Post #552051 by CucamongaChango on Fri, Sep 3, 2010 8:09 PM

A Mai-Tai... BUT... with a rum I've never used in it before, and I'm having some interesting results.

Picked up some Pyrat XO today because it's finally been knocked down to $20 here. For some reason, even though CA went with the $19.99 price tag almost a year ago, CO is just now catching up.

So... made my Mai-Tai as usual, but split the "dark" portion with half Coruba/half Pyrat XO. Just enough to get some of that deep funk of the Pyrat.

And you know what? This tastes closer to an Emeryville Mai-Tai than any other Mai-Tai I've ever made at home.

Now, I know they don't use straight-up Pyrat... but whatever they use (their TV's Mai-Tai rum, only available at the restaurants, right?), it's got the same sort of funk to it.

So, my rum mix tonight is 1oz Appleton Estate Reserve, 1/2oz Coruba, 1/2oz Pyrat XO.
And it is freakin' delicious.