Post #547926 by softspirit on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 9:05 PM

On 2010-08-11 13:47, arriano wrote:
Herbsaint/Pernod is probably a good bet. As I recall, Jeff Berry states in at least one of his books that one of Don Beach's secret weapons was the Angostura bitters and Pernod combination.

Regarding Fassionola, I'm always a little suspect of "Hawai'i Tropical Drinks & Cuisine." One might try subbing passion fruit syrup instead

Pernod is a bit too licorice for the cobra's fang. nice touch to other drinks(that call for pernod).

There is a Johnathen English company making 3 different types of Fassionola, based in San Diego. However their website seems to be a Beta, the product does not seem to have a distribution.. So what I actually used was in fact "fruit punch syrup". I seem to recall in my youth being given a fassionola drink, and it made a lousy fruit punch drink.. most like the cheapest imitation you can think of. What I used worked, and tasted and kicked very similar to the original. A caution: VERY easy on the bitters, as well as the Herbsaint. It came out a touch too bitter when I mixed it.

But it appears the Johnathan English company holds the trademarks for the fassionola brand name.

Link here