Tiki Central / Tiki Drinks and Food / A Spiritous Journey through Remixed - From the Astro Aku Aku to the Zadaran Storm
Post #708169 by Destro100 on Fri, Feb 14, 2014 7:36 AM
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Drink 31: Gold Cup Ingredients I used: Fresh lime juice Very agreeable drink. In the front you get a lot of sweetness. I'm not completely sure where the sweetness is coming from; it only takes a 1/4 ounce of simple syrup, and even the bum himself raised the quantity of rum to balance out the drink. Maybe it's from the almond extract? That brings me to my next point - the almond flavor is a bit lost. Instead, you get an intricate balance coming from the combination of Pernod and Maraschino. There is a fantastic bitter almond sensation that is wonderfully unique - and I don't think the almond extract is the cause. While many of the Beachcomber's recipes use Pernod in great ways, I found the combination with the Maraschino in this drink to be very interesting. I gave it a score of 3 - because while it is "good" the sweetness comes on a little too strong for my taste. Perhaps with a bit more tinkering, I could see elevating this drink to a 3.5 My personal rating: *** (3) out of ***** (5) SCORECARD: 3.5 - VERY GOOD - 10 drinks and counting 3 - GOOD - 8 drinks and counting 2.5 - ABOVE AVERAGE - 3 drinks and counting 2 - AVERAGE - 4 drinks and counting 1.5 - BELOW AVERAGE - 1 drink and hopefully not too many more |
