Tiki Central / Tiki Drinks and Food / A Spiritous Journey through Remixed - From the Astro Aku Aku to the Zadaran Storm
Post #708682 by Destro100 on Wed, Feb 19, 2014 8:00 AM
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Not quite peachy enough: Drink 32: Headhunter Ingredients I used: Fresh lime juice I had high hopes for this drink. I always get excited when I see unusual ingredients listed, and in this case, the addition of papaya and peach sounded intriguing. Yet, after tasting, I come back to the question: Why so little peach (1/2 ounce)? My only guess it that it helps temper a strong papaya flavor that might otherwise overwhelm the drink. Unfortunately, I don't really taste either. The flavors blend together into an unidentifiable fruit punch that evokes a candy-sweet quality to the drink, but not a tropical, nor peachy fruitiness, which would personally be preferred. I admit. Goya juice products usually disappoint. I may need to try this drink again with fresh papaya juice. I do enjoy the Looza juices and find the peach juice more than adequate. I also question the use of a full ounce of 151. I love 151, but add too much and the distinctiveness of the other rums gets muddled in the mix. There aren't enough interesting, stand-out high notes to come back to this drink at a later point. My personal rating: *** (3) out of ***** (5) SCORECARD: 3.5 - VERY GOOD - 10 drinks and counting 3 - GOOD - 9 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 |
