Name: Cajun Moon
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Cognac (brandy); 25 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Falernum liqueur; 5 ml Honey and water syrup; 1.25 ml Grenadine syrup; 2 dash Creole bitters; 1 drop Hot pepper sauce

Cajun Moon
Jump to

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
⁵⁄₆ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
⁵⁄₆ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
0.04 oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1 drop	Hot pepper sauce (red vinegar-based e.g. Tabasco)

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
RIM glass with Tajín seasoning (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and drip into Tajín).
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

French Caribbean and Louisiana influences contribute to this rust-coloured lightly spicy Daiquiri.

View readers' comments

History:

Created in June 2020 by yours truly at the Clocktower, Rye, England.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Nutrition:

One serving of Cajun Moon contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.4% alc./vol. (19.4° proof)
16.9 grams of pure alcohol

More Aperitivo/aperitif cocktails
More Spicy (e.g. Spicy Fifty) cocktails

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.

Join the discussion

Showing 2 comments for Cajun Moon.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

Nathalie O'Flynn

22nd March at 17:35

Another great creation by Simon, very much enjoyable. Pity the Cabinet Room is a private bar as we are coming to London end of May and will be doing the rounds of the best cocktail bars 😉🫢 including the Luggage Room

John Hinojos

5th June 2023 at 00:02

Great cocktail. Well balanced and at the perfect level of sweetness for me. Was a bit concerned about the hot chili sauce, but it add just a hint of a peppery touch at the end of the drink. Wonderful.

See discussion in the Forum