My RUM drink won the TDN!

[Tiare]

Big surprise this day, my rum drink won the TDN cocktail competition! and i want to give credit to Robert and Robert V Burr who first made the White Zombie, because without the White Zombie i wouldnґt have made the
Demerara Bomb White Zombie..from which i took inspiration to develop Demerara Bomb #2 which won this last TDN.

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[young0076]

Congrats on the win....don't know if I missed it or if you posted it, but I am interested to see the contents, and give it a try myself.


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[Michael]

Congratulations Tiare! you rock.gif

We had planned to try your Demerara Bomb #2 as soon as we picked up a bottle of Fernet (the one ingredient lacking), but the reception which your cocktail received increases the anticipation.

Thanks for making this version with less rare rums so that we can all try it. cheers.gif

[forrest]

i tried it, and you deserved to win...

[Tiare]

I`m so sorry..i forgot entirely to write down the recipe, so here it is copied from the Kaiserpenguin (http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/tdn-float-wrap-up/) blog:

Demerara Bomb #2

* 3oz El Dorado Rum Cream (sub Castries),
* 1oz Lemon Hart 151
* 1oz El Dorado 12
* 1 oz El Dorado 15
* 1/4oz Fernet Branca, floated

Shake all but the lovely Fernet Branca with cracked ice, and strain into a chilled goblet of victory. Float the Fernet Branca with care.

And the 2 drinks that was inspiring me is on my blog in this post. (http://amountainofcrushedice.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/demerara-rums-part-one/)

Thank you guys for your kind words! and happy drinking! Btmup.gif

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And you are all most welcome to take part in the TDN (http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/come-to-thursday-drink-night/) every thursday, this thursday the topic is chartreuse.

The best cocktail of the evening will win a copy of Harry Johnson's Bartenders' Manual courtesy of Mud Puddle Books.

[RC]

Wow, that's quite a cocktail. A few of those and it'd be a very happy night.

[Edward Hamilton]

I think that would pretty well take care of the better part of an evening. Congratulations on the win.

[RobertBurr]

Congratulations on the win. The theme of a loaded cocktail based on a great rum cream is timeless and classic. I hope the connection to the original White Zombie movie is not lost. It's a classic also.

[tym2relax]

I'm curious, which is sweeter ED12 or ED15?

[RobertBurr]

I'm curious, which is sweeter ED12 or ED15?

12 can be closer to the profile of Zacapa 23, where 15 is more complex and a bit less sweet on the front.

[Tiare]

I hope the connection to the original White Zombie movie is not lost. It's a classic also.

Robert,to make sure it isnt i made a update in the demerara rums part one post:

From this version of the White Zombie i made a drink for the TDN which was themed float, (every cocktail had to have a float) which i called "Demerara Bomb #2" and it happened to win that TDN. So to not forget from where the inspiration to that cocktail came from, it was all originated in the White Zombie by Rob V. Burr..named for the first zombie movie ever made -- White Zombie.

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[Hank Koestner]

Congradulations, Tiare! Your research and experimentation are really paying off. If I had more than one D Bomb #2, I think I might enter the ranks of the Zombies.Btmup.gif

[Berbician]

Coming back to the sweetness of El Dorado, the new 12 year old is sweeter than the 15 year old, but the old 12 year old was much less sweet. I wouldn't be surprised if there are still a few bottles of the old 12 year old gathering dust somewhere. As the bottle is a different shape, it's fairly easy to identify which one is which.