The Formidable Dragon and Hibiscus Rum Punch Cocktails from Smuggler's Cove
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Two great cocktails from the Smugglers Cove book 📕amzn.to/3GnnOJB the Hibiscus Rum Punch and the Formidable Dragon. Very different drinks and both are well worth your efforts. The recipe in the video and the "recipe card" are slightly off on the Formidable Dragon. It should be just a 1/4 oz of Smith & Cross but if you desire to live dangerously as I do, then use 3/4 oz.
Recipes at the bottom of this description
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📃* Smuggler's Cove #2 Episode Chapters* 📃
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Spiced Hibiscus Infusion
01:22 Hibiscus Liqueur
02:04 Hibiscus Rum Punch Recipe
03:40 Hibiscus Rum Punch Recipe Card
05:38 Formidable Dragon Recipe
07:28 Formidable Dragon Recipe Card
📖 Recipe(s) 📖
Spiced Hibiscus Infusion
2 discs of fresh ginger
5 cloves
500 mL rum
½ cup dried hibiscus flowers
Hibiscus Liqueur*
¼ cup of honey
1 ½ cups Hibiscus Infusion
½ cup of a 2:1 simple syrup
Demerara Simple Syrup
½ cup Demerara sugar
1 ½ white sugar
1 cup water
Molasses Simple Syrup
2 oz Molasses
2 cups Sugar
1 cup water
Hibiscus Rum Punch
2 oz club soda
½ oz fresh lime juice
1 oz Hibiscus Liqueur
⅓ oz Demera Syrup
1 ½ Appleton 12
Formidable Dragon
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz lime juice
½ oz honey syrup
¾ oz molasses syrup
½ oz Amaro di Angostura
1 ½ oz blended aged rum
1 oz of a black blended rum
¼ oz lightly aged overproof
Top with Club Soda
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If you love tart drinks you’ll love formidable dragon. The citrus really punches the back palate 🐉
Formidable Dragon is stupid good, one of my favorites in the entire book.
This is absolutely my new favorite channel. The videos are so well put together. Appreciate you!
Ah man I’m blushing. Wait that might be the rum. Thank you!
that Hibiscus Rum Punch is amazing.
I used to live in San Francisco and know exactly where Smugglers Cove is, amazing cocktails.
Love the gated finish tip. I keep Smugglers Cove in my bar at all times.
If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of magic, all your dreams can come true
I love that you made your own specialised syrups
Just made the punch. I made the liqueur with coconut rum… wow! Gives it more tropical tiki element!!!! Soooo good!!!
Wow Derek your attention to detail and your knowledge is what keeps me coming back for more 👍🏻🍹great video hope
You make more for
The SC book 📕
That hibiscus Rum Punch looks amazing. I've had a hibiscus syrup for a while but have not tinkered with it much, of course it wont be as good as a home made liqueur, but I might experiment with it.
I noticed several of your recipes call for a 2:1 simple syrup where 1/4 of the sugar is demerara and the rest is white sugar. I assume this is a Smuggler's Cove recipe. I am using a 2:1 pure demerara syrup and it is delicious in these. When I run out maybe I'll try the Smuggler's recipe, but for now I'm loving the pure rich demerara syrup.
I do use the Smugglers Cove recipe but to my knowledge there is no uniform Demerara syrup recipe in the cocktail world and I assume it’s because not all Demerara sugar is the same. I buy one off Amazon that is processed a certain way, but I can’t imagine there’s any laws out there that dictate how much processing can/cannot be done on a Demerara sugar or any protections to that name or style. Probably likely that a lot of things people might find are just white sugar plus molasses, but would be interesting to find a definitive answer.
Really loving your channel, keep up the good work!
Do you think I can substitute Amaro di Angostura for Amaro Nonino or are they totally different things?
Thank you! My broad and overly general response would be you can’t substitute any amaro for another. Nonino is one of the easiest drinking and “approachable” where di Angostura is more intense, but you should try it. I’m sure it will still be very delicious.
