Make Your Own Falernum - Tiki Drinks and Food

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:25 PM On 2010-01-02 14:55, tonupyank wrote: While The Colonel's recipe calls for lime juice as part of the finishing step, why are some saying not to use it? I like the suggestion of just adding the fresh at the time of the mixing, so, just curious. The lime juice in the mix has a potential for spoilage. If you skip the lime juice and just use the lime zest you are getting the oils, not the juice and sugars.... thus lower/no chance of it turning on you. If you use Falernum a lot there's no problem because your going to use it up. If your like me, a fifth of Falernum will last you three or more months meaning you have to keep an eye on it. My current bottle is just about five months old and its starting to worry me... the color is getting darker and the aroma is getting sweet. I think its time to start a new batch

On 2010-01-02 14:55, tonupyank wrote:
While The Colonel's recipe calls for lime juice as part of the finishing step, why are some saying not to use it? I like the suggestion of just adding the fresh at the time of the mixing, so, just curious.

The lime juice in the mix has a potential for spoilage. If you skip the lime juice and just use the lime zest you are getting the oils, not the juice and sugars.... thus lower/no chance of it turning on you.

If you use Falernum a lot there's no problem because your going to use it up. If your like me, a fifth of Falernum will last you three or more months meaning you have to keep an eye on it. My current bottle is just about five months old and its starting to worry me... the color is getting darker and the aroma is getting sweet. I think its time to start a new batch

Post #502019 by Chip and Andy on Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:25 PM