Tuesday, September 16, 2025

what about bob

1 oz Planteray OFTD Overproof Rum
1 oz Havana Club 3 Year White Rum (Tommy Bahama White Sand)
1 oz Sacred Bond Brandy (Courvoisier VS Cognac)
1 oz Gin (Treehouse Hildegard von Bigen)
2 oz Orange Juice
1 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Orgeat
1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup

Whip shake with crushed ice, strain into a Bob mug (Tiki mug), and garnish with a flower (mint sprigs).
what about bob fog cutter tiki drink riff
Two Tuesdays ago, I decided to make a drink posted by El Nova via the Vatos Who Tiki Instagram account that was a riff on the Fog Cutter called What About Bob. Its orgeat-cinnamon modifiers reminded me of Ben Sandrof's Cuban Anole Mai Tai variation given the orgeat-cinnamon modifiers; however, this Fog Cutter riff did not have the stereotypical float such as the classic sherry one or the aquavit one in the case of the Viking Fog Cutter. While I neither have seen the 1991 movie by that name nor have a Bob Tiki mug, I selected a mug that was closest which was a vintage Moai mug I found from the Honolulu restaurants in Westborough and Norwood, Massachusetts (both of which opened in the mid 1970s and closed in 2007 or before). Once prepared, the What About Bob gave forth a mint aroma from my choice of garnish. Next, a creamy orange and lemon sip opened up into funky rum, brandy roundness, cinnamon, pine, and almond flavors on the swallow.

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