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Hawaii Kai Swizzle

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An island favorite made with two rums, fruit juice and the hard-to-find Falernum.

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces lime juice
  • 1 ounce orange juice
  • 1 ounce grapefruit juice
  • 1 ounce apricot nectar
  • 1/2 ounce Falernum*
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 ounce gold rum
  • 1 ounce Demerara (86 proof) rum*
  • dash of angostura bitters

Preparation:

Place all ingredients, except angostura bitters, in a blender along with 1 cup of crushed ice. Mix all items.
Pout mixture over ice cubes in a large glass. Add a dash of bitters.
Decorate with a pineapple sliver, and maraschino cherries.

*Falernum is a rather hard-to-find ingredient that is used in some tropical cocktails. It is essentially a sweet syrup that is flavored with lime juice, ginger, and other spices.

*Demerara Rum is a blend of mature rums from Guyana, the only country in the world legally entitled to call its rum Demerara. Before blending, each rum is aged in oak casks to bring out its full character and flavor. The rums are then carefully blended to produce a fine Demerara rum of particular smoothness and quality.

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