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Bucking the Tiger

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Cognac
1 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
1 spg Mint (A sprig or a bouquet as garnish)
1 Cinnamon stick (Smoldering as garnish)
Instructions

Whip shake with crushed ice, pour into a Tiki mug, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with mint sprigs and a smoldering cinnamon stick.

History

I became inspired by the Samson Swizzle, so I mashed up the Iuka's Grogg with the Gilda to arrive at the passion fruit-cinnamon combination, and I utilized the spirit duo from the 1910 Cocktail. For a name, I dubbed this one Bucking the Tiger named after slang for playing a risky move in the gambling game Faro that I learned about in Herbert Asbury's The French Quarter book about New Orleans.

Cocktail summary
Posted by yarm on
Created by
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Year
2025
Is the
author's original creation
Reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/08/bucking-tiger.html

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  • As written, too sweet. Balance improved by the addition of 0.5 oz dark rum or rhum agricole, but then feels muddied and too much going on. Whole not greater than the sum of its parts. Would consider reducing pineapple to 0.5 - 0.75 oz, if making again.
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