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What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

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nui 'umi 'umi posted on 08/27/2013

Back to my fav Zaya. I like a sweet rum.
Cheers

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hiltiki posted on 08/28/2013

Dark and Stormy.

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Zinctiki posted on 08/30/2013

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AdOrAdam posted on 08/30/2013

Went to the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, smelt their bottle of Wray & Nephew 17 - bottled at barrel proof is now 154%! From the smell it is not what I expected, smelt soft & nice but I'm sure the funk would have been in the taste.

It was about £50 a teaspoon at the old price & they don't sell it anymore as they only have a little left. The barman did said they were to going to start producing it again (maybe its a rumour?). Thats probably the closest Im going to get to a 'authentic' mai tai.

Had a $200 mai tai (Appleton 21, Clement Shrubb, Clement VSOP) - underwhelmed given the cost of ingredients! Tried a sample of Clement VSOP & Clement Shrub for the 2nd time neat - have added them to my shopping list.

Went over the road to the Spaniard, had another mai tai (Hawaiian style, OJ & pineapple), sampled Skipper demerara rum neat & had a double Plantation 2000 Barbados neat. Will add both to my shopping list!

Two mai tais, a sipper & 4 confirmed on the shopping list = today was a good day!

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 08/31/2013

Even at £50 a teaspoon, if they were still selling it I would have to shell out and try it. Probably the only time in my life to taste Wray a d Nephew 17 Year!

Can you still shell out £750 at the Merchant and get them to actuallyake you a Vic Mai Tai with the 17 or have they had to stop doing that as well?

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AdOrAdam posted on 08/31/2013

On 2013-08-30 17:23, Sunny&Rummy wrote:
Can you still shell out £750 at the Merchant and get them to actually make you a Vic Mai Tai with the 17 or have they had to stop doing that as well?

It's 'display purposes only' - no sales. The bottle is a distillery sample bottle so its not much to look at (otherwise Id have posted a photo).

If you are in Belfast anyway, i advise doing what i did: go there, look, have a posh mai tai, go across the street to the Spaniard & chat to the locals :)

At £50 a teaspoon maybe I'd go for it, at £750 a drink no way!

For a rum related £750 I probably could...

Buy one of every Appleton (up to the 30 year)? Fly to Jamaica & visit the distillery? Buy the $100 mai tai ingredients 7.5 times over & have a $100 mai tai everyday after work for approximately a year? etc etc :)

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 08/31/2013

Almost two bottless of Black Tot. . .

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thePorpoise posted on 08/31/2013

Labor Day-- it's the last weekend of summer beers- so drink'em if ya got'em...

(Harpoon Summer kolsch and Cigar City Helles Lager here...)

oh yeah-- its FOOTBALL TIIIMME!

[ Edited by: thePorpoise 2013-08-31 11:00 ]

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poutineki posted on 08/31/2013

On 2013-08-31 10:59, thePorpoise wrote:
oh yeah-- its FOOTBALL TIIIMME!

Yes it is... the only good thing about summer winding down.

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Limbo Lizard posted on 09/01/2013

Well, not 'right now', really. But, last night, I made and tried a Cosmopolitan. Just curious, because I'd never had one during its recent rise and subsequent decline. Surprisingly, it was good enough to try a second. But now, today, I can't find my man card anywhere. Where'd I put that silly thing?

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thePorpoise posted on 09/01/2013

"recent rise?!"

welcome to 1990!

:P

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/01/2013

If you ignore the recipe instructions to use Citron vodka, a Cosmo is actually a nicely balanced cocktail. I cheat and add a quarter ounce of homemade grenadine to the Cosmos I shake up for the Missus, but the truth is it is a decent drink if it is made correctly.

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Zinctiki posted on 09/01/2013

Old serial number 149959 (current is 2.5M?) with a rolled-today El Beso Kahlua and Morphine soundtrack. Not a bad weekend so far.

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thePorpoise posted on 09/02/2013

just had a mai-kai style 151 Swizzle.

now, working on a 1934 Zombie Punch.

may shortly need an emergency delivery of savory snacks, or, alternatively, of pillows....

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hiltiki posted on 09/02/2013

Went to Teader Vic Beverly Hills by the poolside. Had a Dr. Funk, a Mai
Tai and a Navy Grog, ayyyy..

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cy posted on 09/02/2013

Not much but it's what I do. Barbancourt, Coke, and lime, on ice for Labor Day.

