Anatomy Of A Cocktail: Reconstructing The Bahama Mama
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- 0The Bahama Mama is a cocktail that I have really wanted to tackle for a long while, it has been around since (probably) the 1930's and is a staple at resorts in Nassau. That's actually where I first had this cocktail. At the Cove resort in Nassau while visiting with my wife. And while I've always looked at the original with a critical eye, I've always felt that this one was a good candidate for reconstruction. And I'm happy to report, so did other bartenders. So even though part of the country is in a snowstorm, I hope this video brings you guys a little taste of paradise! Enjoy the video and see you in the comments!
Note On Today's Video:
At 2:59 the overproof rum is marked as 2oz (60ml) but should read .25ox (7.5ml) Marius strikes again!
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Original
00:38 Cocktail
02:04 Tasting Notes
02:32 Recipe
02:36 Reconstructed
02:42 Cocktail
03:50 Tasting Notes
04:19 Recipe
04:23 Lost Lake Tiki
04:30 Cocktail
05:50 Tasting Notes
06:30 Recipe
06:35 Outro
07:17 Like and Subscribe!
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Here's The Specs:
Bahama Mama (Original Specs)
1oz (30ml) Dark Rum
.5oz (15ml) Coconut Rum
.5oz (15ml) 151 Rum
1oz (30ml) Pineapple Juice
1oz (30ml) Orange Juice
.25oz (7.5ml) Grenadine (Roses)
Reconstructed Bahama Mama
2oz (60ml) Dark Rum
.5oz (15ml) Mahina Coconut
.25oz (7.5ml) Overproof Rum
.25oz Coffee Liqueur
2oz (60ml) Pineapple Juice
.5oz (15ml) Lemon Juice
Hurricane Glass/ Pebble Ice
Lost Lake Bahama Mama
1oz (30ml) Jamaican Rum
.75oz (22.5ml) Overproof Jamaican Rum
1oz (30ml) Fresh Pineapple
1oz (30ml) Lemon Juice
.5oz (15ml) Grenadine
.25oz (7.5ml) Dry Curaçao
.25oz (7.5ml) Banana Du Bresil or other banana liqueur.
Whip Shake, hurricane glass, pebble Ice - Jak na to + styl
The new shaking sequence is groundbreaking.
Break break break break break break
This "Shake, shake, shake, shake!" sequence got me laughing so hard I choked on a Mai Tai! So unexpected! I rarely comment on videos, but this time I thought it was warranted. Keep up the good work.
Version 2 looks amazing. The addition of those coffee notes makes the drink extremely appealing. Thank you for the comparison. Cheers!
I really like this Anatomy of a Cocktail series. Seeing the process of both re-specing and totally restructuring a cocktail recipe is very eye-opening.
Woooo more Cocktail history and examination! I really seriously love this format, as a cocktail nerd that finds the evolutions and changes in taste fascinating 👌
OH man I am for sure making the second two this weekend! Great Video guys!
That last smile while shaking disturbed me a little, it was perfectly blended with a succession of grief and a touch of melancholia at the end. Perfect balance!
Great video as always!!
Love love love this series and realllllly dig your improvements to this cocktail. Makes a cringe, TGIF drink into a respectable drink!! Love the tunes in the background too
Love the 3 variations. Great video
This cocktail really shows that a lot of sweet is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as you balance it out some other way. Using the coffee liqueur in your reconstruction is also a great idea! I'm going to have to whip one up soon! Also, I have to say that I love the new style of video you guys have. Really using that new bar to the best!
The ground up reconstruction looks amazing :0 Thanks for sharing!
Going to try the Lost lake version this weekend! Liking the close-up cuts Marius!
the new shaking sequence is awesome!
loving these ‘anatomy of a cocktail’ videos
Loving the new format of 3 drink versions. And just so you know the "shake, shake, shake" by Marius had me rolling.
Love the new shaking scenes, especially the first one.
