What AreYou Drinking- Right Now? - Tiki Drinks and Food

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1867	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Thu, Nov 20, 2014 1:52 AM Aloha Mike. What, you're not up for three Jet Pilots in one sitting? I smell a lightweight :>) Thanks for the kind words. I've been spoiled with The Mai-Kai version all these years, so I'm not a fan of many of the others, including Crane's Jet Pilot, or Donn Beach's Test Pilot in the Grog Log, Remixed and the app. They're all just too boozy for me. The Mai-Kai version seems to strike a better balance yet still packs a punch, as their drinks tend to do. The one exception may be the traditional-style Jet Pilot created by Blair Reynolds and served at Hale Pele in Portland. The recipe was featured in Blair's column in Issue 2 of Tiki Magazine & More, in which he explored the drink's history. It's not on the same level, but it's quite good ... I also like the 1963 Jet Pilot that Blair discusses in the article, which is almost a completely different drink, more citrusy and sweet. But it also strikes a nice balance. It's from an old recipe book that was unearthed and posted over on this thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=44519&forum=10&start=0 Okola Mauuna! On 2014-11-18 21:04, mikehooker wrote: Had a couple Jet Pilots tonight. I have thoroughly enjoyed the Hayward Mai Kai tribute recipe in the past and since I recently made some homemade cinnamon syrup I decided to try the Steve Crane "Luau" version from Sippin Safari/Total Tiki app. I used Kohala Bay for my dark Jamaican, Flor de Cana as my "gold Puerto Rican" and of course LH151. I felt it was a very unbalanced drink. The intensity and uniqueness of the Kohala and LH were fighting for dominance over the falernum, cinnamon and pernod. Even with 10 ingredients (one more than Crane), the Hayward tribute manages to mesh all these interesting flavors into something far more cohesive and delicious, to my palette anyway. Has anyone else felt this way about the Crane recipe or did I do something wrong? The only thing I skimped on was the grapefruit juice which was from a bottle and probably from concentrate, but still 100% juice with no additives. Since I was dissatisfied with the first drink and wanted to continue playing with the cinnamon syrup, I tried Hayward's v.2 recipe which calls for it (the first tribute doesn't) as well as OJ, which seems unique to a Jet Pilot. I found this one to be a nice drink on par with his first version. Of course then I wanted to make a third drink to compare this to his other recipe but felt two Jet Pilots in one night was adequate so I'll have to save that taste test for another night. At any rate, both Hayward versions are supremely better than the Crane recipe in my mind. Oh yeah, I did use Coruba instead of Kohala in this last one but pretty sure I used KB in all my other Jet Pilots which seems to suit them well. Sorry, no pretty pics this time, just jabber.

Aloha Mike. What, you're not up for three Jet Pilots in one sitting? I smell a lightweight :>)

Thanks for the kind words. I've been spoiled with The Mai-Kai version all these years, so I'm not a fan of many of the others, including Crane's Jet Pilot, or Donn Beach's Test Pilot in the Grog Log, Remixed and the app. They're all just too boozy for me. The Mai-Kai version seems to strike a better balance yet still packs a punch, as their drinks tend to do.

The one exception may be the traditional-style Jet Pilot created by Blair Reynolds and served at Hale Pele in Portland. The recipe was featured in Blair's column in Issue 2 of Tiki Magazine & More, in which he explored the drink's history. It's not on the same level, but it's quite good ...

I also like the 1963 Jet Pilot that Blair discusses in the article, which is almost a completely different drink, more citrusy and sweet. But it also strikes a nice balance. It's from an old recipe book that was unearthed and posted over on this thread:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=44519&forum=10&start=0

Okola Mauuna!

On 2014-11-18 21:04, mikehooker wrote:
Had a couple Jet Pilots tonight. I have thoroughly enjoyed the Hayward Mai Kai tribute recipe in the past and since I recently made some homemade cinnamon syrup I decided to try the Steve Crane "Luau" version from Sippin Safari/Total Tiki app. I used Kohala Bay for my dark Jamaican, Flor de Cana as my "gold Puerto Rican" and of course LH151. I felt it was a very unbalanced drink. The intensity and uniqueness of the Kohala and LH were fighting for dominance over the falernum, cinnamon and pernod. Even with 10 ingredients (one more than Crane), the Hayward tribute manages to mesh all these interesting flavors into something far more cohesive and delicious, to my palette anyway. Has anyone else felt this way about the Crane recipe or did I do something wrong? The only thing I skimped on was the grapefruit juice which was from a bottle and probably from concentrate, but still 100% juice with no additives.

Since I was dissatisfied with the first drink and wanted to continue playing with the cinnamon syrup, I tried Hayward's v.2 recipe which calls for it (the first tribute doesn't) as well as OJ, which seems unique to a Jet Pilot. I found this one to be a nice drink on par with his first version. Of course then I wanted to make a third drink to compare this to his other recipe but felt two Jet Pilots in one night was adequate so I'll have to save that taste test for another night. At any rate, both Hayward versions are supremely better than the Crane recipe in my mind. Oh yeah, I did use Coruba instead of Kohala in this last one but pretty sure I used KB in all my other Jet Pilots which seems to suit them well.

Sorry, no pretty pics this time, just jabber.

Post #731819 by Hurricane Hayward on Thu, Nov 20, 2014 1:52 AM