A modern Cachaça cocktail from Trader Vic's
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The Drunken Monkey is a drink currently on the menu at Trader Vic's in Emeryville. However, outside of the menu, I couldn't find any information on the recipe. Luckily, @ultimatemaitai had some insights and was able to uncover what we think is the real recipe. The drink is still on the menu at Trader Vic's if you want to try it for yourself.
After several failed attempts at making this drink, it was just a couple little tweaks and one major one (getting rid of Tequilla) that really brought this drink together for me. While you might enjoy tequila and Cachaça together, and that's totally ok, it just doesn't work for me. It's strange and unpleasant. Getting rid of the tequila made the drink more familiar as well as it created a similar flavor to a Mai Tai made with heavy amounts of rum agricole.
This drink is very good, but if you're not a fan of Cachaça or banana this might be one to skip.
Check out Kevin's Hawaiian Mai Tai video here: • The (De)Evolution of the Hawaiian Mai Tai ...
Recipes at the bottom of this description
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📃 Episode Chapters 📃
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Finding the real recipe
01:58 The Drunken Monkey Recipe from TV
04:11 Ingredients List
04:29 Making the drink
05:48 Drunken Monkey Recipe Card
06:00 Drinking the drink
📖 Recipe(s) 📖
Drunken Brazilian Monkey
⅜ oz of orgeat.
¾ oz Banana Liqueur
½ oz grapefruit juice
½ oz lime juice
2 oz Cachaca
Drunken Monkey
½ Orgeat
½ Banana liqueur
½ oz lime
½ oz grapefruit
1 oz Tequila
1 oz Cachaca
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