Mai Tai (Beaumont-Gantt's recipe)

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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 Jamaican-style overproof aged pot still rum
1 fl oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
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.

Alcohol content:

  • 2.9 standard drinks
  • 23.75% alc./vol. (47.5° proof)
  • 41.1 grams of pure alcohol
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