Pimento Liqueur - Tiki Drinks and Food

K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 11:34 PM Suddenly I feel like Sven battling the tiki painters . . . :) I'm sure Camano Mermaid's Pimento Dram recipe tastes terrific, and may be more authentic to Jamaica, but it isn't the Pimento Dram used historically in tiki drinks and cocktails. If you use a Pimento Dram with nutmeg, cinnamon, and lots of lime juice in, say a Nui Nui, you may have created a decent drink, but it's not a Nui Nui, as you've got way too much sugar, lime and cinnamon in there, as well as nutmeg! Donn Beach and other booze geniuses worked hard to create balance in their drinks - that's why you only add 1/4 ounce of this or 6 drops of that. One certainly can't precisely recreate what 21 year old rum or Pimento Dram tasted like in 1937 (and in truth probably don't want to be that anal about it), but we can try to be true to their recipes. The payoff is usually worth the effort.

Suddenly I feel like Sven battling the tiki painters . . . :)

I'm sure Camano Mermaid's Pimento Dram recipe tastes terrific, and may be more authentic to Jamaica, but it isn't the Pimento Dram used historically in tiki drinks and cocktails. If you use a Pimento Dram with nutmeg, cinnamon, and lots of lime juice in, say a Nui Nui, you may have created a decent drink, but it's not a Nui Nui, as you've got way too much sugar, lime and cinnamon in there, as well as nutmeg!

Donn Beach and other booze geniuses worked hard to create balance in their drinks - that's why you only add 1/4 ounce of this or 6 drops of that. One certainly can't precisely recreate what 21 year old rum or Pimento Dram tasted like in 1937 (and in truth probably don't want to be that anal about it), but we can try to be true to their recipes. The payoff is usually worth the effort.

Post #375531 by Koolau on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 11:34 PM