Name: Mai Tai (Beaumont-Gantt's recipe)
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 Mint leaves; 45 ml Rum - Overproof pot still rum; 30 ml Rum - White (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old light; 22.5 ml Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.); 15 ml Falernum liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Mint sprig

How to make:

Lightly muddle mint in base of shaker (just to bruise). Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain glass filled with crushed ice.

12 fresh	Mint leaves
1 1/2 fl oz	Overproof pot still rum
1 fl oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum
3/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/2 fl oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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History:

It is claimed that Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt first served this drink in 1933 at his Don The Beachcomber's bar in Hollywood, California. This is some ten years earlier than Bergeron's Mai Tai moment in cocktail history.

A more detailed history of this drink, along with its variants can be found on our Mai Tai cocktail page.

More cocktails by Don Beach (Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt)

Nutrition:

One serving of Mai Tai (Beaumont-Gantt's recipe) contains 311 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.8 standard drinks
22.77% alc./vol. (45.54° proof)
39.4 grams of pure alcohol

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