Post #740253 by bamalamalu on Fri, Mar 27, 2015 4:56 PM

Hi, sure! We've tried a few versions and it could use some more adjustments. We don't have all the same rums & other ingredients that Bali Hai uses (and aren't super skilled!) but think we got fairly close to the flavor.

Last night's was:
1 oz Gosling's Gold
1 oz Fugu Horchata vodka
1 1/2 oz pineapple juice
1/4 oz Auntie Lilikoi passion fruit syrup with coconut
1/4 oz lime
1/4 oz falernum (John D. Taylor's)

We started with 2 oz pineapple juice, but cut back. We tried with & without falernum. We've used El Dorado 5 year instead of Goslings, which was also good...

Bali Hai uses Ballast Point rum and also adds a 151 (Cruzan, maybe?), but the only one we have is Lemon Hart which of course has a different flavor, so we've just been omitting it (tried it once on a whim but didn't think it worked for this drink.)

I'm sure you can get closer to the Bali Hai version with some more educated substitutions, but we thought all the attempts we made were at least decent. Honestly, I think if you have the Fugu Horchata & pineapple juice, you've already got most of the flavors.

Cheers!

[ Edited by: bamalamalu 2015-03-27 17:35 ]