Post #4508 by woofmutt on Sat, Jul 27, 2002 11:40 PM

Here's Vic's recipe as published in 1946. It's for 12. Do some basic math and tweaking and you can figure it out for one. Just don't serve a drink for one in a Scorpion bowl, that'd be too sad.

"...Honolulu's famous Scorpion, a drink which doesn't shilly-shally or mess around in getting you under way. As originally made with okolehao and rum, the Scorpion is at its best, but the following formula is practically as good an infusion as the original."

1 & a 1/2 bottles Puerto Rican rum (Rum Merito or Brugal suggested)
2 ounces gin
2 ounces brandy
16 ounces lemon juice
8 ounces orange juice
8 ounces orgeat
2 sprigs of mint
1/2 bottle white wine.
Mix thoroughly, pour over cracked ice, let stand two hours and add more ice. Garnish with gardenias.