Lost Lake

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Photographed in an Urban Bar Gili Mixer Glass 42cl

Ingredients:
2 oz Jamaican aged blended rum with funk
1⁄4 oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1⁄4 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge and parasol-skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry, and edible orchid flower.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into glass (or tiki mug) filled with crushed ice.
  5. Garnish with pineapple wedge and parasol-skewered maraschino cherry, and edible orchid flower.
  6. Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Rum-laced tropical fruit with bittersweet and sweet 'n' sourness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2016 by Paul McGee, this was the signature cocktail at his Lost Lake bar in Chicago, Illinois. (Paul's original recipe call for Appleton Signature rum.)

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Nutrition:

One serving of Lost Lake contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 16.31% alc./vol. (16.31° proof)
  • 20.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Ben S’ Avatar Ben S
10th June at 18:15
This is a nicely balance and easy Tiki sipper - Campari reigns in the sweetness without overexerting bitterness.
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
8th June at 14:21
Summer in a glass. We substituted Chinola Passionfruit Liqueur for the passionfruit syrup...better for us.
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