Post #323243 by Registered Astronaut on Sat, Aug 4, 2007 12:05 PM

On 2006-08-15 18:20, GatorRob wrote:
Okay, so maybe I'm a little slow, but tonight I finally discovered the immense pleasure of the Spindrift (Grog Log, 78). Wow, what a drink. First off, it's ENORMOUS! Don't have a large snifter big enough for this heavyweight, so had to split it in two. (Both halves for me of course!) I absolutely love the vanilla. And it's sufficiently strong to make it, well... sufficiently strong, if you know what I mean. Definitely makes my home bar menu and my top 10.

Gotta buy some BIG glasses now.

The Spindrift gets a lot of attention on T.C., and for good reason. As a fledgling mixologist, I've been through a few phases: Navy Grogs, Zombies, Missionary's Downfall, etc. The great thing about aformentioned drinks is the variation in "official" recipes; everybody has an opinion on how it should be done. This makes for a great time trying different approaches. However, the Spindrift came along later for me, it was a recipe I avoided for a long time because it read like it had way too much juice (3 ounces of O.J. scared me, I hate drinks with O.J.). I must say, Beachbum Berry, hats off for adapting a junky T.V. recipe and making it into the best example of a tropical drink there could be. There was no reason for me to tinker with mixing a Rum Pot or a Foul Weather, I knew perfection when I tasted it. If I wanted to serve a tropical to someone who hated Tropicals in hopes of giving them a reason to think differently, I would serve them a Spindrift. If they still weren't convinced, I could probably attempt to brainwash or hypnotize said subject with great ease given the large amount of rum they had just consumed. Two of these gives me a hangover.

I like to pour them into Crate And Barrel stemless wine glasses, which resemble large snifters with no foot, if you haven't seem 'em.