Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix now has different ingredients. Arrgh! - Tiki Drinks and Food

H HopeChest Member East Bay, CA Joined: Oct 19, 2015 Posts: 508	H HopeChest Posted posted on Fri, Feb 21, 2020 2:48 PM On 2020-02-21 13:55, Dr. Coruba wrote: The Royal Amber rum does make a very fine Mai Tai. And if you ever see it on the shelf, you should pick some up. I think one of the reasons it is so hard to find is how poor the rest of the Trader Vic rum line is. The few places I've come across the Silver, Gold, Dark, and Spiced versions of the rum generally don't carry it very long, none of them are remarkable and there are better choices in the same price range. That Royal Amber definitely makes a good mai tai. One night at Trader Vic's I asked if I could have a taste of the rum by itself - definitely one of those "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" kind of thing. I was not impressed with it as a sipper but I love it in their cocktails. I have only ever seen it once in the wild. Went back and it was gone, along with all of the other TV rums they had, so my experience is the same as yours. At one point I had a bottle of the authentic mai tai concentrate and really wanted to get some bottles of Royal Amber for the closest-to-Vic's experience at home but at the time it would have required ordering a case from Ace in New York, which I was NOT about to do.

On 2020-02-21 13:55, Dr. Coruba wrote:
The Royal Amber rum does make a very fine Mai Tai. And if you ever see it on the shelf, you should pick some up. I think one of the reasons it is so hard to find is how poor the rest of the Trader Vic rum line is. The few places I've come across the Silver, Gold, Dark, and Spiced versions of the rum generally don't carry it very long, none of them are remarkable and there are better choices in the same price range.

That Royal Amber definitely makes a good mai tai. One night at Trader Vic's I asked if I could have a taste of the rum by itself - definitely one of those "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" kind of thing. I was not impressed with it as a sipper but I love it in their cocktails.

I have only ever seen it once in the wild. Went back and it was gone, along with all of the other TV rums they had, so my experience is the same as yours. At one point I had a bottle of the authentic mai tai concentrate and really wanted to get some bottles of Royal Amber for the closest-to-Vic's experience at home but at the time it would have required ordering a case from Ace in New York, which I was NOT about to do.

Post #800871 by HopeChest on Fri, Feb 21, 2020 2:48 PM