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Dream of the Lava Beds

1 3⁄4 oz Gin (Preferably London Dry style)
1⁄4 oz Pineapple rum
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Orange bitters
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with an orange twist.

Notes

Designed with Planteray Stiggins' Fancy Pineapple Rum, but an Instagram fan reported back that it was excellent with Dr. Bird's Pineapple Rum especially given its Jamaican funk.

History

At the C-Side Bar, I had a regular I who I hooked on Martini variations, and I contemplated a follow up to the Portorico, a 1930s Martini recipe with Jamaican rum and banana liqueur, that I had just served them. Here, I took the Poet's Dream and merged it with a Madame Lou (gin, dry vermouth, pineapple syrup) but with pineapple rum in place of the syrup. Plus a dash of Angostura was added to the equation for a little depth. I originally tried a 3:1 gin to pineapple rum ratio but that was a bit distracting, so I toned it down. For a name, I dubbed it the Dream of the Lava Beds with the first part of the name from the Poet's Dream and the second part from Madame Lou's nickname, the Queen of the Lava Beds.

Cocktail summary
Posted by yarm on
Created by
Frederic Yarm, C-Side Bar, Cambridge, MA
Year
2025
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author's original creation
Reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/11/dream-of-lava-beds.html

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