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Drink Recipes


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The Famous MAI TAI
4 oz. Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
2 oz. fine dark rum
juice of 1 fresh lime

Fill a double old fashioned glass with cubed ice and add the ingredients above. Stir well and garnish with fresh mint sprig, pineapple spear, cherry and slice of lime. Substitute 2 oz. of bourbon for the rum, and you've made a HONI HONI.

--Trader Vic Pau
1 1/2 oz. Trader Vic Mai Tai Mix
1/2 oz. Creme De Cacao
1/2 oz. evaporated milk

Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled lady cocktail glass.

--Pinky Gonzales
4 oz. Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
1 1/2 oz. tequila
Pour into mixing glass 3/4 filled with ice cubes. Shake well, then pour into a Mai Tai glass. Decorate with mint sprig.

--Tiki Pu (Non Alcoholic)
3 oz. Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
4 oz. lemon-lime soda or sparkling soda

Fill glass with cracked ice and add ingredients. Stir and garnish with mint sprig or slice of pineapple and serve.

--Mai Tai Wine Punch
1 bottle (750ml) California dry white wine
1 bottle (750ml) of Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix

In a 2 quart pitcher or bowl, stir and chill both ingredients with block of ice or large pieces of ice. Decorate each serving with mint sprig, pineapple spear and cherry. This is a quick, easy and very enjoyable summertime cooler.

--Mai Tai Punch (Non Alcoholic)
1 bottle (750ml) of Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
1 quart of orange juice
1 pint of lemon juice
1 quart of pineapple juice
1 quart of soda water or seltzer

Stir and chill with lots of ice in a punch bowl. Decorate each serving with a sprig of mint. A great tasting punch for the kids. Serves approximately 8-10 people.

--Menehune Juice
4 oz. Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
2 oz. of fine light rum
juice of one lime

Fill a mai tai (double old-fashioned) glass with shaved ice. Add mix and rum, and shake. Decorate with fresh mint, and fresh lime if you wish. (a Menehune is a Hawaiian leprechaun)

--Passion Punch
1 1/2 oz. Trader Vic's Passion Fruit Syrup
juice of 1 lime
1 dash bitters
1/4 oz. brandy
2 oz. gin

Blend in electric drink mixer with 1 scoop shaved ice. Pour into individual scorpion bowl. Add ice cubes. Decorate with a gardenia.

--Queen Charlotte Fruit Punch (Non Alcoholic)
1/2 oz. Trader Vic's Passion Fruit Syrup
1/4 oz. Trader Vic's Grenadine Syrup
1 oz. orange juice
1/2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 oz. lemon juice
club soda

Pour all ingredients except soda over ice cubes in a 10 ounce pilsner glass. Fill glass with soda. Stir gently. Decorate with a fruit stick and fresh mint.

--Eastern Whiskey Sour
1 dash Trader Vic's Orgeat Syrup
1 dash Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
1/2 orange
1/2 lemon
2 oz. bourbon

Squeeze orange and lemon juice over 1/2 scoop shaved ice in a 16 oz. double old fashioned glass; drop spent shells into glass. Add orgeat, rock candy syrup and bourbon. Fill glass with cracked ice, and shake. Decorate with fresh mint sprig and a fruit stick.

--Mahukona
1 dash Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1/2 slice pineapple
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. light Puerto Rican rum

Blend with 1/2 scoop shaved ice in electric drink mixer. Pour into a 10 oz. pilsner glass half filled with shaved ice. Decorate with fresh mint and a fruit stick.

--Foul Weather
1 oz. Trader Vic's Passion Fruit Syrup
1 dash Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
1 oz. orange juice
1 oz. lemon juice
1 dash vanilla
1 oz. Jamaica rum
1 oz. light Puerto Rican rum

Pour all ingredients over ice in a tall highball glass. Stir well. Decorate with fresh mint and a fruit stick.

--Piño Pepe
1 dash Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
Juice of 1/2 lime
1/4 oz. lemon juice
2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. vodka
1 oz. light Puerto Rican rum
Blend in electric mixer with 1 scoop shaved ice. Pour into hollowed-out fresh baby pineapple or ceramic version. Add ice cubes. Serve with straws.

--Tequila Sunrise
1 tsp. Trader Vic's Grenadine Syrup
1/2 fresh lime
1 1/2 oz. tequila
orange juice

Squeeze lime juice into tall glass filled with ice cubes, drop in the lime shell. Add tequila and grenadine. Fill glass with orange juice and stir.

--Honolulu Lulu
1 tsp. Trader Vic's Grenadine Syrup,
1/2 slice pineapple
1 1/2 oz. lemon juice
2 oz. light rum

Blend all with 12 oz. glass of shaved ice in blender until liquid is semi-frozen. Serve in a stem cocktail glass.

--Grenadine Cocktail (Non Alcoholic)
Pour 1 tsp. Trader Vic's Grenadine Syrup over cracked ice in a tall glass. Fill glass with lemon lime soda. Stir and serve with straw and a maraschino cherry (this drink is also known as a ³Shirley Temple²).

