Bartending error results in new drink?... - Tiki Drinks and Food

CK Cowtown Kahuna Member Kahikiville, OH Joined: Apr 30, 2003 Posts: 19	CK Cowtown Kahuna Posted posted on Thu, Jun 26, 2003 9:20 AM Vegas Vic, I'll have to give the Raving Bastard a try some time. Whiskey, Gin, something else & Red Bull. That sounds like the perfect drink for those nights when you're looking to wreak havoc of some sort. I accidentally stumbled upon my own concoction the other day. It's a bastardization of Trader Vic's Mai Tai recipe when I ran out of fresh lime juice, regular curacao, and Demerara rum. The combination of the blue curacao and sweetened lime juice turns the whole drink a zany bright-green color. The Martian Mai Tai 3/4 oz fresh lime juice 3/4 oz Rose's Sweetend Lime Juice 1/2 oz Blue Curacao 1/2 oz orgeat syrup 1 oz Meyer's Jamaican Rum 1 oz Cruzan's Coconut Rum Serve in a double old-fashioned glass with 4 ice cubes, and spent lime shell. Garnish with mint spring and green marischino cherry. If only I could have it brought out to the table by an old-school Star Trek green babe in a silver bikini. Just like the Mystery Drink Ritual girls only sci-fi-ified. Cheers, Cowtown Kahuna [ Edited by: Cowtown Kahuna on 2003-06-26 09:21 ] [ Edited by: Cowtown Kahuna on 2003-06-26 09:22 ] [ Edited by: Cowtown Kahuna on 2003-06-26 09:22 ]

Vegas Vic, I'll have to give the Raving Bastard a try some time. Whiskey, Gin, something else & Red Bull. That sounds like the perfect drink for those nights when you're looking to wreak havoc of some sort.

I accidentally stumbled upon my own concoction the other day. It's a bastardization of Trader Vic's Mai Tai recipe when I ran out of fresh lime juice, regular curacao, and Demerara rum. The combination of the blue curacao and sweetened lime juice turns the whole drink a zany bright-green color.

The Martian Mai Tai

3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz Rose's Sweetend Lime Juice
1/2 oz Blue Curacao
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
1 oz Meyer's Jamaican Rum
1 oz Cruzan's Coconut Rum

Serve in a double old-fashioned glass with 4 ice cubes, and spent lime shell. Garnish with mint spring and green marischino cherry.

If only I could have it brought out to the table by an old-school Star Trek green babe in a silver bikini. Just like the Mystery Drink Ritual girls only sci-fi-ified.

Cheers,

Cowtown Kahuna

[ Edited by: Cowtown Kahuna on 2003-06-26 09:21 ]

[ Edited by: Cowtown Kahuna on 2003-06-26 09:22 ]

Post #40832 by Cowtown Kahuna on Thu, Jun 26, 2003 9:20 AM