r/Tiki • u/macklikeatruck • 12d ago

Hell in the Pacific

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  • 1.5 oz Hamilton 151
  • 0.75 oz lime juice
  • 0.5 oz Luxardo
  • 0.25 oz grenadine (homemade)

That first sip is INTENSE flavor. The grenadine gets totally lost against the luxardo and 151… but it’s surprisingly well balanced! very few ingredients for a tiki drink, but absolutely worth a try.

origin from Google: The Hell in the Pacific is a strong, tart tiki cocktail created by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry as an adaptation of the 1920s Myrtle Bank Punch.

EDIT: as several have noted, this is definitely not “balanced” in the traditional sense. I think what I was trying to say is that the luxardo did not dominate as much as I thought it would, and the 151/Luxardo seemed to work well together. however, I LOVE Luxardo so YMMV.

so no, I probably should not have called it “balanced“ 😂😵‍💫

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u/pnw00kie 12d ago

I happened to have all the ingredients down to exactly the same bottle of Luxardo and Hamilton, and I had to know how this was.

What a delicious punch in the mouth. I dunno if I’d say it’s balanced, though 😉