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M mikehooker Grand Member (3 years) Austin Joined: Jul 17, 2014 Posts: 1211	M mikehooker Posted posted on Tue, Oct 20, 2015 9:06 PM Single serving Vic Scorpion My wife recently bought a bottle of gin to make Ramos Gin Fizz. We've never kept gin in the bar so I was excited about the prospect of adding Saturns, Suffering Bastards, Fog Cutters and of course Scorpions to the repertoire, which of course meant I had to find a Brandy as well. I don't have a clue about Brandy so asked a guy at my local liquor store for a recommendation and ended up with Romate. I made a Luau Scorpion last week and it tasted pretty one dimensional so I added a little more orgeat and some passion fruit. Better. Still not great. Tonight I made Vic's version and it also fell flat. So I added more orgeat and some passion fruit. Better. Still not great. This time I used Plantation 3 Stars instead of Flor de Cana thinking it would add a little pizazz but alas I'm not blown away. I've had good scorpion bowls at bars. Anyone have a recipe that knocks it out of the park? Or is this just the wrong Brandy?

Single serving Vic Scorpion

My wife recently bought a bottle of gin to make Ramos Gin Fizz. We've never kept gin in the bar so I was excited about the prospect of adding Saturns, Suffering Bastards, Fog Cutters and of course Scorpions to the repertoire, which of course meant I had to find a Brandy as well. I don't have a clue about Brandy so asked a guy at my local liquor store for a recommendation and ended up with Romate.

I made a Luau Scorpion last week and it tasted pretty one dimensional so I added a little more orgeat and some passion fruit. Better. Still not great. Tonight I made Vic's version and it also fell flat. So I added more orgeat and some passion fruit. Better. Still not great. This time I used Plantation 3 Stars instead of Flor de Cana thinking it would add a little pizazz but alas I'm not blown away.

I've had good scorpion bowls at bars. Anyone have a recipe that knocks it out of the park? Or is this just the wrong Brandy?

Post #752886 by mikehooker on Tue, Oct 20, 2015 9:06 PM