Pagan Idol’s Banana Life

This drink is actually @daskounis ‘s favorite cocktail he’s ever had at a tiki bar. Among the dozens of times we’ve visited @paganidolsf this one is always consumed in addition to trying something new. We recently bought the @cocktailwonk “Minamalist Tiki” recipe book and saw this recipe was in there!! Upon further investigation on the inter webs, there were some subs and revisions done to make up for anyone without Fassionola syrup in hand. This recipe is absolutely amazing!!! We toned down the pineapple to let everything else shine a little brighter but can confirm this spec will become a go to so long as we have a stash of white grapefruit at our disposal. Huge banana flavor, nice balance from everything else. It’s one of the best modern tiki drinks we’ve had and cannot recommend it enough.

Ingredients

• 2.0 oz dry, Spanish style white rum we used @flordecanarum 4 year extra dry

• 0.75 oz pineapple juice (we adjusted this a bit as we found the first pass a bit too pineapple juice forward)

• 1.0 oz grapefruit juice (white, ideally)

• 0.5 oz passion fruit syrup we used @liberandco

• 0.5 oz @giffard_liqueurs_syrups Banane du Brésil

• 0.5 oz lime juice

Tools

• Shaker

• Ice Crusher for making Pebble Ice

Instruction

• Shake all ingredients with pebble ice

• Dump into a sherry snifter glass and top with more pebble ice.

• Garnish with banana chips and some kind of greenery - we chose mint as we loved the fresh scent this gave the drink.