The Great Palm Springs Zombie Taste-Off! - California Events

KK Kahuna Kent Member Woodland Hills, Ca Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 82	KK Kahuna Kent Posted posted on Sat, Nov 10, 2007 12:14 AM In defense of the "Don" - after assembling all the ingredients for the Santiago recipe (this took awhile - the Falernum and a proper Grenadine were not easy to come by - and I made my "Don's Mix" with Demerara sugar, per the Bum!) - subbing Cruzan for the "Puerto Rican Rum" as the Bum suggests I came up with an okay drink - as the judges attest (I'm using Herbsaint, btw, not absinthe) - but then I tried it again using Pyrate in place of Cruzan and it's a whole different deal! Wow! It was truly a revelation! I'm thinking Puerto Rican Rum back in the day was a much better product than we have today! Next time I wnt to try it with Ron Zacara. I'm going to try the Spievak recipe as soon as I score some decent Passion Fruit Pulp.

In defense of the "Don" - after assembling all the ingredients for the Santiago recipe (this took awhile - the Falernum and a proper Grenadine were not easy to come by - and I made my "Don's Mix" with Demerara sugar, per the Bum!) - subbing Cruzan for the "Puerto Rican Rum" as the Bum suggests I came up with an okay drink - as the judges attest (I'm using Herbsaint, btw, not absinthe) - but then I tried it again using Pyrate in place of Cruzan and it's a whole different deal! Wow! It was truly a revelation! I'm thinking Puerto Rican Rum back in the day was a much better product than we have today! Next time I wnt to try it with Ron Zacara.

I'm going to try the Spievak recipe as soon as I score some decent Passion Fruit Pulp.

Post #343080 by Kahuna Kent on Sat, Nov 10, 2007 12:14 AM