Test Pilot
An intense Don the Beachcomber tiki creation with an anise kick.
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Ingredients
- Dark Rum1.5 oz (45 ml)
- White Rum0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Orange Curaçao0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Lime Juice0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Falernum0.25 oz (7.5 ml)
- Absinthe1 dash
- Angostura Bitters1 dash
How to make it
- Blend all ingredients with crushed ice.
- Pour into a double old fashioned glass.
Glass: Rocks
May contain: Tree Nuts (Almonds), Wormwood (Thujone). Always check your own bottles.
History
The Test Pilot is a complex tiki cocktail created by Don the Beachcomber (Donn Beach) in the 1940s. Built on light and dark rums with falernum, Cointreau, lime, bitters and a dash of absinthe, it exemplifies the layered, secretive 'rum rhapsody' style that defined early tiki.
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