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M mikehooker Grand Member (3 years) Austin Joined: Jul 17, 2014 Posts: 1211	M mikehooker Posted posted on Fri, Feb 21, 2020 12:24 PM On 2020-02-21 07:36, Banana Bill wrote: Any cocktail suggestions for these bottles? Banks 5 makes a delicious daiquiri. I've gone through several bottles and don't think I've ever mixed it in anything else. Which I just realized is wrong. While it technically looks like a "white rum," the contents in the bottle are between 3-12 years old and the color is filtered out. I imagine it'll work as a solid mixer in complex cocktails, or just let it shine with a couple other ingredients. I bought Swedish Punsch forever ago at a friends recommendation and was excited to experiment with it, but was less than impressed with the flavor of the stuff. It's been a while since I touched it, so I should probably revisit it, but best I can remember it just tasted like a very sweetened rum, or maybe a boozy sugar syrup. I'm not sure what the predominant flavor is supposed to be but I just remember sweetness. Probably the most classic cocktail that calls for it is the Doctor Cocktail, which I find to be mediocre. On 2020-02-21 08:40, PineappleWhip wrote: Barbados Swizzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14 Bank’s 5 Island Rum, Fresh Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, and Angostura Bitters Weird they would call this drink a Barbados Swizzle, when the premise of the Banks "5 island" rum is that it's a blend of rums from, get this... FIVE islands! The make up of the rum comes from Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and oddly, Java. I'm sure it's a good drink, but they should have called it something else unless using Mt Gay, Doorly's, McCoy, etc.

On 2020-02-21 07:36, Banana Bill wrote:

Any cocktail suggestions for these bottles?

Banks 5 makes a delicious daiquiri. I've gone through several bottles and don't think I've ever mixed it in anything else. Which I just realized is wrong. While it technically looks like a "white rum," the contents in the bottle are between 3-12 years old and the color is filtered out. I imagine it'll work as a solid mixer in complex cocktails, or just let it shine with a couple other ingredients.

I bought Swedish Punsch forever ago at a friends recommendation and was excited to experiment with it, but was less than impressed with the flavor of the stuff. It's been a while since I touched it, so I should probably revisit it, but best I can remember it just tasted like a very sweetened rum, or maybe a boozy sugar syrup. I'm not sure what the predominant flavor is supposed to be but I just remember sweetness. Probably the most classic cocktail that calls for it is the Doctor Cocktail, which I find to be mediocre.

On 2020-02-21 08:40, PineappleWhip wrote:

Barbados Swizzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14

Bank’s 5 Island Rum, Fresh Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, and Angostura Bitters

Weird they would call this drink a Barbados Swizzle, when the premise of the Banks "5 island" rum is that it's a blend of rums from, get this... FIVE islands! The make up of the rum comes from Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and oddly, Java. I'm sure it's a good drink, but they should have called it something else unless using Mt Gay, Doorly's, McCoy, etc.

Post #800862 by mikehooker on Fri, Feb 21, 2020 12:24 PM