Name: Test Pilot
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 22.5 ml Light white rum; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 7.5 ml Lemon juice

Test Pilot
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Jamaican aged blended rum with funk
³⁄₄ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A citrusy, sophisticated Daiquiri with hints of almond and spicy clove, served short over ice.

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Variant:

Jet Pilot

History:

Created circa 1941 by Donn Beach, this recipe is adapted from a recipe by Victor Bergeron and published in his 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide.

TEST PILOT
¼ ounce lemon juice
¼ ounce Falernum
¼ ounce Cointreau
¾ ounce light Puerto Rican rum
1¾ ounce dark Jamaica rum
Shake with ice cubes. Pour into a 10-ounce glass.
Victor J. Bergeron, 1972

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Nutrition:

One serving of Test Pilot contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.61% alc./vol. (25.61° proof)
23.1 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Jose Cruz

10th May 2024 at 03:13

Difford, when i click on Victors link on the history section im taken to a forbiden error on site .. FYI maybe link to trader vics page ?

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Simon Difford

10th May 2024 at 05:11

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Now fixed.

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mark jones

1st September 2023 at 19:48

Great drink. Homemade falernum and skip the bitters (not needed).

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John Hinojos

26th July 2022 at 00:21

Love this. It definitely needs to the Jamaican rum to get the correct amount of funk needed. However, you would need to like the Jamaican funk. If not, I sure you could make this with any other rum and it would be enjoyable. Nicely dry.

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