Post #502717 by tonupyank on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 9:53 PM

Well it's done! I strained all the goodness and mixed in the 3 cups simple syrup. Then off to the bottles. I ended up filling the 750ml bottle, and probably about a pint more. Now, it smelled pretty darn good when I poured it in the bottles. I then made my very first 'real' Mai Tai! Since I'm here in WA rum is a rather limited off the shelf selection, so I used an ounce of Mt Gay Eclipse, ounce of Appletons, 1.5 ounces of fresh lime juice, .5 ounce orgeat, .25 falernum.

Wow! I was thinking it was going to be rather strong, but it was tart and tasty. Now that I think about it, I would switch the falerum and orgeat amounts. Maybe the rums I used weren't the best because I didn't taste much rum flavor, but this isn't about my rum selection.

I did a sip of the falernum raw, on ice. It was very very 'clovey'. I think the 2 tablespoons of cloves I used was probably to much. So, that's the first recipe down. Time to use it up!

If any one is interested I could send a sample.