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The Fay Wray

Name: The Fay Wray
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Created by bartender Matthew Belanger for Donna, an outstanding cocktail bar in Brooklyn. Sadly Covid claimed the place, so make this one in homage to a lovely bar and a seriously good bartender. The name is a nod to Fay Wray, the actress who spent most of King Kong being carried around in the ape's fist. Quite what that has to do with rum, lime and banana is anyone's guess, but the drink is far too good for us to hold it against them.
Ingredients: 22.5ml Gold Rum; 22.5ml Cognac; 22.5ml Banana Liqueur; 22.5ml Lime Juice freshly squeezed; 7.5ml Rhum Agricole; 7.5ml Rich Demerara Syrup

Perfect tropical funk

Ingredients

22.5mlGold Rum
22.5mlCognac
22.5mlBanana Liqueur
22.5mlLime Juicefreshly squeezed
7.5mlRhum Agricole
7.5mlRich Demerara Syrup

Make it well

Shake

Directions

1. Add all ingredients into the shaking tin and add a small scoop of crushed ice 2. Shake for 10-15 seconds or until most of the ice is gone 3. Strain into a glass and top up with crushed ice 4. Garnish with a few sprigs of mint and a wedge of lime on the rim of the glass

Taste

On the nose it's really limey and candied. You get a grassy and barrel note from the rums. On tasting it's really limey with some Jamaican funk vibes from the banana and the rums. Tropical and punchy, this one is great!

Origin

Created by bartender Matthew Belanger for Donna, an outstanding cocktail bar in Brooklyn. Sadly Covid claimed the place, so make this one in homage to a lovely bar and a seriously good bartender. The name is a nod to Fay Wray, the actress who spent most of King Kong being carried around in the ape's fist. Quite what that has to do with rum, lime and banana is anyone's guess, but the drink is far too good for us to hold it against them.

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