Post #745969 by Swanky on Wed, Jul 1, 2015 6:20 AM

On 2015-06-30 16:00, arriano wrote:
On Atomic Grog's article about the Mai Kai's 151 Swizzle he writes:

"I always knew there was a rich sweetness that helped offset the 151 rum, and my first two versions used sugar and/or cinnamon syrup. But the reddish orange hue confirmed that something else was at play here. I remembered references to a mysterious Licudine syrup called g#7 that included falernum and grenadine."

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/08/03/mai-kai-cocktail-review-robust-flavors-and-potency-are-hallmark-of-151-swizzle/

At first I thought: "Aha!" But then I realized that the Don's Swizzle recipe already calls for falernum, and I wouldn't think you'd add a mix of that contained more falernum. You'd simply increase the falernum and add grenadine.

[ Edited by: arriano 2015-06-30 16:00 ]

Same thing for the #7 being grapefruit juice and cinnamon syrup in the Black Magic, which has grapefruit juice in it already. It kills the drink actually.

I do not know what #7 is, but I use a sweet/spicy mix that works. And Hayward says he uses Don's Spices I think, which is vanilla and allspice. I use allspice/honey/cinnamon. It works.

What any of these really were we may never know. We have an educated guess for the #4 in the Zombie by someone who actually tasted it. I have Mariano Licudine's notes on them, and it's kind of a mess.