Rob de Santos
Contract bartender in my early 20's. Wine appreciation teacher in my 30's. Home bartender for the past 30 years. Retired aerospace engineer. Lover of whiskey-based...
Contract bartender in my early 20's. Wine appreciation teacher in my 30's. Home bartender for the past 30 years. Retired aerospace engineer. Lover of whiskey-based drinks and tiki cocktails. Quote: "Bitters are the secret to fine tuning any drink."
Drink well but in moderation and don't drive.
Portugal
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Blanco tequila
Orange Curaçao
Blue curaçao liqueur
Orange juice
Grenadine syrup
Rosso/sweet vermouth
Vermouth amaro (Pun.)
Irish whiskey
Exotic fruit liqueur
Red bitter liqueur
Grenadine syrup
Lemon soda
Orgeat syrup
Sugar syrup - Muscovado (2 sugar to 1 water)
Calvados apple brandy
Armagnac brandy
Pimento dram
Ginger syrup
Toasted almond bitters
Cinnamon powder
V-8 Fusion Tropical Orange Juice
Whipped cream vodka
Licor 43
Grand Marnier
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Rob de Santos
Very nice drink. Enjoyed the combination of the juniper and orange flavors.
A couple of peripheral comments on this drink. The X-15 is referred in Jeff Berry's books as built by Douglas Aircraft. This is a rare error by the Beachbum. It was a North American Aviation [later Rockwell Int'l] product. The plane that crashed on Nov. 15, 1967, was the X-15-3, the third of the experimental models built. The pilot who died that day, Major Michael J. Adams, was posthumously awarded astronaut wings as his flight, prior to the in-flight breakup, exceeded the altitude that NASA recognizes as the edge of space. Maj. Adams is listed on astronaut memorials. The Saturn was popular at the tiki themed parties I tended in the 90's and early 00's. During my aviation career, I had the pleasure to meet several of the pilots and engineers who worked on the X-15.
The Parfait Amour variation is a great drink but to balance the sweetness, a tad more gin as suggested here makes a better drink.
A nice tropical drink. I cut the lime cordial in half and added the equivalent amount of orgeat syrup and increased the rum just a bit for personal taste.