Three Dots and a Dash (••• -) - How to Make the Classic, WWII-Era Tiki Cocktail
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2017
- Here's how to make the classic Tiki drink, Three Dots & a Dash, which is made with Ambré Martinique Rhum Agricole, Demerara (Guyanese) Rum, Honey Syrup, Lime Juice, Orange Juice, Pimento Dram (Allspice Liqueur), Falernum and Aromatic Bitters, as well as three Maraschino Cherries and a Pineapple Spear for garnish.
This drink was invented in the 1940’s by Donn Beach, the person who created Tiki culture in the first place. Donn’s bars and restaurants were called Don the Beachcomber. Hank Riddle-who’s incredibly fascinating life is chronicled in Sippin’ Safari by Jeff Berry-worked at and eventually ran several locations of Don the Beachcombers over the course of 40 years. It was Riddle’s notebook that revealed Donn’s secret recipe for this drink. And the person who unearthed the recipe was, of course, Jeff “Beachbum” Berry.
The drink was named after a popular slogan of its day. It was invented in the midst of WWII, which was a topic that was pretty much on everyone’s mind all the time. In January 14, 1941, Victor de Laveleye, a Belgian national in London who hosted a BBC radio broadcast targeted at his countrymen in Nazi-occupied Belgium, encouraged his listeners to adopt the letter V (for Victory) as a symbol of resistance. The thought was to overwhelm the enemy with symbols of rebellion. These symbols took the form of graffiti, musical notes, tapped rhythms and the V sign (what is now commonly referred to as the peace sign). The V’s caught on in Nazi-occupied territories and several months later, V for Victory was adopted by Winston Churchill who really helped popularize the slogan and the V for victory sign. Another popular method for signaling V for Victory was via morse code and the morse code for V is three dots and a dash.
So the name and garnish are a nod to this movement. The three cherries being the dots and the pineapple spear being the dash. You don’t need much pineapple for this drink, so the rest of the pineapple can go toward other drinks like the Jungle Bird or Mr. Bali Hai or Missionary’s Downfall.
The measurement of Pimento Dram in this drink was originally, 0.25 oz, but I find that this drowns out the other flavors in the drink, so I like to dial it back to 1 teaspoon, which is exactly how I like it in the Ancient Mariner. This is a personal preference and may depend on how strongly flavored your brand of Pimento Dram is, so feel free to adjust that accordingly.
The Falernum I’m using is a homemade Falernum called Falernum No. 9. It’s vastly different from Velvet Falernum and will be noticeably different in the final drink. Use the Falernum you like best, but I really love it with the homemade version.
This is an extremely flavorful and complex drink, even by Tiki standards. And luckily, it’s not quite as brutally strong as some Tiki drinks can be. So, it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser. Okole Maluna!
Recipe:
1.5 oz (45 ml) Ambré Martinique Rhum Agricole
0.5 oz (15 ml) Demerara Rum
0.5 oz (15 ml) Lime Juice
0.5 oz (15 ml) Orange Juice
0.5 oz (15 ml) Honey Syrup
0.25 oz (7 ml) Falernum
1 tsp (5 ml) Pimento Dram (originally 0.25 oz or 7 ml)
1 dash Aromatic bitters
garnish 3 Maraschino Cherries
garnish 1 Pineapple Spear
Shake with 6 oz (180 ml) of crushed ice. Pour unstrained into a Pilsner Glass. Top with more crushed ice. Garnish with 3 Maraschino Cherries and a Pineapple Spear skewered on a cocktail pick.
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"Crush it like Patton's 3rd Army rolling through Bastogne..." - I love your phraseology!
Haha. Thanks!
Man...i love this one....
Keeping going with the Tiki drinks.
Tiki for life!!!
#T4L Haha. Glad you dig the tiki videos. Cheers!
You should do two pineapple fronds, it would make a V at the top of the glass.
