Post #794378 by Hurricane Hayward on Mon, Apr 8, 2019 11:07 PM

On 2019-04-07 19:45, mikehooker wrote:

On 2019-04-07 14:11, Hurricane Hayward wrote:

Sorry guys, I don't have a definitive answer yet, but I can tell you that the best combination in the photo above was 50/50 Coruba/Xaymaca, as expected. Surprisingly, I thought the second best was Signature/Xaymaca, slightly ahead of Reserve/Xaymaca.

Mixing it in cocktails will be the true test, however. At that point, I'll need to compare it to a few of the existing recommended subs as well as Kohala Bay. More to come ...

Have you considered a Xaymaca/S&C combo?

Not really. That's just pot-still funk on top of pot-still funk, so I'm pretty sure it would not work. No doubt it would be plenty tasty, but not as a sub for Kohala Bay, which does not have that over-the-top pot funkiness. I suspect Kohala Bay was mainly one of Appleton's bulk column still rums (similar to Coruba) with just a bit of overproof pot blended in for flavor.

I do have one more to add to the mix, however. From Trader Tom and Hiphipahula, unveiled in their new book, "The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails: A Spirited Journey Through Suburbia’s Hidden Tiki Temples" ...
4 parts Smith & Cross, 4 parts El Dorado 12, and 1 part Lemon Hart 151. It's just a slight variation of our old standby. But Tom and Kelly have done some advanced research. They had a bottle of Dagger that they were able to use for comparison, so I'll have to give this some serious consideration.