Post #734986 by Swanky on Mon, Jan 12, 2015 12:24 PM

On 2015-01-12 12:20, Swanky wrote:

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.

We are getting fresh grapefruits here now in the local Food Coop. Organic. So you may try your "health food" grocery stores time to time as well in cold months.

BTW, this year I tried juicing and freezing the GF. It has worked well. One odd thing is that it took forever for it to freeze solid. In ice trays it took 24 hours or more where just water would have been frozen in maybe 5-6 hours. After they froze, I popped them out and put them in zip lock bags for long storage. Grab a few cubes at a time as needed now and the flavor is good.