Name: Drunken Helmsman
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml OP high ester aged pot still rum; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Meletti); 15 ml Falernum liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Maple syrup

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Overproof aged pot still rum (high-ester 4-6 years old)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Amaro (e.g. Meletti)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Falernum liqueur

1 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Maple syrup

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and mint sprigs.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish along with mint sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Drunken Helmsman contains 281 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
20.5% alc./vol. (40.99° proof)
26.4 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Annechien Premium Member 22w

Goes down waaayyy too easy. I used hampden 8 yrs and a mix of averna and nonino instead of meletti. Well deserving of its 4.5 stars.

Matt Premium Member 45w

Delicious - primary notes from the overproof rum (I used Smith & Cross) and the lime - meaningful tartness with the rum funk! The Meletti, falernum (I used Velvet) and maple syrup add sweetness and some flavor, but their notes are not distinct. A great tiki drink!

Johan Alexandersson 48w

Absolutely great Rum/lime cocktail variation. (I never get tired of them) Used Smith&Cross, Montenegro and Taylors Velvet Falernum. Perhaps unorthodox I skipped the crushed ice and served it on the shaken ice. Good enough for me. :-)

Jose Cruz 1y

Remade with amaro, used smith and cross and there wasnt any trace of amaro, if i used rumfire 45ml there wudnt be a trace of anything. boosted funk after mixing with LROK from hampden estate collection. I insist 45ml lime is the way to go here to balance the 30ml of maple and falerum. ( i made with 30, tasted and then added another 15ml of lime and it was so much better)

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

Made with Smith and Cross, Tippleman's falernum syrup, and Montenegro since Virginia ABC refuses to carry Meletti for some strange reason. A surprisingly solid drink (maple and lime? Yet it works). I might try to split the S&C with something a bit less assertive next time, to see if it helps the amaro and maple break through a bit more - I had to really focus to detect them.

Jose Cruz 2y

made it without the amaro and something seems missing, id wait to get it before rating it, but even without it a good stiff drink, boosted lime to 45ml since my falernum is a syrup

Paul Spreitzer 3y

Well, this is a welcome find! I try a lot of different tiki-style cocktails at my home bar, and this is the best new drink I've had in quite a while.
The balance of tart lime with sweet and spicy falernum, and that bittersweet background of the Meletti...terrific -- and I haven't even mentioned the rum yet!
(I didn't see the "aged overproof" part of the recipe, so I used Hamilton Black, which turned out great. I'll do the second one differently.)

Lars Cianciolo 3y

Replaced the rum with Stiggins Pineapple Rum and it took on an autumn candy flavor…calling it the “Pumpkin Helmsman” one of the best drinks i’ve come across

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