The day in the Rum Lab yesterday was another challenging one working with the Licorice flavored Aguardiente as the subject of the day. As expected this one was difficult to make things work, few things seem to work with the licorice in Aguardiente. We were triumphant though in coming up with several really tasty cocktails from this interesting "rum".
Aguardiente Sazarac
- 1/2 oz. Aguardiente
- 12 oz. Appleton VX Rum
- 1/2 oz. Cane Syrup
- 1/2 oz. Water
- 2 Dashes of Bitters
Venezuela Hybrid
- 1/2 oz Aguardiente
- 1 1/2 oz. Mount Gay Black Rum
- 1/2 oz. Cane Syrup
- Splash of Orange Juice
- Splash of Tonic Water
- Dash of Bitters
For a rainy day it was a fun one in the Rum Lab and getting out on the water for and adventuresome trip to the Hurricane Hole for a few after lab cocktails with our bartender friends Nicole and Paul. The weather "forced us to stay a bit longer than we planed, but it lifted just in time and we scurried back home for some much needed dinner and rest from the day. By the way it is still raining for the fourth day in a fow here in Key West this morning. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaah. ;o)