Monday, October 20, 2025

wray of light

1 1/2 oz Wray & Nnephew Overproof White Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Pineapple Syrup
1/2 oz Falernum (Velvet)

Shake with ice, strain into rocks glass with ice, and garnish with a mint sprig (lime wheel with mint tips).
Another of the pineapple syrup recipes that I had saved up was the Wray of Light by New York City bartender Rafa Garcia Febles in 2014 via the KindredCocktails database. Rafa described how he was inspired by Beachbum Berry's Hart of Darkness, and it reminded me of a Jamaican rum for mezcal version of the Pineapple Death Squad. Moreover, it seemed like an interesting companion piece to the Death Daiquiri from a few days before that had a more complex robust and darker rum base in place of some spice intrigue from the falernum here. Shaken and strained, the Wray of Light set upon mint, lime, and pineapple aromas. Next, lime and pineapple notes on the sip were eclipsed by funky rum, lime, and clove flavors on the swallow.
posted by frederic at 8:00 AM
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1 comment:

Chris B., Santa Fe said...

The falernum plays nicely with the tropical fruit flavors and the overproof rum dilutes it all down to drinkable proportions. Didn't have pineapple syrup so I used guava puree instead, added 1/2 oz pineapple juice, and increased the rum by 1/4 oz to compensate for the additional sweet ingredients. This makes it more tiki than was probably intended, but I'm not hearing any complaints from across the table.

October 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM

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