portorico cocktail

50% Gin (1 1/4 oz Beefeater)
30% Blanc Vermouth (3/4 oz Dolin)
10% Jamaican Rum (1/4 oz Wray & Nephew)
10% Crème de Banane (1/4 oz Tempus Fugit)
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with a thin sice of banana (omit).Two Thursday ago, I opened up my translated copy of the 1936 1000 Misture book and spotted the Portorico Cocktail. The name is the Italian spelling of Puerto Rico which is curious for this tropical gin drink calls for Jamaican rum. Moreover, and the combination reminded me of the rhum agricole-containing Preston-Baker. Once mixed, the Portorico gave forth a banana, pineapple, floral, and pine bouquet to the nose. Next, caramel and white grape notes on the sip flowed into tropical, rum funk, and pine flavors on the swallow.