That hibiscus rum punch looks great for a party (batched)!
BTW, the description's specs are a bit off: it doesn't show that it's ½ CUP of flower, nor does it show the sparkling water.
thanks for the catch. There were like 5 more errors in there as well.
Hibiscus punch is highly crushable. If you want something that is a more of slow sipper with a bit more unique flavours I think you go elsewhere. If you want something for a scorching hot summer day this is the drink for you
So many interesting specs in the SC book. Thanks for showcasing some of your favorites. Very helpful when it's time to chose a new SC spec to try.
Between you and me I wasn't a huge fan of the Pampanito. Still worth a try and I might revisit that one one.
@@makeanddrink Thanks for the heads up. With the use of molasses syrup the Pampanito caught my eye. I'll get to several others first, but the Pampanito is on my try list. Thanks for helping me fine tune my "try it" list.
Great content as always! These both look tremendous. What are some other drinks you'd recommend with the hibiscus syrup?
Great question and I don't know the answer. This will be much stronger than your typical liqueur, definitely north of 30% ABV and I'd suggest trying it in anything and everything!
Will have another vid in the next few weeks with 2 more cocktails using the Hibiscus Liqueur
Great content as always! As a tip, you didn't cover how to make the honey syrup or molasses syrup. Easy enough but might have left some wondering. For anyone in that category, it's covered in the book... another reason to pick up this amazing book!
That's a good point but there is a story behind it. A couple months ago I filmed making EVERY single syrup in Smugglers Cove. I wouldn't say I liked the process and I hated it even more as I went to edit it. So I abandoned it. Turns out I don't enjoy making a 3 camera cooking show. As I made this video I knew I needed to share the star of the show, the Hibiscus Liqueur. I want to share just enough of the book without going overboard, but to your point, it should be at least in the recipe description which I will add right now!
@@makeanddrink Hats off to you, that's an undertaking.
8:19 realizes the shot was focused on the backbar😅
That’s what people are here for anyways.
Nice vid and lots of efforts as usual!
Would be nice to see the ingredient name a quantity written on screen both when you add it but also on b-roll at the end of the drink.
What happened to the focus at the 8:10?
Nothing gets past you. For issues regarding the focus starting at 8:10, please reach out to wtf@sony.com
Thanks for sharing knowledge, I have one question tho, does using fresh hibiscus would increase for the best the flavors of the infusion,Do you think there will be any benefits?
I don't know. I never see fresh hibiscus flowers around here but if I had the guess I'd assume the dried would provide a better flavor and way more color.
In the video you said “1/2 cup lime juice” instead of “1/2 oz” which ties to the book and the actual pour in the video :)
Yes, correct. But once the video is posted I can’t edit the audio. 1/2 oz is the correct amount unless you like the taste of batteries.
Hi Derek, one quick question: how much volume has the Snifter Glass you use for the Formidable Dragon?
It’s 16 oz beer glass, but it works well as the snifters are usually 20-22oz and require a lot more ice.
Half a cup lime juice might be a little much.... Ha!
Don't knock it until you try it!!!
as the saying goes... do what I do not as I say.
How would you describe the flavor of the amaro di angostura and would you recommend it?
It’s a much less intense angostura bitters. Something you can drink neat and not overly bitter, but you still get the gentian root, cinnamon, clove snd distinct ango flavor. To me, it’s closer to Averna than Nonino.
@@makeanddrink thank you! I’m loving the show!
is the liquor shelf stable?
I keep it in the fridge
Smugglers cove calls for 1/4oz overproof, is 3/4oz smith and cross an adjustment?
No that's just me getting it wrong. Huh... well it tastes pretty good with 3/4 oz of Smith & Cross.
Ha! Hey I’m with you, when I was looking at how much juice and sugar there is, 3/4oz of smith and cross made sense to me
1/2 of a cup of fresh lime juice, seams to be a little bit over kill on the lime juice! Lol
1/2 oz