Frankie's Tiki Room Liquid Vacation recipe book - Tiki Drinks and Food

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Sun, Aug 6, 2017 6:43 AM On 2017-08-05 17:49, matt-tiki-teo wrote: The recipe for Frankie's Mutiny calls for Everclear which is a grain alcohol. Correct, thank you, "Mutiny" on page 94, but with ONLY 1/2 OUNCE. This is expected in a drink which is made with SEVEN ounces of liquid and built over ice and not shaken. The ingredients are mostly "weak" (4 oz of juice and soda, plus 1 oz sweet & sour, then other misc. things) except for the tiny 1/2 ounce of vodka. I haven't looked through the whole Frankie's book in quite a while (I have a large shelf of cocktail books) but I will again soon now that I have it in front of me. (I have a Frankie's menu, and will also look at that later. Don't recall if the Mutiny is on their menu when I was there last.) If this is their only use of pure grain alcohol ("PGA") then it is a very broad and unfair generalization to criticize Frankie's for using this stuff. From a cocktail perspective, based on my knowledge and experience, this is a very appropriate use of PGA as an octane boost given the relative lack of "oomph" of the other ingredients. You can sub the PGA with more vodka with only a relatively minor impact on the drink. The PGA, however, is essential for purists seeking to recreate the drink as it is made in Las Vegas. I routinely make syrups and tinctures and therefore keep and routinely use PGA in my bar and kitchen. I keep at least one 1.75l bottle around with which I refill my smaller bar and kitchen bottle. It is an effective shelf-life extender which is integral to keeping my homemade stuff useable, safe, and stable. Correction to my earlier post - I did not start a new thread for the book but added the Frankie's book to the "Favorite Recipe Book" thread which requires a more detailed search string to find. Now that this thread has some "legs," perhaps the original poster (EarlyLanded Larry) would consider changing the name to something like "Frankie's Tiki Room Liquid Vacation recipe book" or something like that? I think that would be helpful. Then we could move the earlier Fink Bomb recipe discussion and others like it into a single thread. Cheers folks! "Sobriety --- BE GONE!" :) (always drink responsibly)

On 2017-08-05 17:49, matt-tiki-teo wrote:
The recipe for Frankie's Mutiny calls for Everclear which is a grain alcohol.

Correct, thank you, "Mutiny" on page 94, but with ONLY 1/2 OUNCE. This is expected in a drink which is made with SEVEN ounces of liquid and built over ice and not shaken. The ingredients are mostly "weak" (4 oz of juice and soda, plus 1 oz sweet & sour, then other misc. things) except for the tiny 1/2 ounce of vodka.

I haven't looked through the whole Frankie's book in quite a while (I have a large shelf of cocktail books) but I will again soon now that I have it in front of me. (I have a Frankie's menu, and will also look at that later. Don't recall if the Mutiny is on their menu when I was there last.) If this is their only use of pure grain alcohol ("PGA") then it is a very broad and unfair generalization to criticize Frankie's for using this stuff. From a cocktail perspective, based on my knowledge and experience, this is a very appropriate use of PGA as an octane boost given the relative lack of "oomph" of the other ingredients. You can sub the PGA with more vodka with only a relatively minor impact on the drink. The PGA, however, is essential for purists seeking to recreate the drink as it is made in Las Vegas.

I routinely make syrups and tinctures and therefore keep and routinely use PGA in my bar and kitchen. I keep at least one 1.75l bottle around with which I refill my smaller bar and kitchen bottle. It is an effective shelf-life extender which is integral to keeping my homemade stuff useable, safe, and stable.

Correction to my earlier post - I did not start a new thread for the book but added the Frankie's book to the "Favorite Recipe Book" thread which requires a more detailed search string to find. Now that this thread has some "legs," perhaps the original poster (EarlyLanded Larry) would consider changing the name to something like "Frankie's Tiki Room Liquid Vacation recipe book" or something like that? I think that would be helpful. Then we could move the earlier Fink Bomb recipe discussion and others like it into a single thread. Cheers folks!

"Sobriety --- BE GONE!" :) (always drink responsibly)

Post #778559 by AceExplorer on Sun, Aug 6, 2017 6:43 AM