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Banana Daiquiri Take #653

Name: Banana Daiquiri Take #653
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: This cocktail was featured on the menu at the Archipelago bar in Washington DC when it opened, and has remained a firm favourite ever since. The name is the joke and the point. Take #653, as in take 652 wasn't quite there either. Banana daiquiris have a reputation problem and it's mostly deserved, earned over decades by slush machines and syrup that has never been near a banana. The fix is the obvious one: use an actual banana, use a rum you'd drink on its own, and stop there.
Ingredients: 30ml Gold Rum; 30ml Light Rum; 15ml Creme de Banane; 15ml Lime Juice freshly squeezed; 7.5ml Rich Demerara Syrup; a dash Aromatic Bitters; 1 Banana

Boozy banana smoothie

Ingredients

30mlGold Rum
30mlLight Rum
15mlCreme de Banane
15mlLime Juicefreshly squeezed
7.5mlRich Demerara Syrup
a dashAromatic Bitters
1Banana

Make it well

Blend

Directions

1. Grab a liquidiser for this one 2. Cut your banana in half, saving the stem end (we're going to make a dolphin) 3. Into the liquidiser, add your spirits (minus the bitters) and half the banana with a scoop of crushed ice and blend until slushy 4. Pour into a glass or a mug and top with a dash of bitters and a straw 5. Garnish with anything you like It's great to drink at this point! If you want to add the dolphin, here's how: 1. Using the top half of the banana you've saved, split the stalk in half to form a mouth. Hold it open with a cocktail cherry. Cloves work well for the eyes. 2. If you're really going for it, use Pineapple fronds to make the fins - you might just need to cut into the banana first.

Taste

On the nose it's frosty and fresh, you get the rum and a hit of banana. On tasting, really, it's a banana smoothie with a hit of rum at the end. This is a beach bar cocktail from your holidays! A really fun one but dangerous. The rum is cleverly disguised here. An absolutely delicious drink for summer, BBQs and holiday vibes.

Origin

This cocktail was featured on the menu at the Archipelago bar in Washington DC when it opened, and has remained a firm favourite ever since. The name is the joke and the point. Take #653, as in take 652 wasn't quite there either. Banana daiquiris have a reputation problem and it's mostly deserved, earned over decades by slush machines and syrup that has never been near a banana. The fix is the obvious one: use an actual banana, use a rum you'd drink on its own, and stop there.

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