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This vintage cocktail was recommended to us by Jason E. Clapham who aptly describes it as "a Jamaican daiquiri with Christmas spices."
Mookie
8th July at 15:15
in lieu of the ginger I used Ancho Reyes, which worked out pretty great, though I assume ginger is still better
15th February at 00:47
Made with 1 Oz of Smith and Cross and 1 Oz Briland Afrohead. I really enjoyed this drink. It is still recognizable as being in the daiquiri space, but the allspice and ginger conspire to make it more complex and yes, wintery, especially towards the end of the swallow. A great rum drink for a cold February night.
21st December 2024 at 00:51
I just muddled a couple of coins of ginger in the shaker tin in lieu of ginger liqueur and mixed it all with up with Plantreray Xaymaca - great daiquiri riff!
10th November 2024 at 13:19
I made this with Smith & Cross and wouldn't recommend it. Unfortunately, it was too funky, resulting in an unbalanced cocktail. Will try it with another rum next time.
23rd December 2024 at 05:28
I got a good but manageable funk using a split base with equal parts Smith & Cross and Appleton Estate Reserve. I also increased the dram to 1/4 oz and used ginger syrup since I didn't have ginger liqueur.
10th November 2024 at 17:31
Smith & Cross has a high alc./vol. for 60ml. I used Myer's Original Rum.
30th June 2024 at 10:55
Made this with a homemade allspice dram, and didn’t have a Jamaican rum, so used Venezuelan Diplomatico rum. Still excellent, but probably more salsa than funk.
20th July 2023 at 13:04
This is a very good cocktail, second only to Firecracker in its use of Pimento Dram.
3rd March 2022 at 19:20
Superb. A new favorite.
1st February 2022 at 21:36
I have made this as written and by substituting Flor de Caña rum and 1:1 simple syrup. The alterations are simply delicious.
8th January 2022 at 18:56
I had to omit the pimento so i cant say if the cocktail benefits from it however it was lovely the way it was
I used a mount Gat rum
I used a mount Gat rum
22nd December 2021 at 01:26
Liking rum and ginger, this is outstanding. Has all the flavours of winter. Considering using this a base for a more red coloured drink for Christmas using either grenadine in place of the some or all the sugar syrup.
27th January 2022 at 00:11
John, I tried the grenadine version side by side with the regular sugar syrup thanks to your comment. Definitely liked the grenadine version more.
10th December 2021 at 23:23
According to my ingredients, I had to play a little bit with the relations. Especially I used Bitter Truth Falernum instead of Pimento dram, as it is heavy on allspice. The result was really delicious winterly cocktail!
13th October 2021 at 23:32
This has quickly become my go-to fall cocktail, amazingly balanced and always a crowd pleaser!