Mixology Mayhem

En av mina få “claims for fame” är drinken Mystery Island som jag satte ihop för några år sedan. Som många andra av mina kreationer kom den till av en slump men blev så pass hyfsad första gången jag gjorde den att jag ville pröva den igen. Efter mycket prövande och justerande hade jag till slut en drink som var behaglig både för öga och smaklökar. Av ytterligare en slump hamnade receptet i Beachbum Berry’s Grogblog och med det så hade jag äntligen fått mina 15 minuter i rampljuset.

“Our next recipe comes to us from that exotic tropical paradise, Sweden. Well, that’s what Sweden would be if Stockholm resident Flamingo Fred, a.k.a Fredrik Berggren, had his way. “Good and true Tiki is something rarely seen in these parts of the world,” laments Fred, “and as the drinking culture in Sweden consists of beer and over-sweet grogs, I’m doing my best to spread the gospel of tropical drinks.” Here’s to you, Fred, and your creation: 1 ounce gin, 1 ounce spiced rum, 1 ounce unsweetened pineapple juice, 1 ounce fresh lime juice, and 3 teaspoons each grenadine and sugar syrup, shaken with ice and poured into a tall glass. Top it all off with a dash of soda water. Alternatively, Fred suggests straining the drink into a double old-fashioned glass containing one large chunk of ice, so that the ice becomes “a lonely, mystery island in a dangerous, exotic red sea. The name of the drink should be something like Mystery Island,” adds Fred, somewhat sheepishly: “Very cheesy. You get kind of poetic after a few rounds, don’t you think?” Absolutely. Three Mystery Islands and we’re practically Erik Axel Karlfeldt!”

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