Post #656457 by Dolewhip on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 11:36 PM

Hey, jingleheimerschmidt!

It's cool that you whipped up a batch of these!

I totally agree with you; this drink has a very tiki drink feel to it, but I'd be remiss to call it something else. It's really just a modified recipe, really. I'm liking it though! I agree that the orgeat gets a bit lost in the mix. Maybe I'll amp down the other syrups and put 1/4 more orgeat.

I've sorta moved on to making an allspice syrup to experiment with. Got some allspice berries and made an adjusted recipe with 1:1 syrup and 1/2 cup of white rum. I've been tweaking Martin Cate's Pampanito recipe with this. Even went out and got Pampero rum and molasses to make it a bit more accurate. If you have a chance, check it out. Pretty amazing cocktail!

So what are you working on these days?

On 2012-10-15 08:13, jingleheimerschmidt wrote:
Well, I made two of these this weekend. I used different rums however; 1 Zaya and 1 Appleton v/x (its all I had). First, it was really good and invoked what I'd refer to as a classic tiki cocktail. With that said, it definitely doesn't taste like a mai tai anymore. In fact, the orgeat (homemade) was hard to discern. Anyhow, I too will make more.

Thanks!