Post #688625 by AdOrAdam on Sun, Aug 4, 2013 5:09 AM

On 2013-08-03 21:53, mcmtiki wrote:
Thanks for the advice. Took an hour round trip drive to pick up a bottle of Small Hands orgeat. Made a big difference

People can tell you 'this definitely makes a difference' but until you try it you dont know if you like it :) If I have 2 versions of the same liqour / syrup 1st thing I do is try one then the other to find the best, it varies drink to drink!

I prefer making my mai tais with straight VX (after trying as many variations as I could including using Appleton 12).

I saw this post:

http://drinksahoy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/rum-diary-mai-tais-appleton-rum-tasting.html

Yesterday I got a bottle of Appleton 8 (aka Appleton Reserve) to try - I'm looking forward to it & will report back!

Edit: Yes the Appleton Reserve 8 makes a good mai tai on its own!

I also tried a Ti Punch with Trois Rivieres Blanc - very funky :) This is only my second bottle of rhum agricole, after Saint James Amber. I had almost dismissed rhum agricole ~ maybe I just don't like Saint James Amber much(?)

The funk of the Trois Rivieres Blanc is similar to a Jamaican rum. I can feel some experimentation coming on :wink:

[ Edited by: AdOrAdam 2013-08-04 15:39 ]