Missionary's Downfall

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Discerning Drinkers (85 ratings)

Serve in a

Collins glass
Ingredients:
15 fresh Mint leaves
1 fl oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1/2 fl oz Peachtree peach schnapps
1/3 fl oz Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
1/2 fl oz Pineapple juice
1/2 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
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Garnish:

Mint sprigs bouquet

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint with rum in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into glass filled with crushed ice.

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Review:

Recipes for this venerable Tiki classic vary enormously and are often confused with the Aku Aku which this drink morphed into at the hands of its creator, Donn Beach. The original recipe calls for peach brandy (distilled from fermented peaches) rather than peach liqueur (based on neutral spirit), but due to its clarity and clean flavour, I prefer peach schnapps as a substitute.

Many recipes blend fresh mint and pineapple, and while blending the mint gives the drink a vibrant green colour, it does resemble stagnant pond water and looks like something you'd only drink for the promise of perceived health-giving properties rather than for pleasure. Hence, my version is shaken, but be sure to muddle generous amounts of mint to impart colour and flavour.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in the late 1930s by Donn Beach at his Don The Beachcomber restaurant in Hollywood, California, USA.

Alcohol content:

  • 0.8 standard drinks
  • 12.98% alc./vol. (25.96° proof)
  • 11 grams of pure alcohol
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The Noble Experiment – US Prohibition – came to an end on this day in 1933 when the House of Representatives passed the Twenty-first Amendment to the

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National Brownie Day

Rich, cakey squares of chocolatey deliciousness. The brownie is the baked good that we all love and today, on National Brownie Day, we get to celebrate

National Screwdriver Day image

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According to some National Screwdriver Day was actually yesterday on the 13th. Screw them! Others we respect say it's the 14th. A Screwdriver made with

Christmas Eve image

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Today is, of course, Christmas Eve and it's also, rather splendidly, the anniversary of the first time men orbited the moon.

A Very Merry Christmas image

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Today is, allegedly, Jesus' birthday, the day he was born in the stable of Bethlehem, and a chance for families around the world to come together and over-indulge

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Tonight the world will be celebrating the New Year. In New York, it's all about the ball drop; in Sydney, Hong Kong and London, fireworks rule; in London

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