Witchy Ways
Shakes all ingredients (except garnishes) with ice, strain into a old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice, garnish with a mint bouquet and pineapple wedge.
For the mango puree, I used Goya frozen unsweetened mango pulp. If using a sweetened puree, omit the honey syrup.
- So Smooth it's Dangerous — Aromatized wine, Elderflower liqueur, Curaçao
Had two out of work bartender friends over for some happy hour cocktails and we decided to give this a whirl. Since the brands weren't specified here, I'll note that we tried this with Wray & Nephew and Rothman & Winter. We all liked it, I thought it was sort of in "The Defend Arrack" vein. Definitely balanced for the industry / cocktail nerd crowd, so I also tried it using .75 oz instead of .5 oz for the acid and modifiers, and we all thought that was an improvement--rounded off the rough edges of the rum's rubbery funk and petrol notes, with less of a boozy balance, and as one put it, "just made it more daiquiri-esque".