How to make a classic old school tiki drink.
Created by Don the Beachcomber in 1941, the Test Pilot is a great tiki cocktail. It's flavor is great, but a little different tasting compared to other classic tiki cocktails. Most modern Test Pilot recipes you will find are found in Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log. A great book on classic tiki cocktails.
Courtesy of the Grog Log, the Test Pilot recipe:
Test Pilot Recipe:
Ingredients:
• 3/4 ounce light Puerto Rican rum
• 1 1/2 ounces dark Jamaican rum (Myers's Rum)
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2 ounce Falernum (a sweet syrup, see note)
• 3 teaspoons Cointreaudash Angostura bitters
• 1/8 teaspoon Pernod
Mixing Instructions:Blend with 1 cup crushed ice for 5 seconds, then pour into double old-fashioned glass. Add more crushed ice to fill. Garnish with a wooden oyster fork with maraschino cherry skewered on prongs.
Source: Grog Log by Jeff Berry
Falernum is a sweet bar syrup used in tiki, tropical and Caribbean drinks. It has tastes of almond, ginger and cloves, and lime, and sometimes vanilla or even allspice.
Pernod Ricard a French company that produces alcoholic beverages. Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are both anise liqueurs, and often referred to as simply Pernod.
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