Post #800672 by mikehooker on Fri, Feb 14, 2020 4:42 PM

On 2020-02-13 15:25, HopeChest wrote:

Not sure if you're anywhere near the Total Wine locations but they can usually get the Senior for you via in-store transfer if another location has it. Give 'em a ring! I've never seen the Giffard Blue in the wild but would totally grab a bottle to try if I did.

As a side note, when Beachbum Berry gave a talk at Trader Vic's not long ago, he mentioned that he actually doesn't like the Pierre Ferrand and that his preference is Bols, which he said is also what they use at Latitude 29. I was quite surprised.

Good call on Total Wine, I just did a search on their website and the two stores I normally frequent don't have it but another one in town does. Yay!

Wasn't Berry a big advocate for Pierre Ferrand at one point? I know he was really behind Fees Falernum, which is loaded with garbage ingredients, so I usually take his recommendations with a grain of salt. I don't know if I've ever seen a Bols curacao that wasn't blue, and the blue one does not taste good. I wonder if that's a cost thing for his bar, or if Bols regular curacao is actually good. Or was he just talking about the blue one for their blue bowl drink? Maybe they use something else in the Mai Tai? A friend is actually going tonight, I'll see if he could get more info...