staycation

1 oz Hamilton 86° Demerara Rum
1 oz Rittenhouse Rye
1 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Coconut Cream (Coco Lopez)
1/2 oz Apricot Liqueur (Rothman & Winter)
1/4 oz Passion Fruit Syrup

Whip shake with crushed ice, pour into a Collins glass (Tiki mug), fill with crushed ice, and garnish with a lemon wheel and mint sprig.Two Fridays ago, I reached for my copy of Chloe Frechette's Easy Tiki book and landed on the Staycation as one that I had not previously made. The recipe was bartender Devin Kennedy's riff at Pouring Ribbons in Manhattan on the 1970s Tradewinds that the split of the rum base and passion fruit modifier with rye and passion fruit, respectively. Once assembled, the Staycation presented a lemon and mint aroma from the garnishes. Next, a creamy lemon sip opened up into rye, woody rum, coconut, and apricot-passion fruit flavors on the swallow.