Too few tiki's with banaba 🍌 I had to try it and am sipping on it right now. I had some BG Reynolds Red Fassionola and don't have Brugal so I used white Flor de Cana extra dry 4 yr. It's excellent!!!

So I followed this recipe as per your recipe. I was expecting a drink that leaned more toward a banana flavor. Added more banana liquor and came out perfect.

Doc Parks is apparently working with somebody on bringing some version of a fassionola or, passionola, as he's calling it, to the consumer market.

@johnolmos8670

5 ай бұрын

It’s super seasonal because of the fruit so it will be tough

Great cocktail, fell in love just with the first try. But I don’t understand why it’s called Banana life. I think that the fassionola slightly overpowers the banana liquor. For me it tastes similar to your Hurricane with Fassionola. I m going to try a little less fassionola and 1,25 instead of 0,75 cl banana liquor.

I live in Toronto and I have access to Prosyro brand of Fassionola and it's really good and works well in the cocktail! Cocktail Emporium has it on their website and you may be able to order it depending on where you live.

@surfrat8884

5 күн бұрын

yes it is. I have it shipped to the states.

Ah yes, another reminder to make fassionola when the summer fruit season is upon us. Once I get around to making the sweet red elixir I am looking forward to tasting the Banana Life vs the two variants in the Minimalist Tiki book. The Banana Life Redux (passion fruit swap, heavier fruit juice) and the Commando Life (passion fruit, Don's mix and Plantation Stiggins). Thanks for highlighting fassionola again.

Made this and used 1.5 Probitas (it was all i had left) and subbed in .5oz of Smith and Cross. Cocktail and Sons for the Fassionaola. Loved it! I think the Smith&Cross helped bring out that banana a little bit - it wasnt too grapefruit forward to me. Thanks for sharing this one!

Right now at Pagan Idol there’s a drink called the Banana Bae. Idk if it replaced the Banana Life

I've made this twice! I love it. Made it with Tempus Fugit banana

This drink looks fantastic! I have a great Fassionola recipe I found online that I've made a couple of times now and am always looking for other recipes to use it in. I need to go out and buy some Banana Liquor as that's the only thing I am missing to make this drink. Thanks for another great drink recipe!

Very nice! I have a batch of your fassinola made up, so I'll be giving this a try this weekend!

@Knothe1977

5 ай бұрын

Will be great!!! 😋

I used to have a lot of Brugal (anejo, XV, extra anejo, doble reserva) might try them in this cocktail using my PF syrup

I made the Fassionol like you from your Hurricane video and it was amazing!!! Nice to see another drink with it. I will made it again! 🎉🎉🎉

@makeanddrink

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.

Doc Parks Is My Homeboy

@makeanddrink

5 ай бұрын

Sure. And me and Beachbum are BFF 😒

The Banana Life Redux in there actually has banana flavor in it, I agree this is mostly grapefruit.

@powermonger9090

5 ай бұрын

Yes, was expecting a more banana forward drink but seems not the case.

Newer subscriber here. Love your style and vids. Have you done a Falernum video yet?

@makeanddrink

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I have not made a video yet but will sometime soon. I’ve even made the Falernum, just need to piece together the rest of it.

Look so goood...🍹👍👍👍🍹

Derek, have you found any differences in flavor between the old Denizen 3 Year and the "new" 5 year white?

@makeanddrink

5 ай бұрын

I’ve not noticed a big difference, but @ultimatemaitai and I did a blind taste test and he much preferred the old 3.

Hey Dude. Your videos are cool (amazing camera work). The delivery is a little dry tho. It'd be cool to get more of a feel for your personality in the videos. Y'know, a joke here, a smile there... It goes a long way.

That looks awesome. But I can't have grapefruit juice as it is contraindicated with some medication that I'm on. Can it be subbed out, or omitted? Or should I just skip this one out?

@makeanddrink

5 ай бұрын

You could sub it out for another juice. Pineapple would be close in acidity but probably better to use more lime or lemon but not as much. You’ll miss out on that bitterness, but still would be tasty.

@MarkMaynard13

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!