Ancient Mariner (cocktail)
The Ancient Mariner is a tiki drink created by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry and Annene Kaye.[1][2] It first appeared in their 1998 drink guide Beachbum Berry's Grog Log and is named after Coleridge's 1798 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner because in Berry's words "by the time we finished with it, that's how old we felt."[3]
Its signature ingredient is pimento flavored liqueur, which in the United States is most commonly referred to as "pimento dram" or "allspice dram" due to conflation of pimento and pimenta.[4][5] As such it should not be confused with Pimiento pepper liquor or similar alcohols such as those made by Ancho Reyes and others.[6][7]
Ingredients
The Ancient Mariner recipe calls for:[8][9]
- 1 oz Demerara rum
- 1 oz dark Jamaican rum
- 1/4 oz Pimento liqueur (pimento dram or allspice dram)
- 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz white grapefruit juice
- 1/2 oz sugar syrup
Served with crushed ice and garnished with lime and mint
See also
References
- ^ "Remixed recipes". ratedrcocktails.wordpress.com. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "About the Bum". beachbumberry.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Rum, fruit and spice — The Ancient Mariner". cold-glass.com. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Ancient Mariner". punchdrink.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Ancient Mariner Recipe". seriouseats.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Transform fruits and vegetables into liquor". splendidtable.org. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Spicy Liquors". supercall.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Berry, Jeff (1998). Beachbum Berry's Grog Log. Slave Labor Graphics.
- ^ Anthony Giglio, Jim Meehan (2009). Mr.Boston Official Bartender's Guide. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley & Sons.