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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 2581
From: La Mirada Atoll
|  Posted: 2012-09-18 11:29 pm Permalink
Appleton Estate 21 year old,in a snifter, neat. Pure heaven.
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 9023
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-09-19 7:53 pm Permalink
I saw a recipe for a "Mezcal Smash" with pineapple and cinnamon syrup. They said that the pineapple and cinnamon paired surprisingly well with the smoky mezcal. I was discussing smoke sources with the world renouned chef Professor G who suggested Lapsang Souchong, a smoked tea. Then he most graciously mailed me some to experiment with ~ thank you Greg
I went with the most simple first;
1 of sour - lime juice
2 of sweet - 1.5 of pineapple juice and 0.5 of cinnamon syrup
3 of strong - Cruzan Aged
4 of weak - brewed Lapsang Souchong tea
I chose the black straw to accentuate the smokiness of the drink 
Was it a well balanced cocktail? I wouldn't know a balanced cocktail if it bit me on the arse!  On my first sip, I thought the smoke of the Lapsang overpowered everything else. But after a few sips the smoke didn't seem so strong and the other flavers came through except the cinnamon. I added another half part of cinnamon syrup and like the results better.
I may have to make some Lapsang syrup next.
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Q-tiki
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Joined: Sep 22, 2011
Posts: 199
From: East TN
| Posted: 2012-09-20 07:50 am Permalink
That looks great MDM! It was super nice of the Professor to send you the tea (kudos to you, G).
Question... If it's called a Mezcal Smash, shouldn't it have Mezcal in it? Did you just sub the rum for an experiment?
Either way, I'm sure it was tasty!
Cheers!
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 9023
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-09-20 09:54 am Permalink
QTiki, the drink I made wasn't very similar at all to the Mezcal Smash, but I wanted to make a rum drink with smoke, pineapple, and cinnamon 
MEZCAL SMASH
2 1 inch cubes pineapple (muddled)
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon simple syrup
1/4 cup mezcal
crushed ice
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Q-tiki
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Joined: Sep 22, 2011
Posts: 199
From: East TN
| Posted: 2012-09-20 12:02 pm Permalink
MDM... I like the way you think!!
Thanks for the original recipe.
Aloha and Cheers!
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MrBaliHai
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Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 859
From: Behind the Cheddar Curtain
| Posted: 2012-09-23 2:19 pm Permalink
Shrunken Skull x 3, from Beachbum Berry's Grog Log:
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AceExplorer
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Apr 03, 2008
Posts: 2351
From: Deep in the Jacksonville Florida jungle.
| Posted: 2012-09-23 6:55 pm Permalink
Boo Loo in a hollowed-out pineapple. Sharing the drink in a second pineapple with my neighbor and his wife - their first "real" tropical cocktails with rums of decent pedigree. Sort of a gesture to bring a little tiki to the local natives... The good news is that they were very receptive!
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1517
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2012-09-23 9:47 pm Permalink
receptive neighborhood wives- that sounds promising!
a rum sidecar here, using Gosling's black seal-- quite tasty.
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The Blue Kahuna
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Joined: Jun 01, 2011
Posts: 380
From: Points East & West
| Posted: 2012-09-23 10:00 pm Permalink
Funny, I had an Appleton sidecar at Momo's this past Monday before the Giant's game. Bartender looked at me like I was nuts . . . it was tasty!
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7724
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-09-23 10:37 pm Permalink
Coruba coconut rum on ice
Les Baxter in the background
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7724
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-09-24 7:28 pm Permalink
Trader Vic's chocolate liqueur on ice
Martin Denny's Quiet Village in da background
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1517
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2012-09-24 8:00 pm Permalink
a litre of Hofbrau Oktoberfest.
eins, zwei, g'suffa!
Gemütlichkeit, my kababayan!!
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AceExplorer
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Apr 03, 2008
Posts: 2351
From: Deep in the Jacksonville Florida jungle.
| Posted: 2012-09-25 10:51 am Permalink
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On 2012-09-24 20:00, thePorpoise wrote:
a litre of Hofbrau Oktoberfest.
eins, zwei, g'suffa!
Gemütlichkeit, my kababayan!!
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Porpoise, that got my attention... A couple of years ago my sense of adventure, almost spur-of-the-moment, took me to the "big" Oktoberfest in Munich -- and then again two years later because it was so much fun. The food... The beer... The friendly people... It's all true! If anyone needs a travel recommendation, there you have it, a no-brainer. I even visited Trader Vics downtown which was cool. I'm figuring out a way to go back again real soon. Yes, we all had THAT good of a time. And one of the biggest take-aways was the amazing craftsmanship in wood and stone carvings we saw everywhere we went in Europe. Truly amazing.
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poutineki
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Joined: Jan 12, 2012
Posts: 80
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2012-09-26 5:24 pm Permalink
Pouring Ribbons in NY has a drink on their menu called Dueling Banjos which is described as basically a Mai Tai subbing 2 bourbons for the rums, lemon for the lime and corn milk (the juice from fresh corn kernels) for the orgeat. I won't be getting to NY anytime soon so I decided to take a crack at it based only on description. They call for Weller Special Reserve and Eagle Rare for the bourbons. I have the Eagle Rare but can't get the Weller in Ontario. Since it's a wheat-based bourbon, I used Maker's Mark instead. They call for Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao which is also unavailable in Ontario so I used Grand Marnier which is the best quality curacao available here. I followed the Trader Vic's ratios since that's my favorite Mai Tai version (using 1/2 oz corn milk in place of the orgeat and simple) it was a bit heavy on the tart so I added a bit of simple and it balanced out nicely. Since I have no idea what it actually tastes like, I don't know how close I got. But what I did end up with is tasty even if I'm way off.
It should have a mint garnish, I snapped the pic before I remembered to go outside and grab a healthy sprig.
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Hurricane Hayward
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Joined: Jun 07, 2008
Posts: 1444
From: 16 miles from The Mai-Kai
| Posted: 2012-09-26 10:57 pm Permalink
Tonight I whipped up a tribute to a "lost cocktail" of The Mai-Kai, the Impatient Virgin ...
The Impatient Virgin was Mariano Licudine's version of Don the Beachcomber's Vicious Virgin: Lime juice, Cointreau, falernum, multiple rums.
Our tribute recipe reinterprets this classic and predicts what The Mai-Kai's version may have tasted like. Was this the inspiration for the Derby Daiquiri?
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/09/28/lost-cocktails-of-the-mai-kai-uncovering-the-influential-impatient-virgin/
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