A fresh perspective on the classic Tropical Itch
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I stumbled upon today's recipe on Whiskey Advocate where they shared the Three Dots and a Dash version of the Tropical Itch cocktail. I didn't spend too much time sleuthing the internet looking for confirmation, but it was the only recipe for this cocktail I could find from Three Dots and a Dash.
The classic Tropical Itch calls for a lot of passion fruit juice, a 151, and orange curacao. This updated version adds in some lemon juice, swaps out the curacao for tangerine juice and significantly dials back the amount of passion fruit juice. Technically the new version is not a simpler cocktail but it does dial back the volume of the drink quite a bit. It ends up as a juicy and delicious cocktail but also balanced. It's not too rummy, not too bourbon-y, and not too sweet. It's a strong summer sipper and something I will definitely be adding to the menu
Recipe Source:
whiskyadvocate.com/tropical-itch
Recipes at the bottom of this description
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📃 Episode Chapters 📃
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Original Grain
01:54 Recipe Source and Ingredients
02:38 Making the Tropical Itch
03:54 Tropical Itch Recipe Card
04:05 Drinking the Tropical Itch
📖 Recipe(s) 📖
Tropical Itch
from Three Dots and a Dash
4 dashes Angostura bitters
½ oz falernum (15 ml)
¾ oz passion fruit syrup (22.5 ml)
1 oz lemon juice (30 ml)
1 oz tangerine juice (30 ml)
1 oz Smith & Cross Rum (30 ml)
1 ½ oz bonded bourbon
Source recipe:
4 dashes Angostura bitters
½ oz falernum (15 ml)
½ oz passion fruit purée (15 ml)
½ oz 2:1 simple syrup (15 ml)
1 oz lemon juice (30 ml)
1 oz tangerine juice (30 ml)
1 oz Smith & Cross Rum (30 ml)
1 ½ oz bonded bourbon (45 ml)
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Trader Joe’s sells an excellent tangerine juice, just FYI
I would think swapping in Okolehao for the bourbon could work as well.
Three Dots Chicago is an amazing place. Hope I can go back someday. Their cocktail presentation is second to none!
One of my favorite recipes, excellent job Derek!
This is delicious and will definitely be added to the rotation. I still haven't added a S&C to my collection so I used OFTD and I used Heaven Hill BIB. At some point I'll grab the S&C and try that too, just have too many other bottles at the moment. Thanks for sharing, cheers 🍹
I wonder if OFTD would have paired better with the bourbon but I don't think I've ever disliked a drink with S&C in it ... Another great episode, Derek!
@MrWarwickbass
22 күн бұрын
or Rum Fire ?
I've had this one a couple times at 3dots....walking distance from work....great drink.
Very well explained, this will be made this evening :-) happy you said the Bourbon is not dominant.
Love Bourbon & Rum Drinks, will add this as a "drink to make" as that you don't see many split-base bourbon-rum drinks. I think you've made the Halekulani before but would definitely recommend trying out the Iron Ranger & Port Light if you get the chance!
Blue Leilani incoming 🥳🥳
Something blue?! The TS blue Hawaii take is awesome!
I ordered one of these at a bar in Lahaina just to get the Backscratcher. Still have it.
Most certainly adding to my summer menu for the year. Excellent presentation. Also love the new format, where you build the cocktail first and the story later. Your story telling is on point as always, so I had to stick around for that.. Thank You so much.. !!!
@makeanddrink
22 күн бұрын
Thank you!
Tiki Tom’s in Walnut Creek has a pretty good one on their menu and it includes a backscratcher. Cheers!
Odd question: I love your taste in music for these videos. Would it be possible to get the songs added to the description? Harry Yee made some great cocktails!
@tonymaldonado1659
22 күн бұрын
He added the link to the music in the description
@makeanddrink
20 күн бұрын
All of the music I use is stock/royalty free from Epidemic Sound or Artlist. And all of it is "Shazamable" if looking for the exact song. I have hundreds of songs saved I pull from so I usually don't even know the name and by the time I'm adding the descriptions. I've also seen people straight up copy and paste my video descriptions and formatting, so I don't share too much in there.
Keep Going with Harry Yee Cocktails
A totally under-appreciated classic. While it's not up to the same standards as the Three Dots version, a guilty pleasure of mine is the Backscratcher, the version served at Disney World's Polynesian Village resort since the 1970s. Disney drinks from the '70s are typically awful, but not so with this one.
@makeanddrink
11 күн бұрын
That recipe is unfortunately missing from my “Cooking with Mickey Around the World” book. It has a Mai Tai recipe that calls for 9 oz of water.
amaizing cocktail i love it¡¡¡
looks delicious but the annoying thing about cocktails sometimes is that there are different recipes all over the place for the same drink. Sippin' Safari makes a Tropical Itch with gin and white puerto rican rum. These are 2 totally different drinks lol. I love Smith & Cross and John D. Taylor's in anything so excited to try this one!
@makeanddrink
22 күн бұрын
Yes they are totally different. They were made by different bartenders in different parts of the world. They just happen to have the same name. Probably coincidence.
The Tropical Standard update of this cocktail is outstanding, so I'm looking forward to trying this variation. Also, definitely check out the Port Light for a great bourbon-passionfruit tropical cocktail, if you haven't already.
@makeanddrink
22 күн бұрын
I’m sure the TS one is great, but that one is based on the Joe Scialom version and they’re not the same. Just share the same name.
@adamlindsley1143
22 күн бұрын
@@makeanddrink Ah, interesting, thanks for clarifying!
@makeanddrink
22 күн бұрын
@adamlindsley1143 it was a pretty common term in the early 1900s for a scabies like infection. The Scialom version came first but not much indication Yee copied any aspect of the drink. Prob just coincidence in naming.
@adamlindsley1143
21 күн бұрын
Made this today and really liked it! More citrus forward than the other version but still delicious.
Great video - thanks! I made the Tropical Standard version a while back and loved it. I’m gonna give this a spin now - looks promising :-) Also: looking forward to more Harry Yee stuff later on - great idea to deep dive a bit on interesting tiki profiles besides the usual suspects.
@makeanddrink
22 күн бұрын
Haven’t had that variation yet but will whenever I get a few missing ingredients.
I have to find them mini backscratchers somewhere
@makeanddrink
21 күн бұрын
It’s a normal backscratcher plus a Japanese pull saw.
Have you ever done viewer submissions?