Post #762835 by AdOrAdam on Fri, Apr 22, 2016 10:37 PM

On 2016-04-22 17:49, kkocka wrote:

On 2016-04-22 10:40, mikehooker wrote:
I agree with Ad about trying the SOS. That's definitely more on the sweet side and one I need to revisit soon. While it's Mario's take on the Three Dots and Dash, it's not like any I've ever tried. A great drink in it's own right though, and it goes quick. Make it a double!

I bought Fee Brother's specifically for my tiki night given I wanted to be as accurate as possible to the Mai-Kai tributes. I won't be buying it again it after it's gone (if I don't throw it out before). I think it's the fassionola that makes the drink so sweet, or from what I recall. I might make it again tonight. I'll look into the other drinks shortly, though it'll be a solo quest as our tiki nights are annual and with lots of people. :)

I'm a Fee Brothers convert after initially being suprised by it in my first tries - it's just got a great thick flavour unlike Taylor's I was using before. I wouldn't throw it out, just keep trying it out & see if you like it - some drinks, no way, other drinks, it's got to be.

But with the Mai Kai recipes using rich sweetners I think you've got to tweak them to balance them to your personal taste - but my experience of the drinks when I went to the Mai Kai was that HH is making amazingly accurate tribute recipes.

Here's a few of my tips:

• Work out your preferred honey mix ratio - I make mine 3:2 instead of 2:1 or 1:1 for all my drinks now.
• Cut back falernum & fassionola slightly - 3/4 oz could become 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz could become 1/8 oz to suit your tastes.
• Add a couple of dashes of bitters (i do in the SOS)
• Try adding a few extra drops of Pernod if the recipe calls for it.

I tried the Zulu tribute recipe from Atomic Grog last night, it's a prime example of Mai Kai flavours & one I'll tweak on a second try.

Cheers all! :)