"Islands In The Stream Daiquiri" Cocktail July 9, 2015 23:30

Glass Used: Poco Grande Glass

Recipe:

1 oz      Bayou Sliver Rum

1/2 oz Gold or Amber Rum

I.E. Bacardi Carta de Oro or Old New Orleans Amber

1 1/2 oz  The Perfect Purée Sweet Hibiscus Purée

1 oz  Freshly Squeezed lime juice

1/2 oz 50/50 cane simple syrup*  

1/2 oz BroVo Lucky Falernum

1 drop Wild Hibiscus Hibiscus Extract

Pinch  Wild Hibiscus Hibiscus Flower Salt

Garnish:          

Wild Hibiscus Hibiscus Flower 1/2 salted rim Poco Grande Glass

Float   Papa’s Pilar Dark Rum

1 each Fabbri Amarena Whole Natural Cherry

For machine frozen:

*replace with Fee Bros. Neutral Slush Base

** Replace with filtered water

Directions:

Blend top eight ingredients with 6-8 oz crushed ice** and pour (if desired, strain to remove large ice fragments) into a ½ Hibiscus Flower salted rim glass, float with Papa’s Pilar dark rum and top opposite salt side with Amarena cherry

*For machine frozen: replace with Fee Bros. Neutral Slush Base

** Replace with filtered water for machine frozen

Garnish:

Prepare half the glass with a Hibiscus Flower salt rim

Float Papa’s Pilar in The Stream - the Hemingway

Inspiration:

Islands in The Stream - the Hemingway novel (though if one drinks too many the sound of Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton singing Bee Gees song of same name could easily start playing in ones head).  

The (Hemingway inspired) Daiquiri certainly plays a role in the novel and this “boat drink”, but the flavors and imagery of both Bimini and Cuba represented in Islands in the Stream are further summoned with the addition of the exotic island hibiscus and spicy Falernum and of course the blend of rums – a drink that was made for New Orleans, inspired by the islands and that salty adventuring sea man Papa.........Hemingway.