Uncovering modern Trader Vic's Drink Recipes - Tiki Drinks and Food

C craft_tiki Tiki Centralite Atlanta, GA Joined: Mar 15, 2022 Posts: 27	C craft_tiki Posted posted on Thu, Jan 26, 2023 6:48 AM in reply to arriano Oh, and here's the recipe for the Ku Anuanu • 1 oz Apricot Liqueur, • 1½ oz Barbados Rum, • 1 oz Mezcal, • 1½ oz Brandy, • ½ oz Orgeat, • 1½ oz >Lemon Juice, • 5 dashes of Scrappy’s Firewater Bitters Shake with crushed ice and pour into a Marquesan Drum mug. Garnish with a lime shell filled with >overproof rum and ignited. So I've gone back to this recipe after having quite a few of these at Trader Vic's. My tribute recipe (on my instagram @craft_tiki) is close, but it's a bit different. It's a fantastic tribute, but not the real thing. Before going to Vic's last week I made the version you posted and it was way unbalanced. Thankfully I got the real recipe later on, verified by Vic's! It's simply one ounce each of: -Apricot Liqueur -TV Silver rum -Montelobos Espadin mezcal -Lemon juice -Orgeat -Brandy -A dash or two of the Scrappy's Firewater tincture, depending on how spicy you like it This version is more approachable, as it's sweeter, but still has the bite from the smokiness and spice. This drink has single handedly given me an appreciation for mezcal + rum. [ Edited by craft_tiki on 2023-01-26 06:50:36 ]

Oh, and here's the recipe for the Ku Anuanu

• 1 oz Apricot Liqueur, • 1½ oz Barbados Rum, • 1 oz Mezcal, • 1½ oz Brandy, • ½ oz Orgeat, • 1½ oz >Lemon Juice, • 5 dashes of Scrappy’s Firewater Bitters

Shake with crushed ice and pour into a Marquesan Drum mug. Garnish with a lime shell filled with >overproof rum and ignited.

So I've gone back to this recipe after having quite a few of these at Trader Vic's. My tribute recipe (on my instagram @craft_tiki) is close, but it's a bit different. It's a fantastic tribute, but not the real thing.

Before going to Vic's last week I made the version you posted and it was way unbalanced. Thankfully I got the real recipe later on, verified by Vic's!

It's simply one ounce each of: -Apricot Liqueur -TV Silver rum -Montelobos Espadin mezcal -Lemon juice -Orgeat -Brandy -A dash or two of the Scrappy's Firewater tincture, depending on how spicy you like it

This version is more approachable, as it's sweeter, but still has the bite from the smokiness and spice. This drink has single handedly given me an appreciation for mezcal + rum.

[ Edited by craft_tiki on 2023-01-26 06:50:36 ]

Post #807607 by craft_tiki on Thu, Jan 26, 2023 6:48 AM