Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean, released Dec. 2013 - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Sunny&Rummy Member Melbourne, FL Joined: Jun 13, 2013 Posts: 601	S Sunny&Rummy Posted posted on Mon, Dec 30, 2013 11:11 AM I am devouring this book. Have read through page 215 and am trying to pace my reading because I will be depressed when I finish the book and have no more to read. Awesome stuff. I have made a handful of the recipes so far including: • Petit Punch Vieux. The recipe here is a little more lime-heavy and also heavy on the cane syrup compared to my standard version of one of my favorite drinks. • Hotel Nacional Special. white rum, apricot brandy. pineapple and lime juice. Enjoyable. • Ideal Cocktail. A gin-based cocktail from La Florida. Red and white vermouth, grapefruit and maraschino liquor. Really liked this one. • Night Cap. Another gin-based cocktail with cognac, cacao, and lime juice. Tasty. • Voodoo Grog. a mid-1950s Trader Vic menu item with gold Spanish rum and aged rhum agricole, lime juice, grapefruit, honey, egg white, pimento dram, and passionfruit syrup. On paper this looks like it's right in my Tiki wheelhouse, but the recipe made to specs seemed unbalanced and lacking in sweetness. A big slug of grapefruit and lime in this one and only 1/4 oz of honey and 1/2 oz of passionfruit syrup to offset it. I will come back to this one and play around with the ratios a bit. • Caribe Welcome. Had several of these last night with my wife. Gold PR rum, apricot brandy, lime juice, coconut water and Coco Lopez. Reminiscent of an unblended Coconaut. Very tasty. • Piña Colada. I made the 1954 recipe Jeff published from the drink's birthplace at the Caribe Hilton. Used cream in addition to light rum. pineapple and Coco Lopez. The original recipe called for 2x as much pineapple juice as the modern recipe and only 1/3 to 1/2 of the crushed ice, so a 15-second blend produced a cold but unfrozen liquid, more like a Trader Vic Bahia than a typical Piña Colada. Made another one with more ice and it was good but I prefer the drink with more Lopez and less pineapple. Looking forward to hitting all of the La Florida Daiquiri variations and some of the Donn Beach and TV entries in the next couple of days.

I am devouring this book. Have read through page 215 and am trying to pace my reading because I will be depressed when I finish the book and have no more to read. Awesome stuff.

I have made a handful of the recipes so far including:

• Petit Punch Vieux. The recipe here is a little more lime-heavy and also heavy on the cane syrup compared to my standard version of one of my favorite drinks.

• Hotel Nacional Special. white rum, apricot brandy. pineapple and lime juice. Enjoyable.

• Ideal Cocktail. A gin-based cocktail from La Florida. Red and white vermouth, grapefruit and maraschino liquor. Really liked this one.

• Night Cap. Another gin-based cocktail with cognac, cacao, and lime juice. Tasty.

• Voodoo Grog. a mid-1950s Trader Vic menu item with gold Spanish rum and aged rhum agricole, lime juice, grapefruit, honey, egg white, pimento dram, and passionfruit syrup. On paper this looks like it's right in my Tiki wheelhouse, but the recipe made to specs seemed unbalanced and lacking in sweetness. A big slug of grapefruit and lime in this one and only 1/4 oz of honey and 1/2 oz of passionfruit syrup to offset it. I will come back to this one and play around with the ratios a bit.

• Caribe Welcome. Had several of these last night with my wife. Gold PR rum, apricot brandy, lime juice, coconut water and Coco Lopez. Reminiscent of an unblended Coconaut. Very tasty.

• Piña Colada. I made the 1954 recipe Jeff published from the drink's birthplace at the Caribe Hilton. Used cream in addition to light rum. pineapple and Coco Lopez. The original recipe called for 2x as much pineapple juice as the modern recipe and only 1/3 to 1/2 of the crushed ice, so a 15-second blend produced a cold but unfrozen liquid, more like a Trader Vic Bahia than a typical Piña Colada. Made another one with more ice and it was good but I prefer the drink with more Lopez and less pineapple.

Looking forward to hitting all of the La Florida Daiquiri variations and some of the Donn Beach and TV entries in the next couple of days.

Post #703347 by Sunny&Rummy on Mon, Dec 30, 2013 11:11 AM