Hahaha. Man, I had that same idea as I was finishing the video. I was kinda kicking myself over it. Oh well...next time.
@@DistinguishedSpiritsdid that at my pop Tikis at resort j work at. Such a good drink
I'm a new subscriber and boy am I glad I joined. Considering I am putting my toes into the tiki world I find your videos informative, I hope you keep putting them out, so many drinks with a lot of history. Kanpai!
Great. Welcome. Glad you like channel. New videos coming soon...
You're the best man! Always love the history, thank you!
Great to hear. Thanks for the love.
Personally I think the history is BORING!!!!!! Do a series on SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS!!!!
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will be making this drink tonight after work. just realized I have all of the ingredients and just need to whip up some honey syrup. The wife will think i'm in the kitchen making her something special and she'd be right. I'm pretty special after a few tiki drinks.
Nice! Let me know how it turns out for both of you.
I'm diggin' all the puns. As always, great videos. Keep it up
Cheers!
I always get excited when the Lewis bag comes out because I know I'll be treated to an excellent simile
Hahaha. Yeah. I've really painted my self in the corner with that gag.
A visual lesson is always best served colddddd
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Thanks for always making awesome videos! Where can I get those fancy straws?
Thanks! Glad you liked it. I just added a link to the straws in the Description, but for convenience sake here it is: amzn.to/2XcQNLa
Magic. All the way around.
Cheers! Glad you liked it.
I wonder if the original version was made with straight up pimento dram or the more commonly used variation, the Donn’s spice #2 which had pimento dram and vanilla syrup in it.
The first 4 notes of Beethoven's 5th symphony is dot dot dot dash. And V is 5 in Roman Numerals
Genius with the Patton reference! The bad jokes you make when crushing the ice are one of the highlights of your channel.
Also, doesn't look like I can easily find Hamilton rum where I live? Any alternative brand recommendations?
For the Demerara/Guyana Rum, the Smuggler's Cove book recommends El Dorado 5 Year, Denizen Merchant's Reserve, Plantation 5 Year, Pusser's, Lemon Hart 80 and some others. Only the El Dorado and Lemon Hart are Guyanese, but Martin Cate gave his blessing on the others.
For the Pimento Dram, St. Elizabeth is a popular brand, also recommended by Cate. However, Bitter Truth also makes one that's supposed to be pretty good. I haven't tried that one, but it seems to get decent reviews.
Distinguished Spirits interesting that Plantation 5 makes the list here.
Yeah, it's kind of an odd list. For me, it's Lemon Hart or Hamilton for this one.
I make it with St James Vieux and whatever demerera rum I have on hand.
I just made this drink using velvet falernum and Denizen 8 merchant reserve. Otherwise I used the same pimento dram. I have never had the recipe you introduced on here. Does using the Agricole/demerara combo really optimize the flavor profile as opposed to using the Denizen 8? (still extremely good in my opinion)
The Agricole/Demerara blend has the bright grassy and charred wood flavor profile Don wanted. It's really good in this drink, but the Denizen 8 is a good blend and I'm sure it'd make for a great Three Dots & a Dash. Cheers!
my favorite... I use St Elizabeth All Spice Dram instead and it is damn good
Glad to hear it. Yeah, it's really solid. I have to dial back the allspice a touch to get it not to totally overpower everything, but I know some people can't get enough of it.
How much does it matter what rums you use when you make cocktails? Like i get that there is a difference between white, gold and dark rums but how much of a difference will it make if you for example use another gold/amber rum in this cocktail instead of the Martinique Rum? I live in a relatively small city and my country has rather restrictive alcohol laws so it's often hard to find what I need. Should I just make another cocktail or is it worth trying even with the wrong rum?
It makes a difference in taste, but using a different rum doesn't make the drink bad. The only important thing when making cocktails is that you enjoy the drink. Try to get your hands on a decent aged rum and always try to use fresh ingredients when it comes to juices.
