Post #263344 by PiPhiRho on Sun, Oct 29, 2006 12:13 PM

According to INTOXICA (pg. 35) the Golden Wave was invented by Jose Yatco of the China Trader, 1969. It goes on to say that it won Jose the Internation Bartenders Guild competition in Mallorca, Spain that same year.

Back to the issue at hand, there were some recipes printed on the label of the old Sazerac Co. Falernum (now no longer available). Here are some of them:

Falernum Cocktail

1 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Creme de Noya
1 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Falernum
1 oz light rum
1 dash Peychaud's Bitters

Blend lightly with crushed ice and serve in a champagne glass.

Barbados Rum Punch
(The Original Planters Punch)

Half fill an 8 oz glass with cracked ice and add

2 oz Rum
Juice of 1/2 lime
2 tablespoons Falernum
1 dash Peychaud's Bitters

Fill glass with sparkling water, stir well and garnich with fruit and grated nutmeg.

The label also has a daiquiri recipe, Falernum Fruit Cup and a Falernum Sundae (vanilla ice cream with falernum). I have made the Barbados Rum Punch recipe and I quite enjoyed it.

Beachbum Berry's three books are also a good source for recipes that use Falernum. These include the Hawaiian Eye (Intoxica pg 39), the Puka Punch from Tiki Ti (Intoxica pg 73), the Test Pilot (Grog Log pg 82), and the Saturn (Taboo Table pg 97). All are excellent cocktails. Anyone interested in Mixology should have all three books, IMHO.

[ Edited by: PiPhiRho 2006-10-29 12:38 ]