Comments on: On Falernum

By: Bio-Fuel Cocktails: The Corn N’ Oil : Drink Dogma

Bio-Fuel Cocktails: The Corn N’ Oil : Drink Dogma — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:01:30 +0000

[...] ingredients: rum, falernum, and Angostura bitters. The rum option of choice among enthusiasts who have written about this cocktail previously is Cruzan’s Black Strap, a very dark and deep rum. [...]

By: Hal

Hal — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:59:46 +0000

The only exposure I’ve had to a Corn ‘n Oil was made by Murry at the Zig Zag in Seattle. He uses the Cruzan Blackstrap rum. The flavour is thick and complex even if it does look like used crankcase oil from a lawn mower. (In fact, I thought that might have been where the ‘oil’ part came from…) I’ve not tried it with a lighter rum but will have to give it a go and see how they compare nowthat I’ve got a bottle of the Taylors Falernum. Busy packing my suitcases now from a trip to LA heading back to Seattle to spend my birthday at Zig Zag. Of course, I had to buy an extra suitcase at goodwill to accomidate all the bottles…

By: Joseph Duggan

Joseph Duggan — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:17:23 +0000

I read the cocktail cronicles recipe and it looked like the best formula I have seen but it did not have allspice in it but it still looked close to my own recipe what I do is
Bring to a boil over high heat and reduce to a simmer and simmer for 8 minutes:
4 cups sugar
1 cup water
16 oz bottled fresh lime juice
the peel and juice from two more limes
20 whole cloves
20 allspice berries
5 quarter size pieces of peeled fresh ginger smashed with a knife
when syrup is cooked add 3/4 of a small bottle of real almond extract and allow to coll at room temperature and them add:
3 tb Vitamin C crystals (powdered ascorbic acid)
8 drops fee brothers aromatic bitters
1 cup wray and nephew white overproof rum
2 drops red food coloring mixed with 1/4 cup water
and blend
slowly filter it through many layers of cheese cloth and it will come out slightly pinkesh and clear and it is great in drinks

By: c

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:49:21 +0000

Whoah. I gather there’s rather a broad spectrum of opinion.

Speaking for myself, I’ve not tried DaVinci syrup, in part because I’ve not seen it for sale, and because I’m pretty happy with my own version of Falernum (or with John D. Taylor’s when I can lay my hands on it). Mind you, my recipe could doubtless stand improving, but I don’t use it often enough, so it tends to hang around. Paul, of the Cocktail Chronicles, however, has been plugging away at batches of homemade falernum, and may have arrived at something near-perfect. I’ll have to cook-up his recipe next time my supply is low.

Incidentally, I was unaware that Dr. Cocktail had a hand in the concoction of Fee Bros’ Falernum, but in a recent post on the subject, he reveals that to be the case. Dr. C’s preference is to use Fee’s when making tiki drinks — fanciful creations that they are — and John D. Taylor’s for drinks actually native to the Caribbean.

By: Bobbie Vegas

Bobbie Vegas — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:05:06 +0000

DaVinci sucks.. anyone with half a brain would know that. get a life and buy the real stuff loser! Maybe u have to save up an extra week to afford it, or pass on the 129837192783918723 cheeseburgers you eat a week from MCD.

-Bobbie

By: hayford peirce

hayford peirce — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:11:47 +0000

Why not get a bottle of the DaVinci falernum from Seattle? It’s non-alcoholic and they ship it fairly cheaply. I buy 3 bottles at a time, to make Don the Beach. maitais and zombies. It’s wonderful!

By: Cosmic Kitty » Blog Archive » Gocco Glass Etching

Cosmic Kitty » Blog Archive » Gocco Glass Etching — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:22:19 +0000

[...] Mr. Slakethirst concocted his own Falernum [...]

By: the cocktail chronicles: No Corn. No Oil.

the cocktail chronicles: No Corn. No Oil. — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:15:17 +0000

[...] Slakethirst compared the flavor of this drink to a Cuba Libre; I confess I was at first skeptical of this description. But after mixing one with Mount Gay Extra (I remember reading somewhere that falernum is a Barbados thing) and Fee Bros. Aromatic Bitters, I took a sip and immediately saw how apt the comparison is [...]

By: c

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:22:07 +0000

Hmm. I’ve tried DeGroff’s recipe…. not at all what I think of as Planter’s Punch, but a nice drink nonetheless. I could drink more of ‘em.

By: c

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:21:45 +0000

Hey Adam, thanks for the suggestion. I’m fond of Planter’s Punch, but have only just now dug up DeGroff’s recipe. Think I’ll try it out this evening.