Name: Kool Hand Luke
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3&frasl;4 fresh Lime (fresh); 45 ml Jamaican OP aged rum; 25 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Kool Hand Luke
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Serve in a Rocks glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ fresh	Lime (fresh) cut into segments
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Jamaican-style overproof aged pot still rum
⁵⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Rocks glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
MUDDLE lime in base of glass to release juices.
POUR other ingredients into glass.
Two-thirds fill glass with crushed ice and CHURN with barspoon.
ADD more crushed ice to fill glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.
Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Looks like a Caipirinha and has a similar balance of sweet, sour and spirit. The bitters bring out the spice in the rum, which is every bit as pungent as cachaça.

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Ken E

17th March at 04:20

Enjoyable but too sweet for me. I used an entire lime instead and added 1/2oz Wray & Nephew and much prefer the result.

Ken E

10th April at 06:10

I reduced the syrup to a generous 1/2oz too:

4.5 Stars

Colby Dempsey

3rd July 2022 at 03:54

Never had cachaça so I do not know what a caipirinha tastes like, but this hits the spot. I used Smith and Cross Navy strength. Wow did it pack a punch.