Post #723525 by AceExplorer on Wed, Jul 23, 2014 10:27 AM

On 2014-07-23 09:22, arriano wrote:
This might seem sacrilegious, but if you're making a 1934 Zombie, what if you switched the Puerto Rican Gold with Bacardi/Cruzan 151, and switched the Lemon Hart 151 for 80-proof El Dorado Demerara? Seems to me you would retain the Demerara flavor and the extra kick. Unfortunately, I have neither Bacardi 151 nor El Dorado currently to test this.

Arriano, I hesitate to use Bacardi 151 for anything because it has a sharper ("less good") flavor profile than other products. It does make for decent flaming garnishes, though! :)

Since Bacardi 151 is very low-end compared to Lemon Hart, there may be another way to introduce flavor and then kick up the alcohol content with a neutral spirit like Everclear. That's just speculation on my part, though, because the complex flavor profile of LH151 is very hard to substitute. As others pointed out here within the last couple of hours, though, substitutions sometimes don't alter a drink that much, and we may eventually come to settle on somewhat of an acceptable substitute. I think you're heading in the right direction with your thinking. I wish I had the time to explore all kinds of interesting options.

Blah. I need a drink!