A modern Cachaça cocktail from Trader Vic's

[@MrMrvega8]

The quality is just always astonishing. Thanks for the work you’re putting in! Views will come.

[@HootOwl513]

Thanks for the inspiration. I am allergic to Tequila, ever since I got up to 9 shots at a college party, people shouting iVIVA! with each shot. Then the Earth came up and smote me in the face. Now I cannot tolerate it. Anyway, I bought a bottle of 51 Cachaca recently to experiment with. I tried it instead of white rum in a MaiTai... I had a mutiny. I tried the traditional Caiparinha... Didn't like it. Maybe it was the wrong sugar. [Turbinado] IDK... But I've been tinkering with the original Hueblein Brass Monkey. 2 oz Orange Juice. 2 oz Vodka, 2 oz Dark Rum, 2 Maraschino cherries at the bottom. [The Monkey's Balls.] Pure Paint Stripper. The lighter version I call the H E Rasske [from the late '60s spy fiction ad copy in Playboy magazine ] It's 4 oz fresh juice. Orange, tangerine, clementine, blood orange -- all work well. And less hard liquor. 1 or 1-1/2 oz citrus-infused Vodka, Same level of Dark Rum. Two Luxardo cherries. Tried it last night with Cachaca in lieu of Vodka, which I'm out of -- Winner. Drunken Rasske?

[@ultimatemaitai]

Thanks for doing all the R&D. I liked this with tequila and I'm not really an agave spirits lover myself, so I'm sure I'd like your even more. Definitely needs more banana liqueur in the ratio as with your revised recipe. Also, I was wondering why I was getting new subs to my nascent KZbin channel, now I know.

[@makeanddrink]

And from what I have gathered I think I'm a bigger tequila fan than you are, but that just goes to show taste is subjective and you never really know what you're going to like/dislike.

[@pawncheaux]

Been following for a few months & honestly one of my favorite underrated cocktail channels! I've all these ingredients, so I'm excited to try. Glad to hear the recipe development panned out! I was shocked when you initially didn't like it the first few times. Also seems like a fun cocktail to riff on. Thanks again!

[@makeanddrink]

Thanks so much!

[@AlfonsoVallarta]

Oh, the editing was just a delight. And I really need good Cachaça imported to this country -even if I'll use it mostly on Caipirinhas and Rabo de Galos. 😂

[@nelsonbrum8496]

What's in the Cocks Tail (Rabo de Galos)?

[@cdrikari]

Your version is seriously good. Thanks!

[@ashergreen3356]

I literally made this drink last week based on Kevin’s updated recipe. Didn’t bother with the whipped cream. I used Avua still strength and Tempus Fugit crème de banane. The banana liqueur was kind of lost. Overall, I liked it ok and I think that tequila and unaged cachaca can work together. I’ll try your recipe next.

[@MixingUpTiki]

Looking great man! It’s always fun when you make a drink for the first time on camera and it’s actually good. Lol

[@nelsonbrum8496]

I might try substituting Smith & Cross for the banana liqueur...

[@fxeditor1138]

This looks great Derek! I too have tried TV's Drunken Monkey and was disappointed. I've been looking for more things to do with cachaca and can't wait to give this a try! I'm thinking about making a banana foam for the topping rather than the the whipped cream. Thanks very much for your inspiration!

[@jurispurins8065]

Great Video on an unusual Tiki I love your flickering retro lamps and am adding them to my own Tiki Bar & Retro Arcade here in Lincoln Nebraska - about as far from the Ocean and Polynesia as possible outside of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia 🇲🇳

[@makeanddrink]

That’s awesome! The light are cool, and if you didn’t like the lanterns the flickering light element alone is cool and could be reworked into something else.

[@OneDrinkThreeBars]

I tried this one at Trader Vic's in Atlanta a couple months ago, and I wasn't a fan of it either. I recently polished off a bottle of the Avua Amburana and wish I could find another one. Ypioca Gold will do until then. I might actually try this one over the weekend. Thanks for all the testing!

[@makeanddrink]

It’s a polarizing drink. I know several people that have said the really liked it, but it just didn’t work for me.

[@CelesteHolbrookRN]

Thank you for all the great videos. You also have lots of cool stuff behind you. If applicable, can you please add links in your Amazon store?

[@makeanddrink]

Thank you! I’ll do a little inventory and see if any of these things are available online and add them to the descriptions. Most are Knick-knacks from who knows where, Disneyland, Trader Vic’s.

[@BuildingADrink]

Very cool looking cocktail

[@Minimoogman]

I'll try it, but instead whipped cream, banana foam will play the garnish

[@georgeskormikiaris7950]

You will like #5 even more. That's the one without that unnecessary cream 😅

[@peterverdon645]

Nice. I’ve got some cachaca and looking for something else besides a caipirinha

[@gil7riviere]

Try the Esmeralda cocktail. An elevated caipirinha

[@nickmonts]

Inwill eventually try this

[@miguelangel1992]

I was on my way to prepare this amazing cocktail when I realized I cannot get that kind of grapefruit here. 4:17 Hahahaha

[@makeanddrink]

Very rare!

[@robertpettigrew9042]

You used the amburana, would the white unaged avua (i forget the name of the variety) work also?

[@makeanddrink]

Yes, have made with Novo Fogo and it as good.

[@anadrol9934]

@makeanddrink I'm French, the T in orgeat is not pronounced.

[@barstoolbanter7212]

In America it is usually pronounced with the T.

[@philgringo2438]

Your mug is top 🤩

[@HighKingTurgon]

TEQUILA COCKTAILS-I do not like tequila. I discovered the El Niño by happenstance, then found out it was attributed to Alex Ross, didn't have the necessary ingredients, subbed grenadine and plum for simple and strawberry. I call it La Virgen and it's magic.

[@johnfolk1448]

Youve inspired me to make the drunken monkey. Seems like a fun thing to do since i already live in a bamboo house here in hawaii, but it doesnt seem right without the right mug. Where can i find those?

[@johnfolk1448]

Probably trader vics... lol

[@LouisZavala-n2f]

I actually had this the other day at trader Vic’s Emeryville, I thought it was delicious and the whip cream was a surprise haha…. But it was my last drink of the night…

[@makeanddrink]

Here’s the thing… all I’m saying is I didn’t like it. But it’s been on the menu several years now, so it’s got to have some fans.

[@neil_chazin]

I was wondering why you had the Small Hands after your orgeat video, thanks for explaining.

[@makeanddrink]

It’s really growing on me for certain applications because it’s so different than a homemade yet still high quality and the right overall flavor.

[@chuploops9973]

cachaca and tequila combo is a little odd. I wonder how the original recipe would be with 2oz of charanda

[@chuploops9973]

Tried it and it’s pretty great