{"id":832,"date":"2008-05-11T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T20:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2008\/05\/scorpion-rising.html"},"modified":"2008-05-11T20:33:30","modified_gmt":"2008-05-11T20:33:30","slug":"scorpion-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"Scorpion Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAloha,<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been making myself scarce (and keeping myself sober), for the past couple of months due to  dietary\/health concerns, but after officially shedding 20 pounds, and shaving almost 20 points off my blood pressure I decided it was time to celebrate by treating myself to a tropical libation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a recent e-mail discussion with fellow Cocktailian, Kosmonaut,<\/a> regarding what would constitute an appropriate tiki drink for a large group of people, I’d suggested going with a classic bowl drink like the Scorpion, and multiplying the ingredients to serve the requisite number of imbibers. Consequently, I had Scorpions on the brain all day today, so I opened up my copy of Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari<\/a> to the Kelbo’s Scorpion recipe, and started tweaking away down in the basement bar. The result can be seen there on the left, and I have dubbed it  "Scorpion Rising". No, it’s not a tribute to the films of Kenneth Anger, just the cleverest play on words that I could come up with in my semi-inebriated state.<\/p>\n

As I said, the Scorpion is a bowl drink, meant to serve 2. Unfortunately, I have yet to locate a tiki bowl to add to my collection, so I pulled my large Disney World Polynesian Village goblet down off the shelf to serve in it’s place.<\/p>\n

The recipe is doubled from the Bum’s, and I’ve added several additional ingredients (I’ll let you guess which ones). With the addition of a bit more ice, this could’ve filled a small bowl quite nicely and served 3-4 aloha-shirted, fez-bedecked hipsters equipped with long straws.<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 oz. Fresh-squeezed Lime Juice
1 1\/2 oz. Fresh-squeezed (or not) Orange Juice
1 1\/2 oz. Brandy (V.S.O.P.)
1 oz. Gin (Hendrick’s)
2 oz. Dark Rum (Cruzan Blackstrap)
1 oz. Trader Vic’s Passionfruit Syrup
1 oz. Orgeat Syrup
2 tsp. Pimento (Allspice) Liqueur (Berry Hill)
1\/8 tsp. Absinthe (Mr. Jekyll)
2 dashes of Fee Bros. Peach Bitters<\/p>\n

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker half-filled with crushed ice. Shake, then pour into a large goblet or bowl. Add more crushed ice to fill. Garnish with beak<\/del> flower.<\/p>\n

The resulting cocktail is smooth, light, and thanks to the Absinthe and bitters, quite aromatic, but it has a serious bite that sneaks up on your about a half-hour later, so don’t go making 3 or 4 of these and drinking them all by yourself!<\/p>\n

Okay, celebration’s over. I’ve got another ten pounds to lose…<\/p>\n

Aloha,<\/p>\n

Mr. BH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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