knowlegeable and friendly staff. So I made Beachbum Berry's "$100 Mai Tai" with all his recommended ingredients except I used the curacao I mentioned in this thread, and superfine sugar instead of rock candy syrup. My impression is that the orange flavor comes through almost too strongly, and the orgeat flavor is almost nonexistent. Perhaps for my second one I will try to use more orgeat (1/2 oz. instead of 1/4 oz.) and leave out the sugar since I don't have any rock candy syrup.

I finally restocked my Rhum St. James Hors D'Age, which I found at a good price of $32.99 at Vintage Wine and Spirits in Mill Valley, CA. Bay Area folks should check out the store - it has a great selection of whiskey (including several ryes) and a very knowlegeable and friendly staff.

So I made Beachbum Berry's "$100 Mai Tai" with all his recommended ingredients except I used the curacao I mentioned in this thread, and superfine sugar instead of rock candy syrup. My impression is that the orange flavor comes through almost too strongly, and the orgeat flavor is almost nonexistent. Perhaps for my second one I will try to use more orgeat (1/2 oz. instead of 1/4 oz.) and leave out the sugar since I don't have any rock candy syrup.

Post #222316 by thejab on Tue, Mar 21, 2006 9:16 PM