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Can't find my shingle stain |
Registered Astronaut
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Joined: Mar 05, 2006
Posts: 65 |  Posted: 2006-06-21 12:34 am Permalink
I am requesting the Trader Vic shingle stain recipe from any of you who might have it. Thanks.
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captnkirk
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Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Posts: 319
From: Hockessin, Delaware
| Posted: 2006-06-21 5:09 pm Permalink
Shingle Stain
from Trader Vics Bartenders Guide
Juice of 1 lime
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1/4 oz Grenadine
1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
1/2 oz pineapple juice
2 oz Trader vic mai tai rum*
Shake with ice cubes. Pour into ten-pin pilsner glass.
Garnish with fresh mint.
* if Mai Tai rum is unavailable substitute
1 oz of Jamacian rum (like Appleton estate)
1 oz of Martinique rum (like St. James)
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Registered Astronaut
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Joined: Mar 05, 2006
Posts: 65 | Posted: 2006-06-23 12:11 am Permalink
Thanks CaptnKirk. I am goin to make one tomorrow. I borrowed an old recipe book Trader Vic published in the seventies and copied all the best drinks out of it, but the shingle stain was overlooked. Thanks again
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Registered Astronaut
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Joined: Mar 05, 2006
Posts: 65 | Posted: 2006-07-09 2:40 pm Permalink
I mixed the shingle stain recipe with the ingredients noted although I used Trader Vic's dark rum instead of his Mai Tai rum. The cranberry I used was not ocean spray and I encourage anyone attempting to mix this drink to use Trader Joe's "100% Cranberry" which is exactly what it says it is. If you do not have access to a Trader Joe's store then I guess use the Ocean Spray that is not a "cocktail juice." But due to the tanginess of the Trader Joe's cranberry mixed with the lime juice, just a dash of grenadine makes this a very nice "dry" cocktail that was nicely complimented by the Trader Vic's dark rum. Very refreshing and light, as it calls for only an ounce and a half of rum, which is a nice change of pace as trying to perfect the Navy Grog has my liver screaming for dear mercy.
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rupe33
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Joined: Dec 08, 2004
Posts: 316
From: DC Metro Area (MD)
| Posted: 2006-08-06 07:33 am Permalink
On a visit to Trader Vic's Emeryville location, I noted what appears to be kinda cheeky original artwork devoted to the Shingle Stain on display in the men's room...
A bit closer up ---
Pretty cool stuff: would look great on a drink mix label...
Mahalo!
~Rupe
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4807
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2008-03-25 5:28 pm Permalink
Just passing along the image.
I turned it for the nicer side up...
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-03-25 8:10 pm Permalink
Depends who you talk to, Swanky...
I always liked the ingenious concept of this drink decor: A little hut roof over your cocktail to stick a straw through. To explain the cut-outs in the flat scan above, here it is set up. The four slits fit over the rim of a Zombie-style glass:
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jingleheimerschmidt
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Joined: Apr 20, 2007
Posts: 328
From: santa rosa, calif.
| Posted: 2008-03-25 8:11 pm Permalink
Check out this link.
http://www.tradertiki.com/shingle-stain/
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Limbo Lizard
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Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 605
From: Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas
| Posted: 2012-11-04 4:13 pm Permalink
The Shingle Stain apparently underwent some evolution. The drink details in the 1972 Trader Vic’s Bartenders Guide, cited above, describe a somewhat different animal from the recipe in the 1946 Trader Vic's Book of Food & Drink:
Shingle Stain
Now don’t take a shingle off the roof. This is really good. No fooling.
1/2 lime
1 ounce dark Jamaica rum (Red Heart or Myers’s)
1/2 ounce St James Rhum
1/4 ounce Pimento Dram
Dash of pomegranate syrup (grenadine)
Shake with cracked ice and pour over cracked ice in a 12-ounce Chimney Glass.
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