Trader Vic's Grog Concentrate-Aye or Nay? - Tiki Drinks and Food

LFT Little fragrant Tiare Tiki Socialite Joined: Oct 12, 2007 Posts: 211	LFT Little fragrant Tiare Posted posted on Tue, Apr 2, 2013 11:57 AM On 2013-03-16 20:13, hiltiki wrote: I made my first Navy grog tonight with the TV Grog concentrate. I have to say it brought back sweet memories of going to Trader Vic in Beverly Hills and having Alfie the bartender make them for me. However it also tasted a lot like my St Elizabeth Allspice Dram so I have to say maybe I will try the home recipe that Heylownine posted before and compare them both. I used Happy Buddha's recipe, next time I will try TV's own recipe. I like the Grog Mix, glad I bought some. Hiltiki, like i said earlier in my pm i got the grog concentrate today and i did a side by side taste test between the grog concentrate, the elisabeth dram and my homemade grog mix and to my taste buds the TV grog conc wins over all. I find my homemade navy grog mix to be light and limey, the elisabeth dram to be more straightforward and one dimensional allspice while the TV grog concentrate is more complex and it has something in it that i cannot define, but it vaguely reminds me of root - or maybe kola nut? I`m gonna make a navy grog drink taste test in the weekend and write about it on my blog but i also wanna try the Tiki puka puka with the grog concentrate.

On 2013-03-16 20:13, hiltiki wrote:
I made my first Navy grog tonight with the TV Grog concentrate. I have to say it brought back sweet memories of going to Trader Vic in Beverly Hills and having Alfie the bartender make them for me. However it also tasted a lot like my St Elizabeth Allspice Dram so I have to say maybe I will try the home recipe that Heylownine posted before and compare them both.
I used Happy Buddha's recipe, next time I will try TV's own recipe.
I like the Grog Mix, glad I bought some.

Hiltiki, like i said earlier in my pm i got the grog concentrate today and i did a side by side taste test between the grog concentrate, the elisabeth dram and my homemade grog mix and to my taste buds the TV grog conc wins over all. I find my homemade navy grog mix to be light and limey, the elisabeth dram to be more straightforward and one dimensional allspice while the TV grog concentrate is more complex and it has something in it that i cannot define, but it vaguely reminds me of root - or maybe kola nut?

I`m gonna make a navy grog drink taste test in the weekend and write about it on my blog but i also wanna try the Tiki puka puka with the grog concentrate.

Post #673110 by Little fragrant Tiare on Tue, Apr 2, 2013 11:57 AM