{"id":1291,"date":"2009-12-10T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T00:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2009-12-15T15:19:45","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T22:19:45","slug":"tiki-in-december-the-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1291","title":{"rendered":"Tiki in December – The Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve heard me refer to Rick’s blog Kaiser Penguin<\/a> in the past.\u00c2\u00a0 Most recently I “borrowed” his recipe for falernum<\/a> with great success.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, last week Rick announced a contest<\/a> offering a signed copy of Beachbum Berry’s newest book for the top three new tiki recipes posted in the comments.\u00c2\u00a0 This couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for me!\u00c2\u00a0 But, before I get too much further, let me say that Rick’s contest is open to anyone.\u00c2\u00a0 So if you have a great tiki drink idea rattling around in your head then put up a comment and enter!<\/p>\n

Having never tried making my own cocktail from scratch, let alone a tiki drink, I decided to give it a go.\u00c2\u00a0 I spent some time thinking about what I’d like to include.\u00c2\u00a0 At first I wanted this drink to be an ass kicker, like the zombie, so I started with high test rums.\u00c2\u00a0 After contemplating for a bit longer I decided to keep one high proof rum in the mix but not go for ultimate power, but rather a delicious flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 I love peaches, so I knew I wanted to use peach nectar for this drink right from the start.\u00c2\u00a0 So, after this bout of thinking I came up with this recipe:<\/p>\n

The Wilson (Version 1)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
3 oz Peach Nectar\r\n1 oz Wray and Nephew Overproof\r\n1 oz Appleton V\/X\r\n1\/2 oz Lime Juice\r\n1\/2 oz Gosling's Black Seal (Float)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
This version was okay but lacking.\u00c2\u00a0 It needed more sourness to balance the sweetness of the peach nectar and it needed some complexity of flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 The lime juice was easy but I wasn’ t exactly sure how to approach the complexity issue.\u00c2\u00a0 I pondered adding some bitters, perhaps Fee’s Old Fashioned or even a bit of my homemade version of Robert Hess’ House Bitters<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Those would certainly work, but didn’t seem tiki enough.\u00c2\u00a0 Then it came to me, falernum.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s deep, it’s complex, it’s down right magical.\u00c2\u00a0 Adding a bit, I had my solution.<\/p>\n
\"The<\/a><\/p>\n
The Wilson (Cocktail Hacker)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
3 oz Peach Nectar\r\n1 oz Wray and Nephew Overproof\r\n1 oz Appleton V\/X\r\n1 oz Lime Juice\r\n1\/2 oz Falernum\r\n1\/2 oz Gosling's Black Seal<\/strong><\/pre>\n
1) Combine all ingredients in a shaker\r\n2) Shake with ice until well chilled\r\n3) Pour into a chilled highball glass\r\n4) Float the black seal rum<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Granted, I’m the proud parent, but I really like this cocktail a great deal.\u00c2\u00a0 The peach and falernum give it a great level of sweetness balanced by the lime juice and rum.\u00c2\u00a0 The falernum also adds a great complexity that is exactly what I was looking for.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally the blend of rums gives this drink a solid punch with a nice flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 Naturally I recommend you mix up tons and enjoy!<\/p>\n
If you’re wondering about the name think Castaway.\u00c2\u00a0 Credit goes to my friend Colton<\/a> who, amongst other things, seems to be a cocktail naming genius.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks buddy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You’ve heard me refer to Rick’s blog Kaiser Penguin in the past.\u00c2\u00a0 Most recently I “borrowed” his recipe for falernum with great success.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, last week Rick announced a contest offering a signed copy of Beachbum Berry’s newest book for the top three new tiki recipes posted in the comments.\u00c2\u00a0 This couldn’t have come at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10,131,27],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-recipe","tag-the-wilson","tag-tiki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1314,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}