Made this with 8 Year Appleton and Smith and Cross but without the Daiquiri Bitters. To me the flavor was a mix of a Mai Tai and cola with a faint strawberry jam aftertaste. Pretty good! Ill have to try again with the bitters.

On the recommendation of Loz Horner we find ourselves here and are not regretting it. We too had no pot still runs so chose a Discarded Banana Peel rum instead.

Didn’t have the pot still rums used Havana 7 and a splash of Diplomatico (which I know isn’t particularly high in esters). Still glorious. The cola notes of the verbs really come out. On our faves list.

I had to make several changes due to my usual stock issues, altogether very happy with the result. Added snowcone
10 ml
OFTD
20 ml
Homemade pineapple rum arrangé (OFTD, zacapa 23, agua ardiente de Madeira, Havana club 3, simple syrup)
15 ml
Jamaica WP 2013 transcontinental
15 ml
Amaro Lucano
22.5 ml
Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
15 ml
Monin Orgeat Syrup (sorry)
4 dashes
Angostura Bitters
1 dash
Homemade allspice dram
1 splash
Branca menta
1 pinch
Extra fine salt
2 drops
Marzipan flavour extract

Both fresh and deep, a different cocktail that could satisfy a crowd. It does need to rest - and dilute. I used Wray & Nephew white overproof rum- unfortunately it actually dominated the taste a bit too much a bit too long. Next time I will use the (slightly) less funky Hampden 8 yr. The rum used was R. L. Seale's Barbados rum 46 %.

Very tasty, and I love Averna -- but in this form, just not as good as a regular Mai Tai.

Delicious. Feels almost like a Mai Tai built to drink in the wintertime, around a roaring fireplace. The nutmeg (or whatever else you have on-hand for a similar effect, a cinnamon blend worked well for me at one point) is a must.

Agree with Meaghan Dorman that Appleton Reserve (8-yr-old) and Smith & Cross are a good pairing with Averna, though I still don't get the "Pacific" thing. Had half a lemon so used that with a lime (always mixing for 2 in our house) and suspect the blend works better (less bitter) with the Averna than all lime. No Difford bitters so used Bittermen's Elemakule Tiki Bitters to much household acclaim.

Made with Appleton Estate Signature, Wray and Nephew, and grapefruit bitters.

Great cocktail. But Across the Pacific? That's really taking the long way from Jamaica to Sicily.

What a wonderful cocktail. A little tiki and a little daiquiri. Not overly sweet and the Amaro adds just a hint of bitter.
Did try using the same rums as originally used in the recipe.

After our initial taste, we did add 3 drops of Difford's Daiquiri Bitters. While I think the bitters could be optional, it did soften the cocktail and bring a little of the bitter forward.