Name: Banana Cow
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 90 ml Milk; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 1 dash Vanilla extract; 1 fresh Banana

Banana Cow
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3 oz	Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 dash	Vanilla extract/essence
1 fresh	Banana (preferably overripe)

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Garnish: Banana chunk

How to make:

BLEND all ingredients with 12oz scoop crushed ice and serve with straws.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat) - Dairy

Review:

Trader Vic writes of his drink, "the world's finest, greatest, oh-so good peachy hangover special. This'll do when nothing else will." Perhaps Vic is somewhat overselling this malty banana meal of a drink.

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History:

Created by Victor J. Bergeron, this recipe is adapted from his 1948 Bartender's Guide... Trader Vic.

BANANA COW
1 crushed ripe banana
3 oz. whole milk
2 level tsp. bar sugar
1½ oz. Puerto Rican rum
Shake with crushed ice or mix in electric mixer; strain into large glass. Note: This drink is good for children, omitting the rum. Be sure the banana is ripe.
Victor Bergeron, Bartender's Guide... Trader Vic, 1948

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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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Andy Rankin

16th October 2024 at 21:50

To me the only purpose of this drink would be to sneak alcohol into your child. Double the rum, swap the syrup for amaretto, add saline and more bitters.

Hans Robert Westborg

11th August 2024 at 12:03

Delicious - added a pinch of Malibu and that made it even better.

Michael Z

4th February 2024 at 02:03

I wanted the boozy version (not the hangover remedy), so I added a shot of black rum.
I also substituted the simple syrup with some discarded lychees that I had from the lychee syrup recipe.
Unorthodox, but it works!