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1 oz Rivers Antoine

2/3 oz lime juice

2/3 oz yellow chartreuse

1/2 oz creme de banane

1/2 oz falernum

1/2 oz strawberry simple (recipe below)

3 drops tiki bitters

shake, strain, coupe.

Strawberry Simple Syrup

equal parts strawberries, sugar, water (though i'll scale back the water next time)

put em in a sauce pan on medium low heat, stir until the sugar and water are incorporated, then use an immersion blender to get rid of any remaining strawberry chunks. let it reduce by about 1/3 then remove from heat. stir to release excess heat, then bottle in freshly cleaned and sanitized containers. add a couple tablespoons of 100 proof vodka to extend the life and deter mold growth.

love this pair, and can't wait to get my orange ones delivered later this week. gotta track down the Ghost Green ones at a decent price next.

browsing Diffords to find more uses for my Creme De Banane and found this little gem.

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1oz overproof Jamaican

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1/2 oz fernet

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1/2 oz Creme De Banane

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1/3 oz orgeat

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3/4 oz lime

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shake and dirty dump cause i'm lazy.

1. Jamaican part 1:

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Appleton Hearts 1998

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Great House 2022

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Papalin Jamaica 7 Year Old Velier Black Bottle Edition

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Hampden LROK 2010 6 Year Old

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RomDeLuxe Cask Strength DOK

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Hampden HLCF Classic

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2. Jamaican part 2:

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Doctor Bird

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Doctor Bird Pineapple

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Appleton 12

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Smith and Cross

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Hamilton Pot Still Black

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3. Jamaican part 3:

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Worthy Park Overproof

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Rum Bar

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70s Era Appleton 151

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Wray and Nephew

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Rum Fire

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4. Jamaican part 4:

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Hampden 8 Marks Collection

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5. Transcontinental Rum Line:

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Panama 2006

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Venezuela 2006

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Panama 2011

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Jamaica (Hampden) 2012

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Australia 2014

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Barbados 2015

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Jamaica (Worthy Park) 2016

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Mauritius 2017

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6. Bajan:

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Foursquare 2009

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FS 2011

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Redoutable

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Convocation

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Colours of Rum 2009

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Flag Series Barbados 2011

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FS The Broken 16 Year 2006

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7. Miscellaneous:

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Holmes Cay Guyana 2003

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Beenleigh 2006

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Papalin Haiti 4 Year

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Alambique Serrano "3 Años"

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8. Agricole:

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Baie Des Trésors "Flowers of the Wind"

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Renegade New Bacolet

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Rivers Antoine

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Renegade Pearls

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Clement Blanc

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Rhum J.M Terroir Volcanique

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9. Planteray/Guyana:

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Fiji 2009

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Panama 2010

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Sealander

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Mister Fogg No. 1

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OFTD

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Lemon Hart 151

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Hamilton 151

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Hamilton 86

It's Sunday morning, so let's make a good Mai Tai

1 oz Saint James Rhum Vieux

1/2 oz Papalin Jamaica 7 Year Old (Black Bottle)

1/2 oz Papalin Jamaica 5 Year High Ester

3/4 oz lime

1/2 oz Orange Liqueur

1/2 oz Orgeat

1/4 oz Yellow Rock Sugar Simple (1:1 sugar to water)

hefty float of Lemon Hart 151

shake it, dirty dump.

This is DEFINITELY not a daily driver Mai Tai but hot damn is it delicious. Strong and funky, like The Gap Band.

Yellow Rock Sugar Simple is a very easy recipe.

1 14 oz box of Chinese Yellow Rock Sugar

14-16 oz of water.

simmer on low until all the rocks are dissolved and incorporated. remove from heat, let cool slightly, then bottle into clean bottles. add a couple splashes of 100+ proof grain neutral spirit to maintain freshness. store in the fridge.

Finally tracked down a Papalin Haiti 4 Year and stupidly got into a bidding war over this Saint James Rhum Vieux. We're about to find out just how good of a Mai Tai I can make with it.

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Letting go of these beautiful 991v1 Finale because they're just taking up space in the closet at this point. $225 +5% PayPal and they're yours!

Paring down the collection, and letting go of ones I don't wear as often. $225 +5% PayPal G&S.

This drink is spectacular. It’s sweet, sour, salty, vinegary, crunchy…just all the things. A really really brilliant preprandial. Feel free to dial down the sugar if you don’t have quite a sweet a tooth as me.

Specs:

6 inches of celery, chopped and muddled in the tin
A pinch of celery salt
45ml (1.5oz) Dry Gin
7.5ml (1/4oz) Green Chartreuse
22.5ml (3/4oz) Lime Juice
15ml (1/2oz) 2:1 Sugar Syrup
5ml (basically a bar spoon) of white wine vinegar
Couple of dashes celery bitters (I used bitter truth)

Shake over ice and double strain into ice filled rocks glass. Garnish with celery stick.

Good use for a bit of chartreuse outside of the usual favourites.

Cheers!

based on the Monte Cassino. The 2006 Beenleigh drinks a lot like a rye, so I made the switch

3/4 oz Beenleigh 2006

3/4 oz Benedictine

3/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

shake, strain into a coupe or N&N

took the Monte Cassino recipe and swapped out the rye for Beenleigh (since it drinks like a rye)

3/4 oz Beenleigh 2006

3/4 oz Benedictine

3/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

shake, strain into a coupe or Nick and Nora.

Made a supercharged version of the Nuclear Daiquiri

1.5 oz 70s era Appleton 151

1 oz lime

3/4 oz green chartreuse

3/4 oz falernum

1/2 oz cask strength DOK

shake, strain into coupe or nick and nora.

note: this recipe is a double because measuring amounts smaller than 1/2 oz is annoying as hell to me.

this thing is STRAWNG and so SO smooth.

Based on the Nuclear Daiquiri... just supercharged.

1.5 oz 70s era Appleton 151

1 oz lime

3/4 oz green chartreuse

3/4 oz falernum

1/2 oz cask strength DOK

shake, strain into coupe or nick and nora.

note: this recipe is a double because measuring amounts smaller than 1/2 oz is annoying as hell to me.

this thing is STRAWNG and so SO smooth.