Tiki drinks are tough. They often require a lot of ingredients and very specific rums. The drink's creators blended the rums in the drinks to create a different flavor profile that you wouldn't be able to get with a single rum. In this case, the wild, bright, grassy flavor of the Martinique Rhum was tempered and beefed up with the big charred flavor of the Demerara rum.
However, all that being said, like I mentioned in the video, you can make a great drink with a good, full flavored rum, particularly if it's a blend. Pusser's, Denizen Merchant's Reserve, Plantation 5-year, Plantation OFTD, etc. This page has a good breakdown of rum substitutions and is worth checking out: 5minutesofrum.com/substitutions/
Swapping in another rum will alter the flavor somewhat, but you should still have a pretty awesome drink if you make it with a good rum, even if it's not the rum that the recipe calls for.
Thanks for the answer! I guess I will get some El Dorado 12 then, but it seems that HSE Très Vieux Rhum Agricole is the only Martinique rhum you can get where i'm from. Sadly it also seems that you can't buy any dark Jamaican rum at all, so I guess I will just have to experiment to see if there is anything that works(I think I will get some Appleton Estate Rare Blend as at least it's from Jamaica). Curse government alcohol monopolies they do not make life easy for a novice cocktail maker haha.
I've never tried the HSE Rhum Agricole, but it seems like it's the correct juice, just aged longer. Let me know how it turns out.
The rum worked fine in what I have used it for, but then again I am a novice when it comes to rum(and most spirits hehe). And so I find that that the most "revolutionary" experiences I have had so far by watching this channel is finding out how much of a difference fancy stuff like fresh ginger juice can make(bought a Juicer just for that and I don't regret a thing) and so I am really looking forward to trying out making some falernum, which will finally let me make the cocktail that this video is about lel. But anyways.
Have you tried a cocktail called "Lion's Tail"? I was looking around for some stuff that I could use my pimento dram for and my god this one worked. I tried your ancient mariner(the drink that made me order some pimento dram in the first place) but I actually find this drink to be even better. Bourbon, bitters, sugar, lime, and pimento dram. What's not to like?
Anyways great channel. By far my favorite cocktail channel. Such a shame that you don't have more views or subscribers. But I guess that's the price to pay for focusing on epic taste over more "clickbaity" stuff.
Looks like a nice one!
Given the limited quantity needed of Pimento dram, would something home made (small batch) be an acceptable alternative? Instead of buying another (rather expensive, I would guess) large bottle that just won't ever run out.
Perhaps an idea for a future episode?
There's a good recipe for homemade Pimento Dram (aka Allspice Liqueur) in Beachbum Berry Remixed (amzn.to/2wVHQr6). However, it's the same quantity (750 ml) and probably won't be much cheaper after you buy the rum, spices and sugar, assuming you get some decent to good quality ingredients (Hamilton is about $26 for 750 ml bottle). Plus it takes quite a while from start to finish for Berry's recipe. That being said, it would be fun to make your own and maybe that would make it worth it. Perhaps I'll do a video on it one day, but it won't be any time soon at this point.
What about pimento bitters?
Not sure. Maybe you could get there by mixing Pimento bitters and simple syrup. It'd probably be worth it to just track down a bottle or make your own.
Why in the world would Tiki drinks go out of style? They are all strong and last I checked Happy Hour is still busy so why would folks no longer like strong good flavorful drinks?
There were a whole lot of cultural factors that came together all at once. The thumbnail version goes something like this: most drinks, along with a lot of food, became too industrial and too far removed from it's flavorful and exciting roots. Most cocktails (not just tiki) experienced this. When a cocktail came from a plastic jug of flavored goo or a powdered mix of just-add-water margarita flavoring, it's not hard to imagine why no one liked them. And with tiki in particular, there was a lot of secrecy around the recipes. People would make up or steal recipes to approximate what the bar down the road was doing. Then those copies of copies of copies got distorted further with food colored, artificially flavored syrups and it faded away.