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Science Baby!!!

On 2017-11-12 09:45, PalmtreePat wrote:
from a glencairn glass for maximum pretension.

Bonus points for advanced use of self-awareness! :lol:

Melrose Umbrella Company Negroni (with Veda-Roux!)

Plantation 20th

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2017-11-13 19:12 ]

Melrose Umbrella Company White Negroni (and Veda-Roux!)

On 2017-11-13 13:53, Tiki-boss wrote:

WHOA - I've never heard of this place!! I'm going out to Walnut Creek this weekend so I am definitely going to pop in for a tipple.

On 2017-11-14 17:28, HopeChest wrote:

On 2017-11-13 13:53, Tiki-boss wrote:

WHOA - I've never heard of this place!! I'm going out to Walnut Creek this weekend so I am definitely going to pop in for a tipple.

My favorite place for seafood in the east bay. Well known for seafood but some don't realize they also have a good cocktail program. For years they had been one of the only non-tiki places I knew of in the area that had a somewhat authentic Mai Tai on the menu.

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Zombie

Jungle Bird

Headhunter's Grog

Jungle Bird Sacramento, California

On 2017-11-14 22:37, Tiki-boss wrote:

My favorite place for seafood in the east bay. Well known for seafood but some don't realize they also have a good cocktail program. For years they had been one of the only non-tiki places I knew of in the area that had a somewhat authentic Mai Tai on the menu.

[ Edited by: Tiki-boss 2017-11-14 22:38 ]

Nice! I am an alcotarian (a vegetarian who will happily go to any non-veggie restaurant as long as they have cocktails) but my missus loves seafood so this sounds perfect. Thanks for the tip, mate!

Pre Steelers game warm up
:)

Sounds like good times Jon. I'm gonna be in Vegas next week. Will be stopping into Frankie's at some point. Probably day after Thanksgiving. It would be cool to meet up for a cocktail or two.

Great research, Pat. Havana Club 3 tops my list of Daiquiri rums as well, well ahead of the competition. A few of my top runners up that you may or may not have tried: El Dorado 3 and Banks 5 Island.

On 2017-11-12 09:45, PalmtreePat wrote:
After many, many daiquiris (and a jalapeno cheeseburger) I've completed my first round of taste testing in search of the perfect sub for Bacardi 1909. The results were...surprising.

Full disclosure: each rum was tasted straight first, side by side with a pour of Bacardi 1909, from a glencairn glass for maximum pretension. For the daiquiri test I made them according to the improved recipe in POTC, using limes I "liberated" from the neighbors tree as they were needed to ensure that lackluster fruit didn't drag any drinks down.

Havana Club 3 was the most interesting entry. Tasted alone, side by side with the 1909, it's a very different beast. Heavier than just about any other aged white I've had, with enough hogo to it that one of my tasters likened it to a Jamaican rum. Yet when mixed in a daiquiri, it lightens up considerably, with lots of citrus flavors and an after-taste that is very close to the chocolate-ish flavor on the 1909's finish. The only thing HC3 misses is the super dry, crisp aroma 1909 imparts to the drink, which may in part be a product of the 1909 being higher ABV than anything else on the board. Recommended if you can get it.

Plantation 3 Star, Flor de Cana 4 Extra Seco, and Brugal Especial all came in roughly the same bracket for being close, but not quite perfect analogs to 1909. 3 Star is the closest in overall flavor, both by itself and in a daiquiri, but again, it smells sweeter rather than dry and isn't quite as assertive. Bone-dry Brugal I found came closest to 1909 in aroma, and in a daiquiri brought plenty of citrus flavor (orange in particular) but was missing some of the brown sugary and vanilla flavors on the finish. FDC hews closer to 3 Star than Brugal, and the daiquiri I made with it was, for lack of a better word, "darker" in flavor than the other two.

