An honest comment from an occasional drinker - Tiki Drinks and Food

G GentleHangman Member Stuart, Florida Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 464	G GentleHangman Posted posted on Sun, Jun 30, 2013 1:15 PM Most Tiki drinks served at various establishments (The Mai Kai included) serve their own "version" of a Tiki Original. I can't tell you how many variations of a Mai Tai I've had (I'm an 'Old Fart" of 66+) - and I guarantee I couldn't tell you which was which - same goes for the Suffering Bastard, Jet Pilot, Hurricane, Rum Runner,Zombie and many others. However... were you to serve me an "Original Recipe" of, say a Mai Tai, or a Jet Pilot . . . I would be able to tell is was "original recipe"- even if you were not using "Top Shelf" rum. Their flavor profiles are unmistakeable. True, most Tiki drinks use one or more of these fruits: Lemon, Lime, Orange, Pineapple, white grapefruit, Guava, Mango,passionfruit and pommegranate - giving them a 'sameness' in overall flavor changed only by the quality and combinations of rums used and other flavor enhancing ingredients such as cinnamon syrup, falernum, Orgeat, pimento dram and various other liquers. What you have to do is DRINK MORE, get the bum's books and train your palate! I'm done . . . thank you very much. I bet you feel more like you do now now than you did when you came in. GENT [ Edited by: GentleHangman 2013-06-30 13:17 ]

Most Tiki drinks served at various establishments (The Mai Kai included) serve their own "version" of a Tiki Original. I can't tell you how many variations of a Mai Tai I've had (I'm an 'Old Fart" of 66+) - and I guarantee I couldn't tell you which was which - same goes for the Suffering Bastard, Jet Pilot, Hurricane, Rum Runner,Zombie and many others. However... were you to serve me an "Original Recipe" of, say a Mai Tai, or a Jet Pilot . . . I would be able to tell is was "original recipe"- even if you were not using "Top Shelf" rum. Their flavor profiles are unmistakeable. True, most Tiki drinks use one or more of these fruits: Lemon, Lime, Orange, Pineapple, white grapefruit, Guava, Mango,passionfruit and pommegranate - giving them a 'sameness' in overall flavor changed only by the quality and combinations of rums used and other flavor enhancing ingredients such as cinnamon syrup, falernum, Orgeat, pimento dram and various other liquers.
What you have to do is DRINK MORE, get the bum's books and train your palate!
I'm done . . . thank you very much.

I bet you feel more like you do now now than you did when you came in.

GENT

[ Edited by: GentleHangman 2013-06-30 13:17 ]

Post #684082 by GentleHangman on Sun, Jun 30, 2013 1:15 PM