I'm so excited to try the two reconstructions. Y'all are getting me into tiki! I used to hate it because of the cloying sweetness and especially the chemical taste, but these reconstructions sounds amazing! Thank you!
Just found this and honestly thinking of opening a business of drinks and you’re inspiring me!! Keep up the work!
All of a sudden I woke up and felt really into cocktails! I have always been a wine/champagne kinda gal - except of course for the 8th wonder of the world called Dry Martini (my all time fave) and the close second Bloody Mary. Thank you for your amusing and educating and so much fun videos! I wish I could invite you over for some proper Brazilian caipirinha, but if you are ever in Spain... ;) Lots of love to you!
This format was great, I watch most videos y’all put out and I could immediately tell a difference.I loved the setting, lighting, and editing here. You edited it down to the essentials and were ultra efficient. Loved this episode guys. This channel got me into cocktails and it has turned into an obsession. I find myself at times enjoying the process of creating the drink and creating them for other people than I do actually drinking them myself. This is the ultimate channel for all mixology nerds in my opinion. The ONLY thing this channel lacks is the entertainment value that some of the other big channels bring to the table. I personally don’t care much about this and I’m sure everyone who is already subscribed doesn’t either but I think this channel should have just as many subscribers as some of the others. If cocktail making were a competition and I had to pick from CZcams bartenders to be on my team, It would be a tie between Bruce and Leandro to be number 1. The history, knowledge, and specs are the best around. This episode felt like a big step in the right direction as far as attracting new subscribers. If y’all have done this format/editing style before today I apologize for being late. Can’t wait till summer gets closer and y’all start releasing tiki content. Cheers and much love from the Boot.
I like this newer format!
I never realized how much fun it is to watch your videos in 0.5 speed. Great episode tho.!
Oooooh, I’m always looking for more uses for banane du bresil. This looks awesome.
Haven't had one of these in YEARS! Might have to give it a shake this summer.
Love that Habitation Velier LROK in the background! I've been loving it neat but I'm sure it makes some great drinks too, certainly a good daiquiri
Fantastic!!
Thanks for this. This is a cocktail with a great name that was always kind of a dud as a drink. I've seen a lot of versions, but your second two both look like they're worth trying out.
Leandro this was great. I love the de-construction idea. I missed the Metal Shake. :(
You look exactly like my neighbour. I am conflicted because I want to punch him in the face but I seem to really like you. Every time I see him I struggle with my emotions.
A true modern tragedy.
Sipping that fake Grenadine version is really taking one for the team!
I love these "3 takes on a cocktail" videos! Great stuff.
Minor feedback, the recipe text in the video for the Lost Lake Bahama Mama says 0.75 oz for both rums, whereas what Leandro says in the vid, and the description, both have 1 oz for the Jamaican.
Great video as always. Love the shaking sequence. I don't like my drinks super sweet, but I found the reconstructed version not sweet enough. I will up the coffee liqueur and add a little simple syrup to try to adjust the sweetness a bit.
Tis the season for this cocktail!
Steve posted a version of the reconstructed Bahama Mama with coffee liqueur a few months ago and it was phenomenal but that Lost Lake version looks like a must-try. Looks tasty as hell.
That last rebuild sounds delicious 😋
This reminded me of college in Florida, years since I've had one. Gotta change that ASAP
I’m a sucker for the original Bahama Mama. It’s just takes back to the Caribbean and white sand beaches. Those reconstructed version do sound great. 🍹🏝
That shake sequence really gives fight to the metal shake
I made a riff of the Lost Lake, subbed out the Jamaican rum and banana liqueur for 1/2 Cargo Cult Banana Rum and 1/2 coconut rum, then added a 1/4 of simple to compensate. Also ‘accidentally’ used 1 of OP Jamaican. I also used blue curacao for laughs and got a rather nice green drink.
