#73: Gold Cup

    Closing down this visit to the Hut is the elusive Gold Cup. The title lead me to believe this would be a less-than-stellar Martini-glass drink, turns out I was only half right.  Any licorice fan will love this one, and anyone who doesn't will still appreciate the strong scent and flavor.  A strong dose of Pernod & Almond extract gives it this twist:

• 3/4 oz lime juice
• 3/4 oz simple syrup
• 1/2 oz maraschino liquer
• 1 1/2 oz gold Jamaican rum
• 1 tsp Pernod
• 3 drops almond extract

Strain into Martini glass, garnish with cherry & stalk, you got yourself a solid tiki drink. My co-captain Mike McKee joins me on this nearly final week of Grog Log.  Pictured below, he looks very enthused as he tackles a Honi-Honi, Classic Mai-Tai, and a Hut Halloween special: Blood of the Tiki.  Big Mo even makes a photobomb in this drink portrait.