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Bongo Bungalow posted on 09/03/2013

I love reading about what everyone is drinking... Picked up some rums to make Three Dots and a Dash... and I needed to increase my rum variety anyway...So for Demerara I got a bottle of 12 year El Dorado and for a Martinique rum I got Coeur Ambre... then I realized it might take a little bit to find some pimento liqueur... so instead I made a MaiTai with these two rums... WOW!... really different!

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thePorpoise posted on 09/04/2013

just finished a triple D:

a double derby daiquiri...

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thePorpoise posted on 09/04/2013

three dots anna dash...-

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thePorpoise posted on 09/05/2013

Hemingway Daiquiri (TO Have and Have Not movie style, i.e., french-style rum...)

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hiltiki posted on 09/06/2013

Mai Tai with Smith & Cross and St.James.

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/06/2013

On 2013-09-05 19:10, hiltiki wrote:
Mai Tai with Smith & Cross and St.James.

Just replenished my Smith & Cross today and St. James a couple of weeks ago. I believe this will be first in a succession of celebratory cocktails tomorrow at the end of a long and depressingly cocktail free work week.

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AdOrAdam posted on 09/06/2013

On 2013-09-04 22:28, thePorpoise wrote:
Hemingway Daiquiri (TO Have and Have Not movie style, i.e., french-style rum...)

Like! Not had it with agricole yet, only cuban & I like it like that...

Hurricane (the jamaican rum / lemon / passionfruit one - good) followed by Test Pilot (great! :))

I've got plenty of fruit & mixers but Im out of ice, might have a sipper...

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hiltiki posted on 09/07/2013

Mai Tai at Trader Vic Beverly Hills again but this time I was smart enough to wear a bating suit and after after a few drinks I jumped right in the pool. Our waiter who was one of the old waiters from the original Trader vic's didn't seem to mind so I had a great time.

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lunavideogames posted on 09/07/2013


Sneaky Tiki at Harvey's.

Sad.

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nui 'umi 'umi posted on 09/07/2013

Pair of Mai Tais.Used Pyrat and Coruba but I forgot to buy a pineapple( for garnish). Makes a big difference in the presentation and the "nose".
Ain't gonna happen again!
Cheers

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AdOrAdam posted on 09/07/2013

'Luxury' Coconaut with Appleton 12 :)

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hang10tiki posted on 09/07/2013

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hang10tiki posted on 09/07/2013

Strong 1

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hang10tiki posted on 09/07/2013

Wahine wanted me to post her drinks

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hiltiki posted on 09/08/2013

Shots of (which I hardly ever do) Asum Broso. Someone gave me a bottle and I decide to try it. For a tequila it was real smooth. The design of the bottle is pretty risque.

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Mr. NoNaMe posted on 09/08/2013

Scotch lately. Lots and lots of scotch.

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thePorpoise posted on 09/08/2013

dark N'stormy.

more to come on a miserable sports weekend...

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thePorpoise posted on 09/08/2013

Navy/Yeoman's Grog.

outta honey, so used raw agave nectar.

appleton v/x, used 4 oz.

[ Edited by: thePorpoise 2013-09-07 22:34 ]

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thePorpoise posted on 09/08/2013

151 Swizzle, MaiKai style, in my moscow mule copper mug...

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GentleHangman posted on 09/08/2013

"Modified Tiki Puka Puka" (From Trader Vic)

1/2 Oz. Orange juice
1/2 Oz. White grapefruit juice
1 Oz Fresh lemon juice
1/2 Oz TV Grog Concentrate
1/2 Oz Grenadine (I used Monin Pomegranate)
1 Oz. Light rum (I used Cruzan Aged White)
1 Oz. Dark rum (I used Smith & Cross Jamaican rum)
1 Oz 151 rum (I used. . . of course, Lemon Hart 151)

I flash blended it with crushed ice (top down blender), garnished it with a lemon peel and mint sprig and served it in a double old fashioned glass as I have no idea what a "Compote" glass is. Anyway,to my taste, this is a more 'interesting' version of the drink. . .but not much worth a picture.


I bet you feel more like you do now now than you did when you came in.

GENT

[ Edited by: GentleHangman 2013-09-08 13:46 ]

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AdOrAdam posted on 09/08/2013

On 2013-09-07 20:37, Mr. NoNaMe wrote:
Scotch lately. Lots and lots of scotch.

