Name: In the August Sun
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml White overproof rum; 30 ml Fino sherry; 15 ml Falernum liqueur; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 10 ml Cream of coconut

In the August Sun
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Ingredients:
1 oz	White overproof rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)
1 oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₂ oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₃ oz	Cream of coconut (e.g. Coco Lopez, Re'al etc.)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple or lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Looks like a Pina Colada and indeed tastes a lot like a Pina Colada but overproof rum, fino sherry and falernum ensure this is no ordinary Pina Colada.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Dan Watson at Porco Lounge & Tiki Room in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of In the August Sun contains 177 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.69% alc./vol. (16.69° proof)
19.2 grams of pure alcohol

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James Casswell

19th December 2023 at 20:34

Love this. Fino goes with the tiki flavours really well.

Jose Cruz

2nd December 2023 at 07:04

darn, my coconut cream went bad, used banana liquor instead for that 10 ml.My sherry was Pedro Ximenez (PX) which is crazy sweet, had to add 20ml lime. will bypass rating until i re-make this "proper". >:D

Steven Elliott

4th December 2020 at 00:48

I think the full name of the original was "Drunk in the August Sun." The original was a little too sweet, this version is better.

I made a minor tweak, adding about 3/8 oz lime juice. Wray & Nephew for the rum, Harvey's Bristol Cream for the sherry.
Very good cocktail -- a flavor profile that's unique, full, complex but fun.

Jeremy Craig

25th August 2022 at 16:09

Not sure if you made it with that or not, but Bristol cream is significantly sweeter than most fino sherry. That may be the difference you note in the original being too sweet.