Fresh Red VS. Bottle White Grapefruit - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2015 12:20 PM On 2015-01-12 10:45, mikehooker wrote: 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. Try a Navy Grog next. They are pretty GF heavy and should be fairly telling for you.

On 2015-01-12 10:45, mikehooker wrote:

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.

Try a Navy Grog next. They are pretty GF heavy and should be fairly telling for you.

Post #734985 by Swanky on Mon, Jan 12, 2015 12:20 PM