Friday, December 16, 2022

platform lime and 3/4

2 oz Denizen Merchant Reserve 8 Year Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Orgeat
1/4 oz Honey Syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Orange Bitters

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.
For my second drink at Backbar for their Harry Potter Week menu, I selected the Platform Lime and 3/4 from bartender Alexis Vazquez. A Harry Potter Wikipedia described how, "Platform nine and three-quarters is the train platform from which students board the Hogwarts Express, the scarlet steam engine that brings students to and from Hogwarts. It can be accessed by walking straight through the apparently solid barrier between platforms nine and ten." And the menu item's subtitle explained, "Don't miss the train on a Mai Tai Daiquiri." During Harry Potter Week 2021, the Platform Lime and 3/4 was a Hamilton 86 rum Daiquiri with cinnamon syrup as the sweetener, but this year it became a Denizen 8 Year Rum Daiquiri sweetened by honey and almond syrup. Once it was served, it conjured up caramel, rum, and lime aromas. Next, lime and honey on the sip drove into rum, nutty, honey, and clove-cinnamon flavors on the swallow.

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