Finding and Fixing an Old Walt Disney World Drink - Tiki Drinks and Food

P PalmtreePat Tiki Socialite Los Angeles, CA Joined: Oct 07, 2014 Posts: 360	P PalmtreePat Posted posted on Mon, Feb 26, 2018 10:56 AM I think the place to start would be to pick curacao OR triple sec. Two orange liqueurs in one drink sounds like something a lobbyist for the orange liqueur industry would concoct. The sour mix augmented with a tiny bit of fresh lemon also needs to go, just a bigger pour of fresh lemon sweetened with simple syrup. I'd start with something like this: 3/4 oz lemon 3/4 oz orange 1/2 oz rock candy syrup 1/2 oz orange liqueur 2 oz blend of light and dark rums (or maybe 3 oz...) 1 barspoon grenadine 1 dash angostura mixing it like we normally would, ie just shaking or spindle mixing, rather than all that stop-and-go building and stirring, and garnish with an orange wheel rather than leaving a partly spent orange half in the glass. The most interesting part of that recipe to me is the Lemon Hart Mai Tai rum. I knew that Vic would eventually start bottling his own MT rum and I knew that LH bottled Jamaican in addition to its Demerara, but I never new that Disney had its own private bottling for Mai Tais too. The suggestion of using Myer's and Bacardi together makes me think it could be a blend of rich dark rums cut with lighter rums to keep the cost down. Anyone have any info on what marques LH would have used back then?

I think the place to start would be to pick curacao OR triple sec. Two orange liqueurs in one drink sounds like something a lobbyist for the orange liqueur industry would concoct. The sour mix augmented with a tiny bit of fresh lemon also needs to go, just a bigger pour of fresh lemon sweetened with simple syrup. I'd start with something like this:

3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz orange
1/2 oz rock candy syrup
1/2 oz orange liqueur
2 oz blend of light and dark rums (or maybe 3 oz...)
1 barspoon grenadine
1 dash angostura

mixing it like we normally would, ie just shaking or spindle mixing, rather than all that stop-and-go building and stirring, and garnish with an orange wheel rather than leaving a partly spent orange half in the glass.

The most interesting part of that recipe to me is the Lemon Hart Mai Tai rum. I knew that Vic would eventually start bottling his own MT rum and I knew that LH bottled Jamaican in addition to its Demerara, but I never new that Disney had its own private bottling for Mai Tais too. The suggestion of using Myer's and Bacardi together makes me think it could be a blend of rich dark rums cut with lighter rums to keep the cost down. Anyone have any info on what marques LH would have used back then?

Post #784394 by PalmtreePat on Mon, Feb 26, 2018 10:56 AM