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Arawak

Name: Arawak
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 15 ml Pedro Ximénez sherry; 2 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Crossfire Hurricane Jamaican Rum
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry (chilled)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and float as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Arawak contains 139 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.83% alc./vol. (55.65° proof)
21.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from Victor Bergeron's 1946 Trader Vic's Book Of Food And Drink where this is denoted as being a Trader Vic original. "Arawak" refers to the family of Arawakan languages and the Indigenous peoples who speak them, historically found in South America and the Caribbean.

ARAWAK COCKTAIL
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1½ ounces Jamaica rum (Red Hart of Myers's)
1½ ounces sweet sherry
Dash of Angostura bitters
Stir in a mixing glass with cracked ice; strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Book Of Food And Drink, 19446

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

Review

The original recipe calls for aromatic bitters, but this deliciously sherry-infused Rum Old Fashioned is better with the zesty freshness of orange bitters. And don't skip the twist.

Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$0.67 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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Matt Premium Member 40w

Initially made with Plantation Dark - the PX displaced the rum in leading the flavor. I remade with Coruba and now I get the Trader Vic vibe - loads of potent burnt sugar notes from Coruba dominate the taste - definitely a tiki-type (notwithstanding the nod to the Caribbean region in the name) cocktail from post WWII era.
I note that this is only 2 dashes of Bolivar bitters and a twist on rum selection away from being identical to the "Black Mesa". Maybe the Black Mesa was derived from this, or maybe it was a very similar cocktail that emerged independently - I found the formulation for the Black Mesa to be slightly more interesting (I think that is nearly all due to the rums I selected - Appleton 8 and Smith & Cross, I believe).

Gary Walther 52w

A fascinating and intense drink. It is definitely more than a sum of its parts. It starts with cocoa and coffee notes which leads to some rum funkiness and then on to orange flavors. It mellows nicely over time with some dilution from the ice. I think someone would be hard pressed to guess the ingredients. I made with Smith and Cross rum.

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