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

S Sunny&Rummy Member Melbourne, FL Joined: Jun 13, 2013 Posts: 601	S Sunny&Rummy Posted posted on Sun, Jun 30, 2013 1:50 PM On 2013-06-30 13:36, TikiTacky wrote: Thanks for all the great responses, guys. I'm definitely still enjoying everything I'm reading about tiki culture, tiki drinks, and of course, rum. For a guy who doesn't drink a lot I've spent an awful lot on liquor! The good news is that most of it will apparently keep just fine for many years. Tonight I plan to make a Mai Tai with my new bottle of Pierre Fernand Dry Orange Curaçao. I don't have any Martinique rums (sigh), but I've heard some good things about mixing Smith Cross with Appleton V/X, both of which I've got. Should make for a strong drink, though. I realize it isn't a proper Mai Tai, but it should make for a better comparison once I get some proper Martinique Rhum Agricole. There really isn't any such thing as a "proper" Mai Tai for modern devotees anymore unless you have $50K or so to spend on a vintage bottle of J Wray and Nephew 17 Year Old Jamaican Rum. The Beachbum's suggestion to pair aged Jamaican and Martinique rums is a great way for us to at least approximate some of the layers of complexity the original TV Mai Tai had, but there are countless combinations of quality rums to explore in a near limitless array of "proper" Mai Tais. Appleton V/X and Smith&Cross will give you a stellar drink, but depending on how much you dig the pot still funkiness of S&C (I find it addicting) I suggest you start with 3:1 Appleton to S&C and go from there.

On 2013-06-30 13:36, TikiTacky wrote:
Thanks for all the great responses, guys. I'm definitely still enjoying everything I'm reading about tiki culture, tiki drinks, and of course, rum. For a guy who doesn't drink a lot I've spent an awful lot on liquor! The good news is that most of it will apparently keep just fine for many years.

Tonight I plan to make a Mai Tai with my new bottle of Pierre Fernand Dry Orange Curaçao. I don't have any Martinique rums (sigh), but I've heard some good things about mixing Smith Cross with Appleton V/X, both of which I've got. Should make for a strong drink, though. I realize it isn't a proper Mai Tai, but it should make for a better comparison once I get some proper Martinique Rhum Agricole.

There really isn't any such thing as a "proper" Mai Tai for modern devotees anymore unless you have $50K or so to spend on a vintage bottle of J Wray and Nephew 17 Year Old Jamaican Rum. The Beachbum's suggestion to pair aged Jamaican and Martinique rums is a great way for us to at least approximate some of the layers of complexity the original TV Mai Tai had, but there are countless combinations of quality rums to explore in a near limitless array of "proper" Mai Tais.

Appleton V/X and Smith&Cross will give you a stellar drink, but depending on how much you dig the pot still funkiness of S&C (I find it addicting) I suggest you start with 3:1 Appleton to S&C and go from there.

Post #684097 by Sunny&Rummy on Sun, Jun 30, 2013 1:50 PM