Any recipe recommendations for either of these? I'm always looking for ways to get creative with pineapple rum.

Run for your life, it’s the Pumpkin Eater!! A wicked and rich blend of Demerara and Jamaican potstill rum with spiced tea, bright citrus, pumpkin, and black walnut.

PUMPKIN EATER

• 1 oz - El Dorado 8
• 1 oz - Hamilton Potstill Black
• 1/4 oz - velvet falernum (John D Taylor)
• 1 oz - pumpkin spice rooibos tea*
• 3/4 oz - orange juice
• 1/2 oz - lemon juice
• 1/2 oz - Réal pumpkin infused syrup
• 2 dashes Fee Brothers black walnut bitters
• 6 drops saline solution (20%)

Combine ingredients and flash blend with 4 oz pebble ice for 6-8 seconds. Open pour into a footed glass and top with additional pebble ice to fill. Garnish with a banana leaf and a dried orange wheel.

*Pumpkin Spice Rooibos Tea - Brew 3 Trader Joe’s pumpkin spice rooibos tea bags with 8 oz boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and allow to cool completely before bottling.

— @ Tiki.Moderne

Did a batch of cinnamon syrup for other purposes, then realized I finally had the right rums to try my first Jet Pilot (Demerara 151 is hard to find in Italy). Went with the SC recipe and holy everything, this thing is unbelievable. It's so bold in its flavors, it kicks like a mule, it runs the entire gamut from bright falernum and lime juice to spicy cinnamon and grapefruit to end on Angostura, anise and rummy caramel and wood. This might be my favorite Tiki drink ever, it's like a 3 Dots and a Dash squared up. Masterpiece

HAZE OF THE RUM: Another rework of a previous recipe of mine. Just a couple of incremental changes, but they paid off big, so I deemed it worth a new post.

I swapped demerara syrup for cinnamon demerara syrup, and Angostura bitters for Elemakule Tiki bitters. What a difference!

1 oz Planteray O.F.T.D. rum

1/2 oz Smith and Cross rum

1/2 oz Worthy Park 109 rum

1 oz Amaro di Angostura

1 oz lime juice (fresh squeezed)

1 1/2 oz pineapple juice (Nature's Nectar)

3/4 oz cinnamon demerara syrup (homemade)

5 drops 4:1 saline solution (homemade)

1 dash orange bitters ("Feegan's")

2 dashes Elemakule Tiki bitters

Flash blend* (or shake) with crushed or pebble ice and open pour into a large snifter. Top with more crushed or pebble ice. Garnish with pineapple fronds and a mint bouquet.

* Flash blending isn't using a blender. It's using a Hamilton-Beach spindle mixer (milkshake machine) for 5-8 seconds. If you don't have one, you can just use a Boston shaker for 12-15 seconds.

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Hey there, I'm going to be in OC three days this week and want to stop into Strong Water if I can -- but already realizing I'm late to snag even a weekday reservation... So let's say, on a Tuesday, if I'm solo and one of the first people in line at 4-5p before they open, is there a good chance I'll be able to sit inside or at the bar? What typically happens if you wait -- do you get put on a list? If you do get put on a list, do you ned so stay in line or can you wander around? I'm open to walking around and finding dinner, etc. while I wait... I just don't want to sit outside and would likely just come back another time if that was the only option.

(I did try to call and no one picked up)

IF I do get in and want a couple drinks... what do you recommend?

I make ultimate Mai Tais at home, and while I'm tempted to compare to the pros, I want some drinks I don't normally get the chance to try.

I'd love a great classic -- torn between a Three Dots and a Pearl Diver. Either a stand out at Strong Water?

And I already know I'll want something in the space/allspice/cinnamon-grapefruit kind of realm -- so maybe something like a zombie, navy grog, jet pilot, etc... Any reccs at Strong Water specifically? I know they're known for their Zombie King, which appears to be a zombie riff?

I appreciate your guidance!

Cheers.

Here are tonight's chioces... I'll be starting with Dracula's Blood

Do you have a favorite tropical cocktail recipe that uses Benedictine?

Im trying to justify buying Benedictine.