--Aku Aku
1 dash Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
Juice of 1 lime
8 or 10 large fresh mint leaves
1/2 oz. peach liqueur
1 oz. Light Puerto Rican rum
12 oz. glass of shaved ice

Blend ingredients thoroughly in electric drink mixer. Serve in a Tiki stem pearl glass or large cocktail glass.

--Around the World
1 oz. Trader Vic's Orgeat Syrup
3 oz. orange juice
3 oz. lemon juice
3 oz. light Puerto Rican rum
1/2 oz. brandy
juice of 1/2 fresh lime.

Blend with 2 scoops of shaved ice for 12 to 15 seconds in electric drink mixer. Pour into 2 grapefruit supreme glasses. Fill glasses with cracked ice. Serve with straws. Makes 2 drinks.

--Trader Vic Grog
1 oz. Trader Vic's Passion Fruit Syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
2 oz. dark Jamaican rum

Pour into mixing glass filled with shaved ice. Shake. Pour into ten-pin pilsner glass. Decorate with fresh mint, a cherry and a stirrer.

--Mex Tex Cooler
1/4 oz. Trader Vic's Ko-Ko Kreme Syrup
1 1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
1 1/2 oz. tequila

Blend in electric mixer with 1 scoop crushed ice. Pour into tall glass.

--Chi Chi
1/4 oz. Trader Vic's Ko-Ko Kreme Syrup
2 oz. pineapple juice
2 oz. vodka

Blend in electric mixer with 1 scoop crushed ice. Pour into glass and decor-ate with a fruit stick and fresh mint.

--Samoan Fog Cutter
1/2 oz. Trader Vic's Orgeat Syrup
2 oz. light Puerto Rican rum
1 oz. brandy
1/2 oz. gin
2 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. orange juice
1 teaspoon Sweet Sherry

Shake all ingredients except sherry with ice cubes. Pour into a 14 ounce glass. Add more ice cubes. Float the sherry on top. Serve with straws.

--Scorpion
1 1/2 ozs. Trader Vic's Orgeat Syrup
6 oz. orange juice
4 oz. lemon juice
6 oz. light Puerto Rican rum
1 oz. brandy

Blend in electric drink mixer with 2 scoops shaved ice. Pour into large scorpion bowl. Fill with ice cubes. Decorate with a gardenia. Serves 3 to 4.

--Orange Orgeat Highball
1/4 oz. Trader Vic's Orgeat Syrup
3 oz. orange juice
1 1/2 oz light rum

Pour into tall, chilled cocktail glass with ice cubes.

--Lemonade D'Orgeat
1 oz. Trader Vic's Orgeat Syrup
1/4 oz. Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
1 1/2 oz. lemon juice
club soda

Pour into a highball glass with ice cubes. Fill glass with club soda.

--Tom & Jerry
1 heaping tsp. Trader Vic's Tom and Jerry Batter
1/2 oz. dark Jamaica rum
1/2 oz. brandy

Boiling water, hot coffee, or hot milk Preheat a 6 ounce Tom and Jerry mug with hot water. Empty water and add batter, rum, and brandy; and stir. Fill mug with boiling water, hot coffee, or hot milk. Stir.

--Skull & Bones
1 teaspoon Trader Vic's Hot Buttered Rum Batter
2 whole cloves
1 oz. dark Jamaica rum
Hot water

Put cloves, batter, and rum in a mug. Fill mug with hot water. Decorate with a cinnamon stick.

--Northwest Passage
1 teaspoon Trader Vic's Hot Buttered Rum Batter
3 or 4 whole cloves
1 oz. 151 proof Demerara rum
boiling water
cinnamon stick

Put cloves, batter and rum into a mug. Fill with boiling water. Stir well. Add cinnamon stick.

--Hot Buttered Rum
1 heaping tsp. Trader Vic's Hot Buttered Rum Batter
1 1/2 ozs. light Puerto Rican rum
boiling water

Preheat mug with boiling water. Put batter into the mug, and add rum. Fill mug with hot water. Stir well. Decorate with cinnamon stick. Also very tasty with Brandy or Bourbon instead of rum.

--Coffee Grog
1 teaspoon Trader Vic's Hot Buttered Rum Batter
1 strip lemon peel
1 strip orange peel
1 1/2 ozs. light Puerto Rican rum
hot black coffee
1 oz. fresh cream

Put batter, lemon peel, orange peel, and rum into pre-heated mug. Stir. Add cream. Fill the mug with coffee.

**Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup
Substitute for the sugar in recipes or to add a touch of sweetness as you desire.
COLD DRINKS: Use in Sangrias, slings, swizzles, punches, collins, rickeys, juleps, and fizzes.
IN COCKTAILS: Use in Daiquiris, old fashioneds, or any cocktail requiring sugar. Non-alcoholic drinks, Ice tea, lemonade, and fruit punches.
HOT DRINKS: Use in Toddies, hot tea and rum drinks, and all hot punches.