And the big shocker: Cana Brava came in dead last. With the closest ABV to Bacardi 1909 (86 to the BC's 89), a full 3 years of age on it, and a Cuban rum master at the helm, I went into this expecting it to smear the competition. And it didn't. Tasted side by side with the 1909, both straight and mixed, it was noticeably lacking in both flavor and aroma, far more than the slight difference in concentration can account for. We actually went back and did blind tastings to make sure we weren't biasing it into oblivion, and it still missed the mark. Afterwards I tested CB against the HC3, presumably its closest relative, and it fell short again. Nor could it best any of the other rums. Despite being a higher proof than all of them, it still came dangerously close to tasting like vodka in comparison, and, barring that I might have just gotten a bad bottle, I think I know why. When we took the Hampden Estate rum tour our guide explained the different ABVs they distill to for different products: the 80s is their mark for rum, while 90% and higher is for vodka. Cana Brava's website states that they distill to 92-94%. Now I don't know what proof the rest of these get distilled to, and I'm sure that CB doesn't get re-distilled over and over again like a true vodka would be, but it certainly tastes like the 86 Co has gone too far in its efforts to produce a smooth, dry spirit and lost alot of flavor. Given that Cana Brava often costs at least $5 more than any of these other rums, I honestly can't say I'll be buying it again in the future.

Final results: Havana Club 3 still reigns supreme, both for tasty daiquiris in general and specifically as an analog to the elusive Bacardi 1909. Plantation, Flor De Cana, and Brugal are all fine daiquiri rums and each is similar in its own way to 1909. Cana Brava is...limp.

This has been a fun experiment, but I'm just getting started. I still need to give El Dorado 3, Royal Standard, Selvarey, Cruzan Diamond, and Cartavio their fair shake. I may also go the Kohala Bay route and start blending different white rums together to replicate the flavor profile I'm after. Diplomatico just released an aged white at 47% ABV, which could strengthen a blend and help it cut through more in a mixed drink.

On 2017-11-16 22:56, Hurricane Hayward wrote:
Great research, Pat. Havana Club 3 tops my list of Daiquiri rums as well, well ahead of the competition. A few of my top runners up that you may or may not have tried: El Dorado 3 and Banks 5 Island.

Mahalo HH. I'd totally forgotten about Banks, definitely going to add that to my list.

The Melrose Umbrella Company

Threw back a few at Trader Sam's:
-Chartreuse Swizzle
-Rum Around the Christmas Tree
-La Florida
-Unnamed/unknown with bourbon, vermouth, bitters, cherry herring, and 1 or 2 others I can't recall.

The Beachcomber’s Shanty

Boss man- let me know

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Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2017-11-17 18:14 ]

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Tamarind Margarita

Cheers MDM

Had a Hemingway’s Dream and a Walker at Hatch in Tustin, California.The Dream is their version of a daiquiri made with Papa’s Pilar Cask Rum-almost impossible to obtain. Makes an exquisite cocktail. The Walker is a very good Zombie. Sorry-no pix.
Cheers

On 2017-11-18 21:40, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Had a Hemingway’s Dream and a Walker at Hatch in Tustin, California.The Dream is their version of a daiquiri made with Papa’s Pilar Cask Rum-almost impossible to obtain. Makes an exquisite cocktail. The Walker is a very good Zombie. Sorry-no pix.
Cheers

Wow, that place is only 20 minutes from me AND it's on the way to Hi Times. Perfect excuse to visit!

Dark N' Story and Tangaroa

On 2017-11-19 12:41, PalmtreePat wrote:

Wow, that place is only 20 minutes from me AND it's on the way to Hi Times. Perfect excuse to visit!

Did i mention that the grindz are ono?
Have fun.

Making me excited to get Vegas this week Jon! As for me I did my drinking at home this weekend.

Double Mai Tai

Hurricane

Zombie

Three Dots and a Dash

The first of many Jet Pilots (Mai Kai tribute recipe). Gotta use up my Hamilton 151 so I'll have an excuse to head down into Hatch/Hi Times territory.

An original recipe I’m working on, tentatively called, “The Golden Forbidden Lei” (via Tiki Bar Name Generator)

Drawing up the next project
Witco I saw in Chicago
Spousal unit opened up a cold one
:)

Corn N Oil

On 2017-11-22 12:57, hang10tiki wrote:
Corn N Oil

Never had one of those.. must rectify. and nice job on the glass btw and the sign made me snort

Fast, easy n good drink

:)

Smuggler’s Cove Hot Buttered Rum

Happy Thanksgiving

Tiki Boss- post pics
:)

You got it! Too bad work had to get in the way of Frankie's!

Dr. No and a Scurvy in the rear.

3 Dots and a Dash

Daiquiri

Blue Hawaiian in a mermaid glass (bought the glass for a Christmas gift for one of my bonus daughters. It's cute but only holds about 4 ounces, make a good shot glass :lol: )

Boss man- u da man

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