Ancient Mariner cocktail

Ancient Mariner Cocktail

• A Tiki cocktail.

Ancient Mariner (classic version)

Ingredients

• 3/4 oz Lime Juice.
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup.
• 1/2 oz Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice.
• 1/4 oz Saint Elizabeth Allspice Dram
• 1 oz Jamaican Rum.
• 1 oz Demerara Rum.
• Pebble ice (for mixing and drinking).
• Mint sprig for garnish.
• 1 firm and pretty lime for garnish.

Glassware

• Double Old Fashioned Glass

Construction

• Into a shaker add Lime juice, simple syrup, grapefruit juice, allspice, Jamaican rum, Demerara rum and ice.
• Shake well until pebble ice is mostly melted.
• Pour into frosted glass.
• Top off with more pebble ice.
• Give mint a slap and garnish the drink.
• Cut crisscrossing channels on lime (like the Southern cross).
• Cut out a lime wedge and use it to garnish the drink.

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mariner_(cocktail)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner
• https://youtu.be/SkzSp747sQI?si=Qk_yoLkbpZt2U4_N (YouTube: The Best Tiki Drink You'll Ever Have by The Educated Barfly.