From the East Bay to Montego Bay

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I'll just go ahead and apologize on behalf of Graham for a rather long hiatus from the blog. The last few months have been filled with a lot of physics, scrambling to figure out where we are off to next, planning our wedding, and very little creativity in the food department or time for extra-curricular blogging.

To make up for it, I bring you something spectacular: a perfect cocktail. Cocktails generally have been a thing I chose to splurge on when someone else makes them for me. Upon sampling this beauty on a dear friend's back porch in Oakland, however, I made an almost immediate trip to the liquor store to procure the necessary (and admittedly pricey) ingredients to make it at home... ten nights in a row. Having just finished our third bottle of rum devoted entirely to making this drink, I don't think it is much of a stretch to call this the best cocktail I've ever had.

Montego Bay
via Ashleigh via Flora via... Jamaica?
All Said and Done
  • 1.5 shots Jamaican rum
  • 0.75 shot honey syrup (see below)
  • 0.25 shot allspice dram
  • 0.5 shot lime juice
  • 0.5 shot grapefruit juice
  • Dash of herb saint
  • Dash or few of bitters
The Minimal Directions
  1. For the honey syrup, heat equal parts honey and water over low heat in a sauce pan and stir until well mixed. Let cool to room temperature before use (feel free to throw in an ice cube to encourage cooling).
  2. Mix everything together and serve with crushed ice or a couple of ice cubes. We are normally too impatient to make the former.
NB: If you are not a fan of manual labor, you may want to consider purchasing some volume of lime juice ahead of time.

3 comments:

MBS said...

Mmm, cocktail hour. Thanks for inspiring the rest of us on some summer imbibing.

Nicole_boldgoods said...

Oh, yay, new cocktail! We have finished 2 bottles of tequila this summer via the margarita, so I'd say time for something new :) xoxo

LKJ said...

Allspice dram and herb saint... I really want to know what those things are, because this sounds delicious!

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