After years of waiting, I finally posted about the Reverb Crash on my blog - Tiki Drinks and Food

W wupput Tiki Socialite Joined: May 03, 2005 Posts: 116	W wupput Posted posted on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 5:25 PM I am a newbie to making tiki drinks. My 4th drink attempt was the Reverb Crash. It is phenomenal. One of the best drinks of any kind I've ever had. If you live in Southern California finding white grapefruits is actually not hard at all. I bought some today at the Buena Park farmer's market. At least two different vendors had them. I made the drink according to spec except I used about 1/5th red grapefruit mixed with the 4/5th white - all freshly squeezed a few hours before mixing. I used fresh lime juice, and Gosling's Black Seal for the dark along with 1/2 Appleton VX and 1/2 Bacardi white for the light. All I have at the moment for syrup is Toroni so I used 1 oz of their passionfruit instead of the recommended 1 and 1/2, and about 1 tbspoon or less of Toroni orgeat. The drink is incredibly delicious. It has the bitterness of the white grapefruit, the slight acidity of the lime, and the sweetness of the syrup balanced perfectly with the rums. I don't really think this drink can be improved upon though I plan to get the Trader Vic syrups soon to see if they improve the flavor, and ultimately try to make my own orgeat and passionfruit syrups. Kudos to kick_the_reverb/Ran for inventing such an amazing drink. I plan to make these in large amounts for parties in the future.

I am a newbie to making tiki drinks. My 4th drink attempt was the Reverb Crash. It is phenomenal. One of the best drinks of any kind I've ever had.

If you live in Southern California finding white grapefruits is actually not hard at all. I bought some today at the Buena Park farmer's market. At least two different vendors had them.

I made the drink according to spec except I used about 1/5th red grapefruit mixed with the 4/5th white - all freshly squeezed a few hours before mixing. I used fresh lime juice, and Gosling's Black Seal for the dark along with 1/2 Appleton VX and 1/2 Bacardi white for the light. All I have at the moment for syrup is Toroni so I used 1 oz of their passionfruit instead of the recommended 1 and 1/2, and about 1 tbspoon or less of Toroni orgeat.

The drink is incredibly delicious. It has the bitterness of the white grapefruit, the slight acidity of the lime, and the sweetness of the syrup balanced perfectly with the rums. I don't really think this drink can be improved upon though I plan to get the Trader Vic syrups soon to see if they improve the flavor, and ultimately try to make my own orgeat and passionfruit syrups.

Kudos to kick_the_reverb/Ran for inventing such an amazing drink. I plan to make these in large amounts for parties in the future.

Post #735892 by wupput on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 5:25 PM