Post #684804 by AdOrAdam on Sat, Jul 6, 2013 7:16 AM

On 2013-07-05 16:03, happy buddha wrote:
I actually like that ginger beer Bastard quite a bit... I think it's a light & easy summertime cocktail. But I use fresh lime & sugar syrup instead of Rose's...

I really enjoy ginger beer on its own... A mocktail or can of pop can really hit the spot :)

My favourite mocktail is LLB (lemon lime & bitters). Fill glass with muchos ice, squeeze half a lime juice, top with lemonade, add several dashes of bitters.

You can use squash, tonic, soda, cartoned fruit juice - as long as its long, cold, has citrus & bitters, its a winner :) if you need booze a bit of Wray & Nephews works great IMO :)

On 2013-07-05 16:29, thePorpoise wrote:
the ginger beer version is the original.
i've no idea what the tiki bars did to it.

Who knows? Sippin Safari has a coke version, Trader Vics has a 'mai tai with an extra shot' version.

I think the attitude was/is 'That Zombie / Mai Tai / etc is selling well at their bar, lets make a version to compete!'