Post #594606 by GatorRob on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 2:50 PM

On 2011-06-08 13:05, thePorpoise wrote:
haven't had the drink, but for some reason I have this recipe jotted down in my cocktails notebook and have been meaning to try it:

1.5 oz each of dark rum, gold rum, and black coffee
3/4 oz each of lime, OJ, grapefruit, and honey
1/4 oz of Don's mix (grapefruit and cinnamon)
3 dashes each of bitters, and of pimento/allspice dram.

no idea where i got it from or whether its accurate to any degree.

thePorpoise, I don't know where you got the recipe, but it's actually quite good. I sub'ed 1 oz of a dry coffee liqueur for the 1.5 oz of coffee, used 3/4 oz honey syrup (1:1) instead of pure honey and 1/4 oz of cinnamon syrup in place of the Don's Mix (since there is grapefruit juice in the mix already), and 1/4 oz allspice dram rather than 3 dashes. Top mixed with crushed ice for 5 seconds and poured into a large snifter. The result is a very smooth Black Magic-like drink. The coffee is there but not overpowering and the honey works quite nicely. Very nice recipe! If you're a fan of the Mai-Kai's Black Magic you should definitely give this one a try. Without a side-by-side comparison, this might be the closest to the Black Magic of the recipes I've tried, although I doubt they use allspice dram. But they could use an allspice syrup.