Mai Tai

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“A Mai Tai with Appleton”

Cocktail bar: Needs a real cocktail bar (or your own kitchen).

Gold or aged rum

ValueBacardi Gold

Good callAppleton Estate or Mount Gay

SplurgeDiplomático Reserva Exclusiva

Dark rum

ValueMyers's

Good callGosling's Black Seal

SplurgeRon Zacapa 23

If they can't make it: A Planter's Punch, or rum punch

Mai Tai

What you need

Glass: Double rocks

• 2 oz aged rum
• 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz orange curaçao or triple sec
• 1/2 oz orgeat (almond syrup)
• 1/4 oz simple syrup

Making a pitcher? 8 oz is 1 cup, and a 750 ml bottle is about 25 oz. Stir the batch with ice, or add the bubbly and soda right before pouring.

Make it

1. Shake hard with ice for about 10 seconds.
2. Pour over crushed ice.

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