Post #332999 by GentleHangman on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 3:27 PM

I do mine in the same manner as C&A - I make my 50/50 blend of Appleton Estate 12 year old and Saint James Hors D'Age in it's own bottle (Labeled " Special Mai Tai Rum Blend") and my mixture of Senior Curacao of Curacao, Orgeat and Rock Candy Syrup in another container. My lime is ALWAYS fresh-sliced and squeezed. Since I can only shake one drink at a time in my old Boston Shaker . . . I just use 2 ounces of my rum mix, one ounce of my Curacao mix and one ounce of fresh lime. Shake, shake, shake and pour into a Trader Vic's Mai Tai glass and garnished with a lime/mint sprig 'island'. I do it this way for my guests as I regale them with the Mai Tai Story and follow up with an actual "$100 Mai Tai" - what a show!
To me, the two-bottle pour + a fresh squeeze is more personal than an assembly line large-batch drink - but that's just me . . . and since I'm an Old Fart . . . I can get away with it! So there!