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- Hi everyone, welcome back to the Cocktail Blog,
I'm Steve the Bartender and today I'm showing you
how to make three dots and a dash.
This was originally created back in World War II
by Donn Beach the Tiki God himself
and this exact recipe is a adaption based on that
features in the Smuggler's Cove Cocktail Book,
very, very good tiki cocktail book,
for those who don't have it I'll leave a description.
I'll leave a description?
I'll leave a link in the description
for you guys to check it out.
Very good book.
If you're a rum lover, if you love tropical drinks,
if you love tiki, then this is an absolute must.
I know I did say that I was going to be doing
very simple drinks for people at home.
I will continue to do so, but I'm just gonna
keep some more complicated
and more interesting cocktails in there.
Now that I do have an array of ingredients
on the bar as well, I had 12 bottles arrive recently,
so I need to put them to good use.
But, alternatively, I'll swap each day
to a very simple cocktail that's easy to make
and I also have a video coming up where I'm going to use
the seven most common ingredients
in people's fridge at home.
If you haven't responded to that questionnaire,
check out the community tab on my channel
and I'll make cocktails with your weird
and wonderful ingredients from your fridge.
Okay, onto the drink itself.
Three dots and a dash actually means victory in morse code
and it calls for a rhum agricole.
(bottle squeaks)
So 45 mL, 1.5 ounces.
So for those who don't know, rhum agricole is made
from the fresh sugar cane juice as opposed
to molasses which rum's made from.
Then I've got, so this recipe does call
for a Martinique rhum agricole,
and a blended, aged rum.
This is a little bit of a lighter style aged rum.
I'll leave some other alternatives in the description.
'Bout 15 mL, half an ounce.
And then Velvet Falernum, so Falernum liqueur,
seven and a half mL, one quarter ounce.
It's gonna add some citrus notes,
lot of spice to the drink as well.
And then we've got Allspice Dram,
I'm sorry Pimento Dram,
which is actually made from Allspice
but Allspice berries and Allspice berries come
from the Pimento tree, hence why it's called
either Allspice Dram or Pimento Dram.
So 7.5 mL.
Quarter ounce.
Kind of reminds me of like almost a Jägermeister nose,
it's like herbal, spicy, and it's got this alpine note
to it, similar to Jägermeister, somewhat.
Next up we've got fresh lime juice, 15 mL, half an ounce.
Same again, 15 mL, half an ounce of honey syrup,
this is one to one, one part honey to one part water.
Just makes it nice and easy to mix through.
And once dash of Angostura Bitters.
And last ingredient, 15 mL,
very crudely squeezing this I know.
Making a mess.
15 mL, half an ounce.
And the original recipe does call for crushed ice
and flash blending, meaning just blending it
for a very split second.
I'm just gonna shake it with crushed ice.
I've had this cocktail before and I think it just adds
too much dilution when you flash blend it
so I prefer it this way,
but if you want to stick to the original recipe,
you can check it out in the description below.
(ice crinkling)
(ice shaking)
And as far as glassware goes,
this has a huge capacity this glass,
I think it's like 450 mL.
Like 15 ounce, I think that works out to be.
The original recipe does call for a Pilsner glass
which is like a footed glass that angles outwards.
Completely up to you.
I don't have one of those.
Pretty much in lockdown so I'm not gonna get one
and I'm keen to make this cocktail.
(ice crinkling)
Top it off with more ice.
Maybe not that much.
And for garnish, to represent the three dots
and a dash, a dash of pineapple,
three dots of a maraschino cherry,
and if you like, some pineapple spears as well.
It's on crushed ice, so you really need
to serve this one with a straw,
otherwise it's going to be a nightmare to drink
and you're gonna be getting pineapple spears in your eyes.
You don't want that.
Recently mentioned the Surfside Sips on another video.
Lots of people jumped over and bought straws from Andrew
and he sent me some more straws,
some perfect for tiki drinks, these little bamboo style.
Cap, which color would you like?
I've got blue, brown, clear,
I've got a bone, white bone, or green bamboo?
- [Cap] Blue.
- Blue?
As I mentioned last time,
these are made of borosilicate glass
which means that they're tough as hell.
They're not gonna break.
So there you have a three dots and a dash.
And of course, I do have a 20% off voucher,
a coupon code, and I'll link to that in the description
below so you can grab your own Surfside Sips.
Cheers.
It's very strong, it's potent.
It's good it's served on crushed ice,
'cause it's gonna dilute.
Give it a couple of minutes
and that's gonna evolve over time.
On the nose, I get a lot of those pineapple notes,
a lot of fresh pineapple, acidity.
The dominant flavor in the cocktail itself
being the Rhum Agricole which kind of gives it
a bit of a grassy, herbaceous note in comparison
to a rum that's made of molasses.
And it's complemented with the Falernum and the Allspice.
Probably the Allspice is more prominent.
Kind of like a bit of a,
like I said before, an alpine note to it.
It's a typical tiki cocktail.
Citrus-y, I like the sweetness of that honey syrup
coming through, but it's very potent, but it's tasty.
Thanks for watching.
Make sure you like and subscribe
and I'll see you soon for another cocktail video.
Cheers!
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