Tiki Central / Tiki Drinks and Food / A Spiritous Journey through Remixed - From the Astro Aku Aku to the Zadaran Storm
Post #719089 by Destro100 on Tue, Jun 3, 2014 5:19 AM
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This Buddha unenthusiastically approves Ingredients I used: Ceres Guava juice This drink surprised me. It's clearly too sweet, but once you get past that, you have the foundation of a really solid drink. It starts with 4 ounces of guava juice. Clearly way too much juice. I ended up using Ceres and realized the problem immediately. It is a combination of pear and guava juice. It tastes good, but not like pure guava juice. Regardless, in the future, the juice can be dialed down to 2 and a half to 3 ounces. I then moved onto the Rose's Lime Juice. I went kicking and screaming. I only use fresh lemon and lime in my drinks. Additionally, I had no interest in making my own lime cordial for a one-off drink. Rose's might be useful in certain other popular drinks, but as I'm deep into my Remixed odyssey, I won't have a chance to find out. It tasted just as I thought it would. Tasty and fake. This will sit on my shelf for a very long time. In the future, a combo of fresh lime juice and simple syrup would work just fine. I opted for Controy, rather than Cointreau, as it is a most worthy Mexican triple-sec substitute. I have yet to meet anyone who can tell the difference in a Margarita. It's a shame that it is only available in Mexico. It's also about half the price. I'm saving the Cointreau for when I run out of Controy. Finally, I chose Rough Rider Rye Whiskey. Terrible name for an excellent rye. First of all, you need to use a rye in this drink. Don't use a regular bourbon or a whiskey. The added spice notes of a good rye are essential to balancing the sweetness and fruitiness of the guava. A regular bourbon might only add the vanilla and brown sugar notes piling additional notes of sweetness on an already sweet drink. Rye will bring the sharp woodsy flavor and baking spice notes to help balance the drink. I like Rough Rider, as it is made from a 95% rye mash. Be wary, many rye whiskies are closer to 51% rye. It also doesn't hurt that Rough Rider is 90 proof. Considering the sweeteners in this drink, you definitely need to go with a strong spirit base. In the future, I would raise the quantity of Rye to 2 or 2 and a half ounces. One more note: This drink is begging for a shot of bitters. It needs a bitter component to help bring all the layered flavors together. Considering all the changes I would make to the drink, it is strange that I want to give the drink 3 1/2 stars. I think I really liked the base combination of rye, lime, and the guava. Those flavors played off each other very nicely. I'm settling on 3 stars until I get to try remixing this concoction. I would recommend this for guests looking for an exotic and sweet tiki drink. They may find it unique. My personal rating: *** (3) out of ***** (5) SCORECARD: 4.5 ALMOST PERFECT - 3 drinks so far 4 - EXCELLENT - 12 drinks and counting 3.5 - VERY GOOD - 19 drinks and counting 3 - GOOD - 17 drinks and counting 2.5 - ABOVE AVERAGE - 4 drinks and counting 2 - AVERAGE - 8 drinks and counting 1.5 - BELOW AVERAGE - 2 drinks and hopefully not too many more |
