Beachcomber's Gold (Waikiki)

Material Components

  • 1 ounce lightly aged column still rum
  • 1/2 ounce lightly aged pot still rum
  • 1/3 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce passion fruit purée
  • 1/2 ounce honey mix
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 6 ounces crushed ice

Vessel

coupe

Garnish

ice shell

Preparation

  1. Put everything into a blender.
  2. Blend at high speed for no more than five seconds.
  3. Strain through a fine-mesh wire seive into a coupe glass lined with an "ice shell" forming a hood over the glass.
  4. Serve with short straws.

Notes

Don the Beachcomber changed the Beachcomber's Gold recipe countless time over the years (decades!), and this final version is a bit sweeter and less medicinal than its predecessors. Maybe it's my modern palette, but this one's my favorite of the bunch.

Rum used: Plantation 3 Stars White Rum.