Substitutions in classic drink recipes - divinity or heresy?! - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Sunny&Rummy Member Melbourne, FL Joined: Jun 13, 2013 Posts: 601	S Sunny&Rummy Posted posted on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 12:25 PM There is no way around substitutions when you have a finite amount of space/money for ingredients and a seemingly infinite amount of cocktail recipes to try. I used to keep many more rums on hand than I currently do for the sake of authenticity in replicating cocktail recipes. That got to be pretty crazy and expensive and I have winnowed down to about a dozen essential rums. I have softened quite a bit in my feeling on substitutions. Similar to Ad's rum sub on Three Dots and a Dash. I will often sub ED 5 for the rhum agricole in a Donga Punch. A totally different drink but a very good one. "If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel." Robert Louis Stevenson [ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2013-12-29 12:30 ]

There is no way around substitutions when you have a finite amount of space/money for ingredients and a seemingly infinite amount of cocktail recipes to try.

I used to keep many more rums on hand than I currently do for the sake of authenticity in replicating cocktail recipes. That got to be pretty crazy and expensive and I have winnowed down to about a dozen essential rums. I have softened quite a bit in my feeling on substitutions.

Similar to Ad's rum sub on Three Dots and a Dash. I will often sub ED 5 for the rhum agricole in a Donga Punch. A totally different drink but a very good one.

"If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel."
Robert Louis Stevenson

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2013-12-29 12:30 ]

Post #703297 by Sunny&Rummy on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 12:25 PM