Recipe: The original Suffering Bastard - Tiki Drinks and Food

D Digitiki Tiki Socialite L.A. baby! Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 811	D Digitiki Posted posted on Thu, Mar 1, 2007 2:30 PM This has been a question buring in the back of my mind as well! I recently went to trader vics here in LA and had both a Mai Tai and a Suffering Bastard. They tasted related but not that similar. The Bastard was much dryer than the mai tai and didn't seem to have the orange taste of the Mai Tai from the curacao. They put an entire hafl of a small pickle cucumber (unpickled of course) which give the entire drink a very distinctive cucumer smell/taste. It sounds strange, but the cucumber is very refreshing in the drink. Grog Log lists bourbon as an ingredient. anyone out there done side by side comparisons? Or know a Vic's bartender who will come clean? [ Edited by: Digitiki 2007-03-01 14:31 ]

This has been a question buring in the back of my mind as well!

I recently went to trader vics here in LA and had both a Mai Tai and a Suffering Bastard. They tasted related but not that similar. The Bastard was much dryer than the mai tai and didn't seem to have the orange taste of the Mai Tai from the curacao. They put an entire hafl of a small pickle cucumber (unpickled of course) which give the entire drink a very distinctive cucumer smell/taste. It sounds strange, but the cucumber is very refreshing in the drink.

Grog Log lists bourbon as an ingredient. anyone out there done side by side comparisons? Or know a Vic's bartender who will come clean?

[ Edited by: Digitiki 2007-03-01 14:31 ]

Post #288986 by Digitiki on Thu, Mar 1, 2007 2:30 PM