Post #631341 by CincyTikiCraig on Wed, Apr 4, 2012 9:00 PM

On 2012-04-04 14:11, Hurricane Hayward wrote:
(Almost) all the secrets have been revealed:

From TheAtomicGrog.com:
Mai-Kai cocktail review: The Black Magic emerges from the darkness as a true classic
Prior to the opening of The Mai-Kai in 1956, there were perhaps other icy cocktails that employed dark rum and coffee as key ingredients. But none perfected it quite like the Black Magic.

Click below for a discussion of the special rum that makes the Black Magic unique, plus a rare ancestor recipe that comes as close as any we've tasted yet ...

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/04/04/mai-kai-cocktail-review-the-black-magic-emerges-from-the-shadows-as-a-true-classic/

Okole maluna!

Once again you've hit the ball out of the park Hurricane! I would enjoy reading about how you came across that original Mariano Licudine 1944 recipe. Also, I think that a thread discussing Kohala Bay Dark Rum is in order. Who actually makes this rum, what's the ABV, and who is the importer? And what other DTB recipes might it work in??