Post #755092 by Hurricane Hayward on Tue, Nov 24, 2015 11:43 AM

On 2015-11-23 13:28, mikehooker wrote:

On 2015-11-23 13:14, lunavideogames wrote:
Those look like pretty small drinks... 2 oz in a Shrunkin Skull?!? Is that a shot :)

Right?! So why did they publish it half size?

Are they trying to be consistent with the rest of the recipes in the book? I have no other explanation. You'd think they would want to sell more rum, not less.

The Shrunken Skull is certainly much bigger than that, as we all know well. (And if you haven't had the drink lately, since they added Hamilton 151, do yourself a favor and revisit it. I was pleasantly surprised. The rougher Hamilton cuts through the sweetness of the drink.)

As for the Demerara Cocktail, it has returned several times for special occasions, and while not as potent as the Bum's version, its definitely bigger than that Lemon Hart recipe. Here's my tribute:
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/01/08/mai-kai-cocktail-review-the-demerara-cocktail-is-a-throwback-to-another-era/#tribute

Mahalo for sharing Mike!

And to answer your original question, I seriously doubt that they have doubled the size of any of the drinks over the years. In all the old photos I've seen, they look almost identical. And the glassware is virtually the same size.

I think this was taken some time in the mid to late '70s when Mariano was still there:

The drinks are remarkably similar today. Though you'll notice some vintage glassware that's no longer around, like the Deep Sea Diver glass in the upper left.

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2015-11-24 12:01 ]