Wow, been a long time. “Cocktail of the day”. Yeah. How about “cocktail of the quarter”. Sorry about that, guys.
Been busy, but found myself behind a bar last Friday night pouring drinks for some work friends. I had a list of available cocktails but this one was a bit of a crowd pleaser: I brought in my Trader Vics “Rum Keg Mug” and had a cocktail on the menu that was so big that four people had to share it! I ended up washing the Keg by hand three times over the night so I could re-serve the cocktail again and again. It’s a pretty neat sight to see four co-workers gathered around a big porcelan keg sipping away at a coconutty cocktail.

I snagged this recipe from the Grog Log, which is a must-have cocktail book. But if you’re here, you’ve probably already got one. If you don’t, though, get one.

The Coconaut

Served in a big-ass bowl and shared by three or four peeps.

8 ounces of coconus creme (Lopez is great, the Trader Vics version is excellent too)
2 ounces of fresh lime juice
7 ounces of dark jamacian rum

put all the goodies into a blender, fill it up with ice, and beat the hell out of it until it’s rummy coconutty slush. Decant into mugs, or if you’re trying to forge new friendships, pour the entire thing into a big bowl, hand out some straws, and grab the camera.

dee-licious!

Sorry for the long hiatus, folks. I’ll try to keep this thing updated. The past few months have been pretty freakin’ busy. My apologies!

Cheers,

JJ.