Post #458209 by congawa on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 10:39 AM

Thanks for the responses. I did make a Mai Tai with Appleton's 12 Year and Premiere Canne and it came out tasting good. However this was with DeKuyper's orange curacao, which I think is a bit harsh. I just bought some Marie Brizard's OC this weekend (in OC, in fact), and look forward to trying it with the above combination.

Yes, the Noa Noa I was talking about was the drink, the "brown Mojito" with brown sugar and Lemon Hart instead of white sugar and white rum. After one of those, I don't think I can drink a regular mojito ever again. The dark rum adds flavor (though the Lemon Hart is special, I think it would work well with any good dark rum) and the brown sugar gives extra mellowness and body without the extreme sweetness regular sugar brings. I may have to get some of the 80 proof Lemon Hart, though, for nights I want to have a Noa Noa and then have a second drink. With the 151 Lemon Hart on Saturday night, the home bartender in myself cut the cocktail imbiber in myself off after one drink!