Don's Mix

Don's Mix is a blend of two parts grapefruit juice and one part cinnamon infused simple syrup, invented in 1934 in Donn Beach, a.k.a. Don the Beachcomber for use in his Zombie Punch. The Zombie cocktail is an adaptation of this recipe.

2 parts Fresh Grapefruit Juice (Don used White Grapefruits you could use Red in a pinch)
1 part Cinnamon Syrup

Tiki Buys #4:Mugs & Mixes

The Mugs

Green Tiki Mug

Blue Parrot Tiki Mug 

 B.G. Reynold's Passion Fruit Syrup

 B.G. Reynolds' Falernum Syrup

 

Jet Pilot (1951) Cocktail Recipe

⚛ A Classic Cocktail from the Atomic Age ⚛

 Ingredients:

    1/2 oz lime juice

    1/2 oz grapefruit juice

    1/2 oz cinnamon syrup (B.G. Reynolds' Don's Mix)*

    1/2 oz falernum (Le Lab Sirop Tiki 1930 Falernum)*

    1 oz dark Jamaican rum (80 Proof Lemon Hart Demerara Rum)*

    3/4 oz gold Puerto Rican rum (Bacardi Gold Rum)*

    3/4 oz 151 Proof Lemon Hart Demerara Rum (Bacardi 151 Proof Rum)*

    6 drops Pernod

    1 dash Angostura bitters

    4 oz crushed ice

*All items in parentheses were the ingredients I used/Substituted(LCBO  Friendly)

Directions:

Put everything into a blender, adding crushed ice last, and blend at high speed for five seconds. Pour into an old-fashioned glass.

My Notes:

Though it shares most of the "Zombies" ingredients it is a much more balanced drink,one you could indulge in all night long.Initially I found it slightly too sweet but this perceived sweetness disappeared after a few sips when the acidity of the lime/grapefruit kicked in.





From Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's Sippin' Safari (2007)

Mai Tai (Classic Tiki Drink) Recipe

Mai Tai (LCBO friendly version of) Trader Vic's Classic Recipe

           Ingredients:

                  1 oz. Freshly squeezed Lime juice

                  1 oz. Orgeat

                  1/2 oz.Triple Sec*

                  2 oz Dark Jamaican Rum

                  Fill Glass with ice and shake

                  Garnish: drop lime shell in glass as garnish, mint sprig

*Original 1944 recipe calls for Orange Curacao which isn't available in Ontario,by substituting Triple sec it raises the sweetness which is why i upped the lime juice.
Blue Curacao can be substituted for Triple Sec (gives the drink a weird greenish hue)

CHEERS~Doc Cyclops
Mai Tai History

Tiki Buys #2:Mugs & Mixes

Below is a few of my latest purchases:1st up the Tiki Mugs

 

Purple Tiki Mug

 

 

 

Headhunter Tiki Mug - available in Green & Brown(X)

 

Shiny Black Tiki Mug

 

 

Green Tiki Shoy Glass

 

 

 

Next up the Mixes: 

B.G. Reynolds' Orgeat Syrup

 

B.G. Reynolds' Falernum

 

 

Lime Juicer