Post #798778 by donhonyc on Wed, Nov 20, 2019 7:21 PM

On 2019-11-20 05:10, Swanky wrote:
I'd suspect your falernum or the rum. Home made falernum tends to be way too strong for vintage recipes. POssibly the grenadine too, for the same reason.

I suggest making it with stuff from the store, Velvet Falernum. Hamilton or Lemon Hart 151.

I have the Mai-Kai's recipe and it's virtually the same as the DtB Zombie Punch Jeff published, Mariano just dialed back the booze. So that's show's the solidity of Jeff's recipe.

The drink is fairly subtle.

Also, the #4 isn't likely grapefruit and cinnamon syrup. The Mai-Kai has never used cinnamon syrup excpet when making special outside recipes recently. But it is in the flavor profile.

Thanks for all the responses.

I figured making your own stuff is better than getting store bought, but I'll take your advice Swanky. Now that I have bottle of homemade Falernum and grenadine can you suggest what those would be good for? What's a good store bought grenadine?

[ Edited by: donhonyc 2019-11-20 19:33 ]