Any Tiki Bourbon drinkers here? - Tiki Drinks and Food

FT Freaky Torch Member Mai Kai country Joined: Jul 25, 2013 Posts: 20	FT Freaky Torch Posted posted on Sun, Jul 28, 2013 7:33 PM On 2013-07-28 17:59, Limbo Lizard wrote: The Mai Tai has been one of my favorite drinks for decades. I also like bourbon, but I don't really care for the Honi Honi (same recipe as M.T., except sub bourbon for rum). A couple years ago I experimented, paring back the ingredients, and settled on a simpler drink with bourbon that I like a lot. I called it a "Beau Tai" - pretty much a variation of a whiskey sour: Beau Tai 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice (1 medium lime) 1/2 ounce simple syrup (to taste; I use less) 2 ounces bourbon Dash of Fee Brothers Old fashioned Aromatic Bitters Dash bitters into empty old fashioned glass. Shake other ingredients with ice, pour into glass. In a pinch, sub Angostura bitters, I suppose. But the Fee Bros. has a more prominent cinnamon taste that really enhances the appeal for me. When I describe and offer this drink to my bourbon-drinking friends, they've always seemed apprehensive. And then they ask for another, and the recipe. They say they never would have thought lime and cinnamon could do anything but hurt good bourbon. That sounds like another recipe I'm going to have to try. Thanks for your input.

On 2013-07-28 17:59, Limbo Lizard wrote:
The Mai Tai has been one of my favorite drinks for decades. I also like bourbon, but I don't really care for the Honi Honi (same recipe as M.T., except sub bourbon for rum). A couple years ago I experimented, paring back the ingredients, and settled on a simpler drink with bourbon that I like a lot. I called it a "Beau Tai" - pretty much a variation of a whiskey sour:

Beau Tai
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice (1 medium lime)
1/2 ounce simple syrup (to taste; I use less)
2 ounces bourbon
Dash of Fee Brothers Old fashioned Aromatic Bitters

Dash bitters into empty old fashioned glass. Shake other ingredients with ice, pour into glass.

In a pinch, sub Angostura bitters, I suppose. But the Fee Bros. has a more prominent cinnamon taste that really enhances the appeal for me. When I describe and offer this drink to my bourbon-drinking friends, they've always seemed apprehensive. And then they ask for another, and the recipe. They say they never would have thought lime and cinnamon could do anything but hurt good bourbon.

That sounds like another recipe I'm going to have to try. Thanks for your input.

Post #687756 by Freaky Torch on Sun, Jul 28, 2013 7:33 PM