Post #688696 by AdOrAdam on Sun, Aug 4, 2013 4:32 PM

Today's drinks were 'a lesson in funk':

1. Ti Punch with Trois Rivieres Blanc

My 1st bottle of agricole was Saint James Amber. I mixed it a bit before using it to make Ti Punch with a small amount of lime & white cane syrup, just stirred a little bit in the glass - oh, the aftertaste was bad!

This time I used the Trois Rivieres Blanc with much more lime juice & brown cane sugar syrup (in the same ratio as before) - I treated it just like an Old Fashioned & stirred it for about 3 minutes. What a difference, really tasty & funky :)

Maybe Ti Punch needs chilling & dilution for my palate or I prefer the white agricole to the amber (?)

2. A Mai Tai with Appleton 8 as the only rum.

Ive been messing with Mai Tais using combos (straight Jamaican or Jamaican plus agricole or demerara) but have always returned to straight VX as my favourite.

An straight Appleton 8 Mai Tai is an improvement on the straight VX Mai Tai (in terms of 'sipping ability') but it did lose a little funk IMO, which needed cutting back from the VX but I would have liked to be more present in the drink I made today.

I tried Appleton 8 previously in a bar & thought highly of it neat, this is the article is worthwhile reading:
http://drinksahoy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/rum-diary-mai-tais-appleton-rum-tasting.html
It also mentions the need for a bit more funk in a Mai Tai with the Appleton 8.

In comparison between the 2 styles, I understand the 'funk' a bit more... Id definitely recommend trying an agricole only Ti Punch & a Jamaican only Mai Tai - if you do please post on here or PM me your thoughts.

Ill definitely need to experiment further!

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[ Edited by: AdOrAdam 2013-08-04 16:33 ]