What’s the Best Planter’s Punch? Comparing Donn’s, Remsberg’s, and Smuggler Cove’s

[@MixingUpTiki]

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[@adambhoy]

"For three ounces of booze, it doesn't drink like it." I always think that too, and then I try to get up out off the barstool a half hour later haha! Great stuff man, I love your videos. My personal favorite Planter's Punch has until recently been the "Funky Planter's Punch", which is basically the SC spec but with 3oz of either Doctor Bird or Hamilton Pot Still Black. That funk really comes through and I love that. BUT... I recently made a batch of the Appleton Punch clone rum blend you outlined in a previous video, and a PP with that blend is now hands-down my favorite, it's just amazing. Coincidentally enough I made one this evening before I checked and found your video, so what a perfect marriage of a real drink and some virtual ones! Thanks for the work you put in! Cheers and mahalo.

[@MixingUpTiki]

Yea, agreed. The SC planters punch with the Appleton Punch clone is amazing.

[@fvb3624]

YES YES YES!!! Been waiting for this one

[@MixingUpTiki]

#yourewelcome

[@stephane.foisy.186]

been a long minute since i've had a planters punch need to revisit love exploring this idea.

[@MixingUpTiki]

It’s like the mai tai, a great cocktail to explore rums.

[@Quiet1-y9x]

New to your Channel. Love your comparisons and how focused you are.

[@MixingUpTiki]

Thanks so much!

[@toddbailey3552]

Well that was quite fun 😂. I knew exactly how the outcome would be including your wanting to dial back the sweetness a little when using the Demerara syrup 😂. As always MAHALO ! and now I’m thirsty.

[@MixingUpTiki]

Oh you did!? Mind reader!

[@RadioActiveTiki]

Really enjoyed this episode 👏 Appreciate when you go over the history of the cocktail

[@MixingUpTiki]

Thanks man!

[@svenwasberg7704]

Thank you for the video. I really like that you told us about the sweetness of the syrups in the description. I think every channel should do this in every video. That said, many of the more casual viewers probably dont know what brix means. Maybe 1:1 or 2:1 by weight would be better?

[@MixingUpTiki]

Yea I prob should do a whole video on syrups and Brix. Thanks for the idea.

[@Joshdr99]

Great video and I really enjoyed the introduction. I was guessing the Smuggler's Cove was best just by the ingredients. I do think you are right about the 12 being part of the sweetness. I usually use Appleton Signature for my Mai Tai and right after having one I made another the exact same way but with 12 and it was sweeter. I really like demara syrup too. I use it in anything that calls for simple syrup as well for the extra flavor and infuse it with spices as well. CHEERS!

[@MixingUpTiki]

Yea Demerara syrup def brings a lot of depth to cocktails.

[@0xSLN]

Great inspiration here, and very sweet font on the thumbnails! anyone know what the name of the font is?

[@MixingUpTiki]

Tropika Island

[@ChappysTikiBar]

Have a great weekend my friend 🏝

[@MixingUpTiki]

You too!

[@0xSLN]

If I can wish for one thing, some authentic lounge music would increase my enjoyment at least :)

[@MixingUpTiki]

As a background track?

[@0xSLN]

@@MixingUpTiki yeah, would just sell the vibe I'm personally craving when researching tiki drinks

[@MixingUpTiki]

@@0xSLN Ill see what I can do

[@nicolasfalcon1470]

Using Appleton Estate 12 years it´s kind of cheating though.... Great video, as always!

[@MixingUpTiki]

Why is it cheating?

[@nicolasfalcon1470]

@@MixingUpTiki well, while all those are great rums, and I love Coruba as a mixing rum. AE 12 is one or two categories above the others. The cost of that drink is probably almost twice the cost of the others

[@MixingUpTiki]

According to Smuggler’s Cove it fits the category of aged blended rum so I don’t feel like it’s cheating.

[@johnolmos8670]

It shouldn’t take you 20 years to make a basic sour with Ango.

[@MixingUpTiki]

@@johnolmos8670 I agree but which one are you referring to specifically?

[@johnolmos8670]

@@MixingUpTiki Stephen remsberg. Even if he’s a Rum maniac like come on you’ll be able to nail a sour pretty quick with whatever Rum varietal you so see fit. Since it’s Coruba it’s a little more like what?

[@arcadiandj]

I stopped listening 23 seconds in, because that was terrible. You are talking about a legendary cocktail. BOO!!!

[@MixingUpTiki]

Thanks for watching. Though not sure why you didn’t like it. The whole video is about finding the best one.

[@arcadiandj]

@@MixingUpTiki my apologies for my snippy response 🙏 I thought you were being disrespectful of arguably the original Tiki cocktail (was present for Beachbum Berry’s lecture on the drink).

[@MixingUpTiki]

@@arcadiandj not at all. In the video I make a comment about how the Planters Punch is most likely the reason we have tiki, as it’s what Donn based all of his rum rhapsodies on.

[@arcadiandj]

@@MixingUpTiki I will watch the entire video thanks to your response 🙏 I have become a bit of a snob. A character flaw😞 Thank you for your efforts to help us home bartenders improve 🙏

[@MixingUpTiki]

@@arcadiandj no problem at all. Hope you enjoy it.