I really like this new "Anatomy of a Cocktail" series. Looking forward to a Hurricane or Sex on the Beach episode where you create more balanced and interesting variations ^^.
I agree with your opinion on Rose's. For the longest time, I've always used that in my cocktails but, the second I made homemade Grenadine, Rose's is now a mixer I prefer to avoid at all costs.
Excellent vid! I love making this drink for my friends during summer months ☀️ 🍹
Most people feel that way when they start making their own stuff, I know I do. I only buy when I'm in a serious jam.
I loved this video! By the way, Don Q from Puerto Rico keeps producing the 151, which by the way is a superior rum compared to the discontinued Bacardi and not too difficult to find in stores.
Oooh I love don q probably should have guessed that they’d have the 151
2:58 wait a minute, that's not a quarter ounce in the bottom left corner...
I do love the videos, keep it up you two :)
I love a good Bahama Mama I like the last one being reconstructed. It looks like all three although the same drink have very different tasting notes.
I always thought of doing a reconstruction of the Bahama Mama using infused Rums. Since it is kind of a kitchen sink tropical resort drink I thought a cocktail made around a Pineapple Rum, Banana Rum, and Coconut Rum would be cool.
I made the Lost Lake version for myself and a mashup mocktail version of the other two for my wife.
For the Lost Lake version, I unfortunately don't have access to Smith and Cross, but subbed Wray and Nephew and a little extra of Appleton. If you find yourself in the same spot, I'd turn down the Wray and Nephew to maybe 15-10ml and lean into the Appleton - otherwise the hogo might start to take over the drink.
Orange juice and pineapple juice but the quarter oz roses is too sweet? Just substitute with homemade grenadine.
Who doesn't love a variety ways to use rum?
I don't know if I'm clear on a Reconstruction vs. a Rebuild. In many cocktail spaces, a single ingredient change means a new cocktail (think Manhattan vs. Liberal Cocktail).
In terms of main flavours at least, the Reconstructed is missing Orange and Grenadine but adding Coffee. Meanwhile, Rebuild is missing Coconut but adding Banana. I don't know if I fully appreciate the difference since, by the flavours, the Reconstructed seems more different.
If I'm being extra pedantic and annoying about it, I guess I think of added flavours as making a new drink entirely. So calling something a rebuild or reconstructed means you benefit from the name recognition of the Bahama Mama but are providing something different.
(Always digging the content though! Just being curious. I also really enjoyed the tight editing of this video. Well done)
A reconstruction would be something that respecs similar ingredients. A rebuild is using new ingredients to reshape a cocktail while keeping the original intention/idea intact (hopefully) this really does deserve more conversation tho
I agree. These seem to be three very different drinks.
Get Don Q 151, it's column distilled and a closer sub (not necessarily better).
Bob Kelso just subscribed to your channel
What do you think about the orange juicer you used in this video? I was looking for a citrus juicer and found that style, but since it was so unconventional I was weary about getting it.
Also, when I went looking on youtube for juicer recommendations, I saw hundreds of "content farm-esque" videos promoting that juicer, which turned me off even more.
P.S. If anyone else has experience with that type of juicer, I'd love to hear your feedback as well!
we love it and no one paid us to say that lol
The original drink looks really pretty, but without mixing it you know that first sip of (faux) grenadine is going to be bad. I'm definitely trying that rebuild this evening.
coffee? INteresting. Gotta try it
I'm definitely giving it a shake. Always great having the variety of recipes in your back pocket
Ah I was waiting for a good recipe of this cocktail for a long time!
Is it possible that the d of eDucated ist missing in your website written on the final picture?
that is very possible...
Damn that lost lake version looks nice
What is that denizen bottle in the back with the turquoise label ?
Can you please make a video for garnishing technics and hacks?
Yo so like are we not gonna talk about that juicer. First of all, "WHAT IS THAT!?"
