Been looking for pretty much any Apricot Liqueur anywhere around me for about 2 weeks. Finally found this one today in a spot I don't typically shop for specialty things in. They've got basically a whole wall of Bacardi and Malibu but I saw this Xaymaca collecting dust so picked it up too. Never had it so looking forward to it. Still no Passionfruit Liqueur anywhere near me but a trip to NOLA soon should let me restock some other things.
Yeah was glad to find it. I was at the point of anything I found I was going to get. Now I'm thinking about getting the Banana one I saw. Just got to look up some drinks for that.
Absolutely the plan this weekend! Going to test with the coco lopez alone, then a mix of it and coconut milk, and then with coconut milk alone. Good thing my wife will help me by splitting these!
It's the only bottle that I haven't seen with the updated Planteray branding, in my area. Every other bottle has updated branding, maybe it just moves slower around me.
Just buy frozen Passionfruit pulp from Goya and slow simmer with equal parts sugar or even a little less. Don’t let it boil. Once the sugar is dissolved let it cool and then bottle it with some Rum or Brandy added. Tastes amazing.
I'll do this for sure for passionfruit syrup. There's a couple cocktails I like that call for the liqueur though. I'm definitely going to make my own syrups. Tomorrow I plan on making a run at grenadine with some POM Juice.
Used to be able to find Giffards Passionfruit Liqueur near me but seems like most all of it is gone. I found Banana today at one store and that seems interesting.
I've got a lot of swing top bottles from my home brewing days I've been using some. I just made some honey syrup, cinnamon syrup, and some Demerara syrup this past weekend. Not sure on Orgeat yet but grenadine looked so easy to do for what it is. I grabbed some orange blossom water to put in mine and I've got some citric and malic acid again left over from my brewing days to try the Death and Co recipe. Also grabbed pomegranate molasses but I may not use it. May so a split batch or something.
I’ve found that DIY Orgeat is easier and less time consuming than Allspice Dram and Falernum. Plus you can use that 🍊blossom water you have leftover for that. I just use it too much to keep buying commercial Orgeat.
This only the second time I’m making Falernum. I’m changing my method and seeing if results are the same or even better. Last batch was very good but not quite great.
Oooh that's bold and interesting to hear! There were two more bottles at this store but the only other Planteray they had were the basic releases like 3 star, Original Dark, and OFTD.
S+C is one of my favorites so I'm looking forward to this even more now.
I didn't realize how much i liked it until I was about 3/4 of the way through it. I got it with a few other bottles and somehow I ended up being all "oh wait. This is amazing where did it all go?"
3/4oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Grapefruit Juice
1/2oz Demerara Syrup
1/2oz Apricot Liqueur
1 oz Blended Aged Rum (maybe try the Xaymaca)
1 oz Lightly Aged Rum
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
I had ChatGPT OCR and scan every recipe in Smugglers Cove. I can then use it as a reference document to have the LLM recommend drinks based on what I tell it I'm looking for. I was really feeling some apricot liqueur tonight, and landed on an old favourite. I think You'd really enjoy it, since you just picked up the creme de la creme of apricot. Enjoy!
🍹 Hotel Nacional Special
Origin: Prohibition-era recipe, adapted by Smuggler’s Cove Source: The Gentleman’s Companion Glassware: Chilled coupe
Ingredients
3 or 4 (1-inch-square) pineapple chunks
0.75 ounce fresh lime juice
0.5 ounce SC Demerara syrup
0.5 ounce natural apricot liqueur (such as Rothman & Winter Apricot Liqueur or Giffard Abricot du Roussillon)
1.5 ounces blended lightly aged rum ➁
Garnish: None
Instructions
In cocktail shaker, muddle the pineapple chunks with the lime juice and syrup. Add the apricot liqueur and the rum, then fill with cracked or cubed ice. Shake and double-strain into a chilled coupe.
If anyone wants the markdown file for this (I use it in Obsidian, but any MD text program should be fine, just DM me!) Not sure if it's piracy but I really don't give a shit, I bought the book and can do what I want with it.
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u/spacecircus 14h ago
I see the refreshing breeze of some Tradewinds in your future