10 Cane Rum - Tiki Drinks and Food

RA Registered Astronaut Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 66	RA Registered Astronaut Posted posted on Sat, Jul 21, 2007 12:24 PM 10 Cane and Adidas sponsored a Los Angeles business soccer "tournament" last weekend. Many hip non-profs and businesses participated, like KCRW the local NPR station, collector sneaker shops, mid-century boutique hotels and youth-oriented production companies. 10 Cane had an open bar throughout the whole event, serving two drinks: Mojito's or Dark n' Stormy's. Having free booze was nice although it seemed to contradict the efforts of a sportman's pursuit, but I couldn't help but cock my head a little at the recipes. 10 cane Mojito: 1/8th slice of lime, virtually non-existent mint, muddle both seemingly endless, unmeasured pour of sugar syrup unmeasured pour of 10 Cane Canada Dry ginger ale before the bartender began, he asked me "traditional Mojito or new style." I asked for a traditional, then after watching him pour this little concoction I looked around for the guy who might've ordered the "new style." Nope, this baby was for me, in all its traditional glory. It tasted like sweetened ginger ale. They were also doing a strawberry version. Then, I watched him mix a dark n' stormy (i'm not even sure they were calling it that), which I tried not to pay attention to. They were using Jamaican Ginger beer which was good to see but then there was no dark jamaican rum, only ten cane, and some fresh ginger? I stopped watching, turned my attention to the soccer game, and didn't order another drink. Sometimes I wonder why bartending and recipe finding is like a rocket science that even a rum company can't figure out? I was amazed. all that sugar syrup in a rum that is supposed to be super-premium. "Yeah, other rums use molasses, we don't do that" one rep told me. Super! Where's the oversized bottle of corn syrup again?

10 Cane and Adidas sponsored a Los Angeles business soccer "tournament" last weekend. Many hip non-profs and businesses participated, like KCRW the local NPR station, collector sneaker shops, mid-century boutique hotels and youth-oriented production companies. 10 Cane had an open bar throughout the whole event, serving two drinks: Mojito's or Dark n' Stormy's. Having free booze was nice although it seemed to contradict the efforts of a sportman's pursuit, but I couldn't help but cock my head a little at the recipes.

10 cane Mojito:

1/8th slice of lime, virtually non-existent
mint, muddle both
seemingly endless, unmeasured pour of sugar syrup
unmeasured pour of 10 Cane
Canada Dry ginger ale

before the bartender began, he asked me "traditional Mojito or new style."
I asked for a traditional, then after watching him pour this little concoction I looked around for the guy who might've ordered the "new style."
Nope, this baby was for me, in all its traditional glory.

It tasted like sweetened ginger ale. They were also doing a strawberry version.

Then, I watched him mix a dark n' stormy (i'm not even sure they were calling it that), which I tried not to pay attention to. They were using Jamaican Ginger beer which was good to see but then there was no dark jamaican rum, only ten cane, and some fresh ginger? I stopped watching, turned my attention to the soccer game, and didn't order another drink. Sometimes I wonder why bartending and recipe finding is like a rocket science that even a rum company can't figure out? I was amazed. all that sugar syrup in a rum that is supposed to be super-premium. "Yeah, other rums use molasses, we don't do that" one rep told me. Super! Where's the oversized bottle of corn syrup again?

Post #320371 by Registered Astronaut on Sat, Jul 21, 2007 12:24 PM