CLASSIC · AGED JAMAICAN RUM

Jet Pilot

Name: Jet Pilot
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Aged Jamaican Rum; 22.5 ml Gold Puerto Rican Rum; 15 ml Overproof Rum; 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice; 15 ml Fresh Grapefruit Juice; 15 ml Cinnamon Syrup; 7.5 ml Falernum; Angostura Bitters; Absinthe; Mint Sprig

A 1958 descendant of Don the Beachcomber's Test Pilot, reconstructed by Jeff Beachbum Berry from surviving bar notes.

Ingredients

Aged Jamaican Rum22.5 ml

Gold Puerto Rican Rum22.5 ml

Overproof Rum15 ml

Fresh Lime Juice15 ml

Fresh Grapefruit Juice15 ml

Cinnamon Syrup15 ml

Falernum7.5 ml

Angostura Bitters

Absinthe

Mint Sprig

Glassware

Double old-fashioned

Chilled.

Method

1
Combine the aged rum, gold rum, overproof rum, lime juice, grapefruit juice, cinnamon syrup and falernum in a shaker.
2
Add a dash of Angostura and six drops of absinthe.
3
Add a scoop of crushed ice and flash-blend or shake very briefly, 5 seconds.
4
Pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass or tiki mug.
5
Top with crushed ice and garnish with a mint sprig.

From the Bartender

A 1958 descendant of Don the Beachcomber's Test Pilot, reconstructed by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry from surviving bar notes. The three-rum split is not showing off: each one does a job, and substituting a single rum flattens it.

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