Post #702534 by Destro100 on Thu, Dec 19, 2013 7:09 AM

What went wrong?

THE BOO LOO - went wrong!

I have finally had my first disaster. I know this drink should be amazing.

It was not.

Where to begin?

The directions say, "a few chunks of pineapple." What the hell does that mean? I put in about 3-4 pineapple spears. I definitely did not liquify them sufficiently. My bad.

Then I have to ask, if we are using fresh liquified pineapple, why are we adding pineapple juice? Why not just increase the amount of fresh fruit to liquify?

Next, I am not enamored with the combination of rums. I love combining rums, but the sweet spot is a combination of 2-3 rums. 4 different types of rum seem excessive; in fact, they completely overpowered the drink and didn't balance well.

Additionally, adding 1&1/2 oz of club soda doesn't do enough to help the drink either. The drink has nearly 10 oz. of liquid already. In order to carbonate the drink to a noticeable and favorable degree, you need at least 2&1/2 oz. of soda - or more - probably more.

Please enlighten me. I have so many drinks ahead. I don't know that I really want to go back and try this again.

Ingredients I used:

Fresh Pineapple
Dole Pineapple Juice (canned but not from concentrate)
Fresh Lime Juice
Honey Mix (1:1 honey to water mix)
Coruba Dark Jamaican Rum
Lemon Hart 151
12-year El Dorado Rum
4-year Flor De Cana gold
club soda

My personal rating: *1/2 (1.5) out of ***** (5)