It’s all going a bit Tiki for the next while.
I freaking love Tiki- loads of rum, fruit juices, OTT garnishes and the opportunity to play with fire What’s not to love?
Nothing better than a Mai Tai. Well, five mai tais are probably better, but apart from that I mean. This is probably my favourite drink to get on a night out, light and fruity but with considerable punch. There’s two completely different drinks with this name, both Tiki style drinks from different Florida bars- one’s far fruitier and longer, whereas one is more boozy and spirit-forward. Guess which one we’re making.
(A little history of the different versions can be found here.)
This is built around the Trader Vic style Mai Tai, which is essentially rum, lime, orgeat and curacao. I’ve taken a few liberties, but this drink is the absolute business for it, especially with my secret recipe homemade porter syrup (secret explained below). You want this drink to be sweet, but strong with a fairly good balance of lime-to-rum.
*The drink was supposedly named after the first response to tasting this drink, which was 'Mai Tai Roa Ae!', translated from the Haitain to mean 'out of this world - the best!'
For the rest of this version of the story, head over here.
Recipe
25ml gold rum- Havana 5yo or Bacardi Oro, dealer’s choice really.
25ml black rum- Goslings is my go-to, but Kraken adds a whole bouquet of spices that make it far warmer
10ml curacao or other orange liqueur- Marnier’s always my favourite
35 ml lime juice
10ml homemade porter syrup*
Porter syrup
Pretty easy to make and not too secret, really, as I love sharing this stuff. Grab a few bottles of good stout, throw it in a big jug with the same amount of white sugar. Stir thoroughly, until mostly dissolved. Seal or cover, leave overnight then strain into an empty beer or wine bottle and cork it. If kept chilled, you’ll get a month out of this stuff, but it never lasts that long. Excellent in any rum based drink, and particularly nice in a rum old fashioned with dark chocolate bitters. Or even over good vanilla ice cream.
Note- this stuff has not been diluted at all by this process. This is basically sugar beer, so don’t go too mad on it.
Method
Fill a double old fashioned glass with rocks ice, and leave to the side. Throw everything in your shaker, and hammer the life out of it. Strain into your glass, and garnish with basically any and all tropical fruit you’ve got at hand. Favourites include chunks of fresh pineapple or half a lime hulled out, half filled with overproof rum, then SET ON FIRE. Just make sure you put it out before giving it to the customer- we do not encourage customers to play with fire. We’re totally fine though.😂
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