Second "thats super dope"
It’s my new favorite juice press
Sick as ever guys. Got to say the change in backdrop was weird at first, but now it's lost that sterility and gained more warmth.
As a South African I have no choice but to demand you use that Amarula cream liqueur in the background with something 🤣🤣🤣
Bring me rum drinks all day long!
I really love version of this video with the three different version.
One little remark. If you list the recipes in the description could you ad the bartender and year of creation, if available?!
I always say who created each drink. I can write it too if that’s helpful. The point is to watch the video though. I make sure to credit each maker pretty profusely in general
@@TheEducatedBarfly I’m not questioning that you don’t give credits. Don’t get me wrong. I watched every single video you produced. But if you want to transfer some of your recipes in a document it’s sometimes hard to understand or get the proper spelling of the bartenders name. I personally prefer watching the video and enjoy the video and transfer the recipe out of the description into my private cocktail collection. I would appreciate having the name of the bartender / origin & the year when the cocktail was created in the description. It would make your really good video descriptions even better. Keep up the great work and thanks for replying to my comment
Wow
'Sips up the bottem part full with granadine' Also him "The granadine is very sweet, i dont like it'
Hey, how you doing. Great video! Just watched and made the original. Been in the UK you mentioned 0.25 (1/4 OZ) grenadine but then put 22.5ml in brackets which I did. I’m assuming you used 7.5ml? I’m going to retry now using 7.5ml in the bottom and give it another try. Not studied other videos at the minute so 22.5ml might be right? I’ll report back in a shake 😂 x
Yep, I’d say 1/4oz, 7.5ml is sufficient, need to stir it up with a straw at the bottom to mix the grenadine but it’s the right colour combination too 👍
Where are those straws from?
As I look over these recipes it strikes me that these are basically the same flavors as a Painkiller with the addition of coffee liquor on one version. 1/4 oz of Mr Black is the distinction between my two recipes.
also good is demerara 151 rum if you can find it.
I thought the Lost Lake one had cream of coconut?
For me it needs way more sweetness, the citrus juice is dominating its like a Sour, exchange 1 oz of the citrus juice by half an oz of lime juice and add 15 ml simple sirup
Marius seems to have taken some direction in the editing from Taken 5:22
@Barfly i know this video is two years old but as someone from the country in which this cocktail is from Im going to say outside of the 151 and the grenadine the drink was spot we dont put 151 in it and also we mix the grenadine with the oj and pineapple making like a fruit punch. Also the story of the dribk as it goes because the bartender who made it is very much alive and his old ass would be pissed because the drink was made after the dancer who was his friend and coworker before her death many years ago and Yes the drink is from the Bahamas its not Caribbean the Bahamas is not apart of the Caribbean and we only do regional business with the Caribbean
Wasn’t the middle one essentially a Mr Bali Hai ?
Sips pure grenadine.
Grenadine is too strong! XD
So version 2 you said 1/2 Oz lemon juice which was not listed in the summary. And you said 1/4 Oz for the over proof rum but the typed out version and the summary has 2 ozs
In video for Second drink it says 2 ounces of Over Proof. That gonna be a STRONG drink :)
Yeah he said quarter ounce. Think the writing was just incorrect
typo :)
Figured. Just giving you a hard time.
So a confession from someone apparently living under a rock. I didn’t know you can’t get Bacardi 151 any longer. I have a bottle that I bought a long time ago for flaming dr. peppers (like i said, a very long time ago), and there it sat for all these years. Why don’t they make it any longer?
I'm with Kaden... the shake is count.....
Salud🍻
hey You got the wrong specs for reconstructed in the video screen shot. as the screen shot spec says in video.. i did put 2oz of OFTD.. and i am flying
lol yes, sorry.
