Post #734977 by mikehooker on Mon, Jan 12, 2015 10:45 AM

On 2014-12-05 11:56, mikehooker wrote:
I find that if I use half of whatever the recipe calls for I enjoy the drink a lot better. I'm not sure if that's a product of the bottled kind having a different flavor than fresh squeezed but if I use the full amount it's all I taste in the drink no matter how many ingredients are in it.

I might have to renege on this comment I made last month. I just found actual grapefruit at my local supermarket here in Austin and last night made a Mai Kai tribute rum barrel using fresh squeezed, the full amount called for. Wow, what a difference over that bottled shit. It's still very prominent, even though there's equal portions of lime, oj, passion fruit and two different rums, but not in a bad way. Although I like my rum barrels using pineapple instead of grapefruit, this is pretty delicious and spot on to what I remember from Mai Kai. Will have to revisit some other recipes that I've been neglecting or otherwise doctoring cuz I didn't want to bother with grapefruit. Hope the stores carry it a while longer.