With warm weather comes time to kick back on your deck, invite some friends over to bbq - maybe open up (or build) that backyard Tiki Bar. And, of course, you'll need the proper beverages to go along with your outdoor activities. Here are two drinks that are sure to make you the envy of your neighborhood, based on secret receipes "borrowed" from well known watering holes on both coasts...
Key Lime Pie Shooter
2 oz Light Rum
1 oz Licor 43 (the "Key" ingredient - very important!)
1 oz Sour Mix
1 oz Half & Half
Splash of Roses Lime Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a small rocks glass.
Note: This can also be made as Martini. Rim chilled martini glass with lime juice and crushed graham crackers...
Recipe from "Pete" at Hogs Breath Saloon in Key West
Dana Point Mai Tai
1 oz Light Rum
1 oz Dark Rum (Myers or Goslings Black Seal work well)
1 oz Orange Juice
1 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Creme De Noyeaux (or almond substitute like Orgeat or Amaretto)
Splash of Grenadine
Shake with ice and pour.
Float a little more Dark Rum on top
Recipe from the Wind & Sea in Dana Point, California (originally from the Kona Inn, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii)
"Mahalo" to renowned bartender and boat drink aficionado Kevin McFarlin, aka "K1A", for the insider info...K1A currently creates his masterful mixes at Seagle's Mar-Tiki Bar in St. Mary's GA.
actually the float of rum is 151
ReplyDeleteand the dark rum is diamondhead dark anything "aged" is pretty good as the light rum i use crusan aged 35 year
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