FYI it says 2oz overproof rum at 2:58 when it should be .25oz
That was Marius typo lol we didn’t notice before posting. Put a note in the vid description about it
also in the show notes, for the second drink it says 2oz dark rum when at 3:20 leandro pours 1.5oz
Just a typo in the notes
Omg when I worked at T.G.I.Fridays I would make a ton of these. I have a theory this is where the fake casual restaurant Mai Tai came from. You know what I mean the 3 color dark rum float Mai Tai you would get at a Chilis
Never use Rose's syrup...lol
The “original” specs the way you made it (lemon hart, fresh juice, Clement coconut) is already way better than the standard ingredients.
Agreed. Really the only thing holding that back is the use of Rose's. You probably could've just used your in-house and made it a decent drink! Orange juice lacking acidity aside.
Have you ever played around with acid-adjusting orange juice?
Yeah I’ve even made a cocktail with Lime Acid Orange in the past for Patreon member
Videos
What's the matter Leandro, you didn't want to go to the store Malibu and Don Q 151?
😂
Editing errors:
You say 0.25 oz of overproof rum for drink #2, but the video says 2 oz while you're pouring and at the end
Also, the recipe shown at the end of drink #2 omits the lemon juice
Big fan of the channel love you guys
Marius strikes again! There’s a link for it below the video :)
Came here to say this! Thankfully I checked the recipe against the video before making it! Is Marius trying to kill us? (BTW, the link below the video is also wrong; it says 2 oz of dark rum but you use 1.5 oz in the video.)
Looks delicious, gotta get me some overproof rum and try it! Not impressed with that juicer though :D
You said quarter oz, for overproof rum, but the recipe build says 2 Oz. Which is it?
Yeah Missed a Marius typo before upload there’s a note in the description
Error!!! The reconstructed menu in the video is not the same recipe as in the info below the video!!! Which one is correct?
Description, we made a typo in the video! But we say it correctly.
Help me out here. Why use 2 Jamaican rums with a similar flavor profile? Definitely not arguing, I simply wanna know what the thought is. I would have only used Smith and Cross.
The only reason is to take the proof down a little. Smith and cross is 114 proof so it was to temper the strength. That’s all. A preference move
@@TheEducatedBarfly Thanks, dude. I had a feeling that my be the gag, but I wanted to know if you had a secret I didn't know.🙂🙂🙂
I havent been around for a while. Whats with this new bar?
It's our new permanent set
@@TheEducatedBarfly Huh i missed the update. Love the breakdown of the bahama mama though. Coffee liquer was an odd touch but it does give it alot of depth.
It wasn't named after spicy sausage?
When do you do my recipe ;(
Just made it with the 2oz of overproof rum instead of .25, big woops.
Well happy Friday to you!
Does anyone else feel like bartending is 90% personality and 10% knowing how to make a OK drink?
I’d say that Bartending is 10% skill and talent and 90% hospitality
100% agree that the personality is the most important part
I'm in the Twilight Zone. I must be.
Leandro used Rose's.
Not related to this video, what's up with the website?
I don’t know it was down for some reason yesterday. Should be fixed now :)
@@TheEducatedBarfly fiew..... thanx
it looked like you only slurped the syrup in the first drink, the straw was red.
yes, we did one sip that only got the syrup, then stirred and sipped again, but we cut that out :)
@@TheEducatedBarfly How was it, beyond the syrup?
Is it really a bahama mama when you substitute coffee liqueur for grenadine? If I were substituting in coffee I'd name it something else. Is the name, "Kingston Red-eye" taken?
Kingston instead of Nassau because of the origin of the rum.
Coffee liqueur instead of grenadine is how I learned it and how I do it at home for guests, but I bust out the ole Hamilton Beach for the fruits. Pour coffee liquer, coconut rum and overproof rum into a chilled glass, and pack with crushed ice. Whip OJ, pineapple and lemon juice till frothy and pour those over and then add the dark rum
I think you're right about the name, though it's not unheard of to play fast and loose with what you call the cocktail when you're openly making a riff on a classic. Love the Kingston angle, but I may just be biased