Post #89961 by crataegus on Wed, May 5, 2004 4:47 PM

On 2002-12-18 13:24, martiki wrote:
1 oz white rum
2 oz overstrength lager (our UK friends will be able to suggest many fine choices from the local off-licence)
2 oz champagne
1 oz lime juice
2 oz Vic's Passion Fruit syrup
Pour into pint glass over ice and stir to combine. I'm at work and can't decide if this would be nasty or not, but I bet it is. Suggestions?

Well, unless you homebrew, if you're in the Southeastern US, you can't get overstrength lager. (I don't know about Florida. SC, NC, GA, TN, and AL all limit products called "beer" to no more than 5% by weight/4% by volume. This means you cannot buy a true Bock or Barleywine in those states. Anything higher has to be called an "alcoholic malt beverage.") This might be almost palatable if you used a spiced ale, a wheat beer, ginger beer, or a lambic in place of the lager.

If you use spiced ale, ginger beer, or wheat beer, I would keep the lime juice the same or increase it. (Do not use reconstituted for this recipe.)

If you were to use a kriek or peche lambic, I'd stress cutting the lime juice in half and reducing the passionfruit to a splash. (If frambose, kill the passionfruit.)

Actually, lemme alter this recipe a bit more:

1 oz spiced rum
2 oz wheat beer
2 oz ginger beer
1 tsp lime juice
1 oz cranberry juice
1 splash of grenadine
1-4 strip(s) lemon zest

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a shaker with 3 ice cubes. Shake gently, strain into a tom collins glass filled 1/2 way with crushed ice. Add the splash of Grenadine. Garnish with lemon zest and serve with a straw.

Please note that I haven't tried this, but I'm a goin'ta.

(I edited this cuz I screwed up the amts.)
(I edited this again because it needs more blood.)
(Edited one more time because I am down wit OCD.)
(OK, this is the LAST time I edit this post, I promise. This is what happens when I run outta smokes, folks.)

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[ Edited by: crataegus on 2004-05-05 17:15 ]

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