February 2nd,
2010
Posted by
Doug
under Recipes, Rum, Tiki Month 2010
Well now!
Isn’t it about time you actually do a drink post for Tiki Month? My lady is thirsty!
Quite right, my good sir!
Let’s start off Tiki month with a 1950s classic from Don the Beachcomber.
- 1 part fresh lime juice
- 2 parts fresh pineapple juice
- 1/2 part falernum
- 2 parts dark rum
- 1 part gold rum
- 1/2 part Mount Gay Eclipse
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
- 6 drops absinthe
Shake everything with ice, then strain into a tall glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint an/or a wedge of pineapple.
The recipe also calls for two parts ginger beer, added after shaking. You can try that if you like, but I forgot it with the first of these I made, and I think it is better without.
Don served this at his Colonel’s Plantation Beefsteak and Coffee House, in Hawaii. I think it is a pretty nifty Tiki punch, and apparently Don did too, since he named it after himself, in his World War Two incarnation.
I first found this one on Tiki+, and you can also read more about it in Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
i have GOT to buy me some falernum…these drinks look too good to pass up.
jgodsey(Quote) (Reply)
April 29th, 2010 at 9:50 am
March 15th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
I made the Colonel Beach’s Plantation Punch last night. It was quite good. I really like how the Pernod and Bitters enhance the drink, and cut down on the sweetness.
Damon @ Let’s Tiki(Quote) (Reply)
November 3rd, 2011 at 2:07 am
I made this drink for Halloween this year at our own tiki bar in the front yard (we did a Caribbean Shipwreck theme), with a few modifications to please a larger crowd, and we ran out – must have been good! I also made my own falernum, thanks to the Kaiser Penguin – great stuff, and I will be keeping it as a regular weapon in my cocktail arsenal. Thank you for posting a great tiki drink!
Kristen Scott(Quote) (Reply)