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My name is David Edwards, and it's great to have you here today.
We're going to make the Polynesian Spell now this cocktail Tiki comes
to us out of Jeff Berry's, Berrys Beach Bum Remixed guide from 2009.
And I'm citing the second edition for this cocktail book.
And that book is actually a combination of the two books Inxtoxica and the Grog
Log of course all written by Jeff Berry now having said that this has got some
unusual ingredients for a Tiki cocktail, but is it going to put us under the spell?
Let's find it.
Now, this is a simple six ingredient cocktail that has some
really interesting ingredient.
The first of those being grape juice, I've never had a cocktail
with grape juice in it before.
So this is going to be really, really interesting.
I also cannot get a hold of a peach Brandy.
So what I did do is I swap.
In an intense peach from Dr.
McGillicuddy's.
But before we get into any of this and building the cocktail,
let's go over the spirits
and liqueurs.
Our main spirit is Dillon's Gin 7.
It is a gin in the dry style.
It's 44.8% alcohol by volume.
And it's distilled in Lincoln Ontario.
Our first liqueur is Meaghers Triple Sec, it's 35% alcohol by volume
and it's distilled in Montreal que.
And our third Laur is Dr.
McGillicuddy's intense peach.
It is 21% alcohol by volume.
Again, distilled in Montreal Quebec.
Now this is a shaken cocktail.
So grab your shaking glass or tin, whatever it is you choose
to shake your cocktails in.
And we're going to start with a dry style gin.
Now, as I said, we are using Dylan's dry style seven, and it is
an ounce and a half or 45 milli.
Our second ingredient will be the maker's triple sec.
Use whatever.
Triple sec, you can get, I just happen to get what I can that's local.
And what we want to do is use a quarter of an ounce or seven and a half milliliters.
Now, the third ingredients that we're going to use is our substitution.
And I did say I can't get a peach Brandy here really, really hard to find, although
I'm sure somebody will say, Hey, Dave, they run right around the corner from you.
And I'll feel like an idiot, but whatever.
But in this case, we're swapping in a peach liqueur
to give us that peach flavor.
We're going to use the same amount of a quarter of ounce or seven and a half mil.
Now, this is starting to smell really, really good.
I can get those peach flavors and just a subtle hint of the orange look here.
But what we're going to start with next is some lemon juice.
So what we'll do is we will cut this in half and squeeze out three
quarters of ounce or 22 and a half milliliters into the glass.
Your fifth ingredient is a little bit of simple syrup and we're
using a one to one simple syrup.
And what I'll do is I'll put the ingredients and method
out how to make this down a description down below for you.
But we don't need a lot.
We only need a quarter of ounce or seven and a half mils.
Now our final ingredient.
Is grape juice and I've never used that in a cocktail.
If you have, please leave a comment down below and let us know exactly
what cocktail it was, because it would definitely be worth trying it.
Having said that I'm using the purple kind of grape juice, and
it's a no sugar added version.
We're going to use a full one ounce or 30 milliliters.
The.
It's been a long time since I've actually drank grape juice.
And you know what?
I am really curious.
Cause I like grape juice that I did at least I did as a kid, but we're go.
What we're gonna do now is we are going to shake this with some ice.
So you're gonna wanna make sure that you fill up your tin.
But good three quarters of the way, pour it in here.
Like, so smack it down hard, get this outta the way, because I will knock
it over and shake it with a smile.
Yeah.
Pop that off with this strength of a thousand grapes.
What we will do now is we will fill this into a happy Tiki glass.
And you want to add a little bit of fresh ice here, like,
so, and what I'll do is I will.
A link down below if you're interested in a glass like
this, but we are going to fine.
Screen is to keep at any ice chunks
is to keep at any ice chunks for her.
Look at that color.
That does look fantastic.
That must be the spell part of the Polynesian spell.
Now Jeff does not specify a garnish, so I'm gonna leave it naked.
Let's try it out.
So immediately I get a little bit of grape, a little bit of
the lemon and a bit of the peach.
Oh, that's really good.
Really good.
You get the grape juice.
You do get the lemon in the peach.
You don't really notice the triple sec at all.
And you get some of the gin.
It's not strong.
It's not overpowering.
It's really, really tasty.
And you know what?
I just spilled some that's no good.
However, what I will do is I will put the ingredients and a method of how to make.
Down into the description for you.
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