The Bitter Jamaican

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Taking a look inside the cocktail book Left Coast Libations, in the chapter about the city of San Francisco, I found an interesting recipe of the bartender Yanni Kehagiaras called The Bitter End. Automatically, I needed to do it…but I wanted to make a twist on the rums…the recipe calls for a Flor de Caña Aged White 4 years rum, and I used the Rum Nation Jamaica White Pot Still.  Also, I changed the Angostura Bitters for a Jerry Thomas Own Decanter Bitters and the Velvet Falernum for Homemade Falernum. I doubled the amount of juices in the recipe.

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  1. Matt Pietrek August 29, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    Looks good! Also, I like how you explain the delta between the original and yours.
    What’s a good sub for the rum, since we don’t have it here in the US?

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    1. Oriol Elias August 29, 2014 at 7:44 pm

      Well…the more similar rum is Wray&Nephew White Overproof.
      Both have similar flavor profile but I think Rum Nation is more sippable than Wray…Wary is 63% and Rum Nation is 57%…but I think you can sub it without problems.
      But if you have the chance…try the Rum Nation!!! 😉

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  2. Helena Tiare September 3, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    Yea it`s like a light JWray in some way…the flavor profile but much less pronounced. Another rum that is like that is RumFire but that one is overproof. Also a very good rum!

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  3. Helena Tiare September 3, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    Also i think this one is more 3 dimensional than JWray which i think is two dimensional…

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  4. Helena Tiare September 3, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    That said, i really like the JWray! i like them all 🙂

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