{"id":149,"date":"2006-08-08T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T17:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/08\/08\/tropical-cocktails-the-demerara-dry-float\/"},"modified":"2006-08-08T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T17:25:38","slug":"tropical-cocktails-the-demerara-dry-float","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/08\/08\/tropical-cocktails-the-demerara-dry-float\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Cocktails – The Demerara Dry Float"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Traitor Vic<\/a> bringing me a bottle of Maraschino Liqueur<\/a>, I have a new batch of drinks to try from Beachbun Berry’s<\/a> books. I checked the Grogalizer<\/a> and the big favorite of the bunch was the Demerara Dry Float<\/a>. That was my first choice.<\/p>\n

2.5 ounces of lime juice. Wow. That’s a lot. I squeezed my limes and looked at the recipe again. Wow. No freakin way I am making this by the book. I was making two of them for me and the missus to sample, so I put in just 3 ounces of lime juice, along with the Lemon Hart rums and other ingredients.<\/p>\n

As I have said before, Ms. Swanky is a tart liker. She gave the drink a solid 8 out of 10 vote. Me, I am a sour hater, so I gave the drink a solid 2. Neither of us would have added in the extra ounce of lime per drink however.<\/p>\n

I am surprised to see this on several Tiki Central Top 10 Drink Lists<\/a>. Maybe when Pablus<\/a> comes over again, he and Ms. Swanky can tweak the recipe into something great for them. I’ll just watch thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Traitor Vic bringing me a bottle of Maraschino Liqueur, I have a new batch of drinks to try from Beachbun Berry’s books. 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