Post #363562 by The Gnomon on Tue, Feb 26, 2008 9:31 AM

Hmmmm.

Trader Peg just posted on this a week ago (The Knickerbocker - a Primordial Mai Tai?), but I find arriano's revelation of Jerry Thomas' White Lion to be even closer to the Mai Tai. Replace the pulverized sugar with Rock Candy Syrup and replace the Raspberry Syrup with Orgeat Syrup and it would be difficult to convince anyone that they were not drinking a Mai Tai.

On 2008-02-20 09:05, arriano wrote:
Interesting theory regarding Knickerbocker/Mai Tai.

For a similar drink, try another from Jerry Thomas' arsenal, the White Lion:

Take 1 tea-spoonful of pulverized white sugar.
1/2 a lime (squeeze out juice and put rind in glass).
1 wine-glass Santa Cruz rum.
1 tea-spoonful of Curacoa. (Orange Curacao)
1 tea-spoonful of Raspberry Syrup.
Fill the glass half-full of shaved ice, shake up well and strain into a cocktail glass.