Let the following be known:
- This is all AE’s fault
- This drink is horrible. Do not attempt at home.
- It looks worse in person. It tastes much worse.
Ok, now that we have the warnings out of the way, allow me to present:
- 2 oz white rum
- 1 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz amaretto
- 1/2 oz triple sec
- 1/2 tsp grenadine
- slice of lime
Combine all liquid ingredients and shake over ice. Pour into old-fashioned glass and garnish with lime slice.
It’s been claimed that we attempted to make this in college, which I believe. It’s also been claimed that we made more than one, which I also believe. It’s limy and you can taste that there are good things in there. It’s just that they all come together in a rather aggressive combination. Now, to be honest, I didn’t have any of the right ingredients on hand so I used a darker rum, cointreau and a combination of cranberry pomegranate juice and sugar (my homemade grenadine is just about the last thing in the old apartment). I also halved all the proportions, which ends up with a lot of 1/4 oz measurements which are easy to get out of whack.
Thankfully we also made gin martinis in college. They were pretty much just cold gin, but I could really use one right now.