Post #732699 by Hurricane Hayward on Sat, Dec 6, 2014 1:16 AM

Tonight I tried the regular Tropical Gold fassionola, the version with the passion fruit overtones, in The Mai-Kai's Mara-Amu and compared it head-to-head against the same drink containing a rich homemade passion fruit syrup. While is wasn't horrible, I would not recommend it in place of traditional passion fruit syrup. As I suspected, the taste would lend itself more toward a vintage Hurricane, and not much else.

I continue to recommend using only the Red Tropical Gold (or a viable substitute) in cocktails such as the Cobra's Kiss that need that extra boost of color and rich fruity flavor.