Cocktail #017- Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf****r
A Mai Tai-style drink from the Miracle series of Christmas pop up bars that settles the debate once and for all that "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie.
COCKTAILCHRISTMASTIKIRUM
Miracle is a series of Christmas pop up bars that take over local bars with holiday decor and cocktails. This drink is a variation of the Mai Tai that also incorporates the Filipino purple yam ube into the drink as well as the acid adjusting technique in the pineapple juice.
Glass
Festive Tiki Mug
Ingredients
1 oz dark rum
1/2 oz overproof rum
1/2 oz aged rhum agricole
1 oz acid adjusted pineapple juice
1 oz ube coconut orgeat
Technique
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with some pebble ice.
Shake for 10-15 seconds and pour into a rocks glass and add more pebble ice to fill.
Garnish
Rosemary & Powdered Sugar (snow)
Acid Adjusted Pineapple Juice
For 100 mL pineapple juice, add 3.2 grams of citric acid and 2 grams of malic acid and whisk to dissolve.
Ube Coconut Orgeat
Add 3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk and 6 tbsp sugar and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Then add 1/2 tsp almond extract, 1/2 tsp coconut extract, 4 drops orange flower water, and ube extract at the ratio of 1 part extract to 10 parts liquid.
