Test Pilot
Test Pilot: Jamaican dark rum, Puerto Rican light rum, Cointreau, Falernum, Lime juice, Pernod and Angostura Bitters. Served in an old-fashioned glass.
The Spec
- 45 ml Jamaican dark rum
- 22.5 ml Puerto Rican light rum
- 15 ml Cointreau
- 15 ml Falernum
- 15 ml Fresh lime juice
- 1/8 tsp Pernod
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
Method
Flash-blend all ingredients with about 1 cup crushed ice on high for ~5 seconds (until frothy/ice broken up but not fully smooth), then pour unstrained ("dirty dump") into the glass and add more crushed ice to fill. The Pernod + Angostura combination is Donn Beach's signature accent and is essential — Pernod is potent, so do not exceed 1/8 tsp.
Served in an old-fashioned glass. Garnish: not specified in beachbum berry's grog log; a cocktail/maraschino cherry (optionally speared to an oyster fork) is the common modern garnish, and some builds express a lime twist..
Spec held as sourced — Wikipedia. The house never guesses a drink.
What to pour
Bottles in the cellar for each line of the Test Pilot spec:
- Cointreau — Cointreau
- Falernum — John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum
- Pernod — Pernod Anise
- Angostura Bitters — Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Drinks that share this spec
Shares Angostura Bitters, Falernum, Jamaican dark rum and Lime juice with Cobra's Fang. If your shelf makes Test Pilot, it is already most of the way to these:
Cobra's Fang · Q.B. Cooler · Singapore Sling · Three Dots and a Dash · Zombie · Chartreuse Swizzle · Corn n Oil · Cosmopolitan