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Demerara Dry Float

2 1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 t Lemon juice
1 1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup (see note)
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 oz Demerara Rum
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1⁄4 oz Demerara Rum, Lemon Hart 151 (as float)
Instructions

Shake everything except the 151, strain into a double old fashioned over crushed ice, float 151.

Notes

The best way to make passionfruit syrup is to take frozen passionfruit pulp, thaw it, and mix that with an equal amount of 1:1 simple syrup.

Cocktail summary
Created by
Don the Beachcomber
Year
1941
Is of
unknown authenticity
Reference

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/09/07/lost-cocktails-of-the…

Curator
4 stars
User rating
4 stars
(3 ratings)
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  • My spec: 1 oz Lemon Hart 151, 0.5 oz Smith & Cross, 0.25 oz other aged rum (Kirkland 12 year), 1 oz passionfruit syrup (Liber & Co), 1.25 oz lime juice, 0.25 oz velvet falernum, 0.25 oz Luxardo maraschino. Garnish: oil expressed from a lime peel. 4 stars
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Comments
Zachary Pearson commented on 7/28/2013:

It almost seems to me that the 151 and regular Demerara rum amounts should be reversed. I'd use the best Demerara rum you can find, as it's got to stand up to a huge amount of lime juice.

DrunkLab commented on 7/28/2013:

Because this recipe wasn't strange and scary enough as is, I'm going to try it with the full ounce of 151.