Good call! I liked the Balvenie 14 year 'Caribbean Cask' when I last had some :)

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/12/2013

Zombie. . . Aku Aku version from Remixed.

What a great, well-balanced drink! Uses just about the same ingredients as the '34 (with just a dash of Pernod and Curacao) but changes the proportions — and only uses a little more than half the rum called for in the original so it's really more of a Zombie Light. Crazy good though!

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thePorpoise posted on 09/14/2013

151 Swizzle mai-kai style.

cant.. stop. drinking.. them...

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thePorpoise posted on 09/14/2013

On 2013-09-11 19:55, Sunny&Rummy wrote:
Zombie. . . Aku Aku version from Remixed.

What a great, well-balanced drink!

sure, well-balanced like a cinnamon roll with a rum injection...

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/14/2013

On 2013-09-13 20:21, thePorpoise wrote:

On 2013-09-11 19:55, Sunny&Rummy wrote:
Zombie. . . Aku Aku version from Remixed.

What a great, well-balanced drink!

sure, well-balanced like a cinnamon roll with a rum injection...

Hell you say! This is a drink with great balance. In fact the wife and I are having one now. I usually do my Don's mix with 1:1 white grapefruit to cinnamon simple, so this recipe keeps that in proportion. The sweetness is kept in check by dialing the Falernum back to a scant 1/8 tsp. using Smith&Cross as the dark(ish) Jamaican and that and the LH151 hold their own but don't hit you over the head like the rum blast of the '34. Damn good.

Also enjoying the 1930s Beachcomber Planter's Punch from Remixed as I contemplate the rum combo for our Mai Tai nightcap.

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/14/2013

An (Amost) Martin Cate Mai Tai, as per Hurricane Hayward's recent post. Went with ED12 per recipe specs, but subbed equal parts Appleton V/X and Smith&Cross for Appleton 12 which I am out of. Dialing the lime back to 1/2 oz let's the richness of the rum combo come through. This is quite nice. Will have to revisit asap with Appleton12.

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thePorpoise posted on 09/14/2013

have you tried out a dry MaiTai?

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/14/2013

The PKNY version that was just shared here? No I haven't. I am a believer in the importance of the ~ 30% dillution factor you get in shaking/stirring, so I can't see that the dry Mai Tai would be appropriately attenuated when it's just poured over ice. I will eventually get around to trying it I'm sure.

Have you given it a go?

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thePorpoise posted on 09/14/2013

havent seen the pkny stuff.

i've advocated here for a while in favor of what i call a "dry" mai-tai: reduce the lime, orgeat, and curacao, making the MaiTai a more rum-forward drink.

when i make a MaiTai "dry," i use a teaspoon lime, and 2 teaspoons each of orgeat and orange curacao, with the regular 2 oz of rum.

i prefer 1 oz dark rum and 1 oz demerara rum, myself.

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/14/2013

My mistake, I do recall reading that suggestion from you. I will give that a go for sure, since I do like more rum-forward Mai Tai variants. That is what originally appealed to me about a Mai Tai -- that all of the supporting ingredients can play nicely with but still not overtake the importance of the chosen rums. Depending on the rums used, adjustment of a half teaspoon or so of the other ingredients can have such a big impact on the overall drink.

I really think of the Mai Tai as being much more of a balancing act than the rest of the classic Tiki drink catalog. Even the natural variation in the tartness of the limes can throw off the balance that you thought you had totally nailed just a couple of weeks earlier. Always keeps you working and searching for that elusive perfect Mai Tai.

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swizzle posted on 09/14/2013

I personally have made my mai tais 'dry' for a long time now. I like the strength of the flavour before it gets diluted which is what happens anyway as the drink is sitting. By the time i've finished it the last few sips taste the same as what it would have tasted like when first made if i had of shaken/stirred it with ice.

I also only use 0.5 of lime juice as i prefer it less tart and use 0.5 orgeat and no sugar syrup as i like the almond flavour.

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Sunny&Rummy posted on 09/14/2013

Depending on the rums I use I also often double the orgeat and omit the simple. If I'm doing a Jamaican/Martinique combo that is usually what I do. In a Mai Tai with ED12 the extra orgeat can be just a bit overpowering so There I'll either cut it back or increase the lime. I have found that even though my homemade orgeat has a rich, deep almond flavor, it doesn't cut theough a drink the way the chemical commercial stuff does so often I need to dial it up to bring it out in the flavor profile.

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