Post #43093 by thejab on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 12:43 PM

On 2003-07-14 21:17, Basement Kahuna wrote:
I'm with you on everything but that Whaler's swill. Awful, cheap rum.

I have to agree with Basement Kahuna on this one. Whaler's is made in a factory in California, is artificially flavored and colored, and tastes awful. Myers' is also caramel colored but is at least from Jamaica and tasty.

I wouldn't use either Myers' or Whaler's in a Mai Tai. I prefer my Mai Tai with aged gold rum. A combination of Martinique and Jamaican is best and true to Trader Vic's original recipe. Whaler's or Myers' would dominate the flavor too much in my opinion.

Kava King wrote:

I'm not sure the brands matter much on anything but the Rum. Aren't orgeats and curacaos pretty much all the same?

Not according to Trader Vic (and I would tend to agree). His original recipe called for specific brands of curacao and orgeat (which are now unavailable). It would be interesting (but expensive) to do a taste test of various curacaos (Bols, Hiram Walker, Marie Brizard, etc.) and orgeats and see which taste best.