Classic cocktail
Test Pilot
Donn Beach's spicy rum drink from around 1941, parent of the Jet Pilot. Two rums with Cointreau, falernum, lime, and a hint of absinthe.
- Glass
- Double rocks glass
- Method
- Blend
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ingredients
- 7
Ingredients
- 1½ oz Jamaican Rum, darkMore Jamaican Rum cocktails
- ¾ oz White RumMore White Rum cocktails
- ½ oz Cointreau, 3 tspMore Cointreau cocktails
- ½ oz Falernum
- ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 6 drop Absinthe, Pernod in the original (1/8 tsp)More Absinthe cocktails
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
Garnish: Cherry on a pick
How to make it
- Add both rums, the Cointreau, falernum, lime juice, absinthe, and bitters to a blender with a cup of crushed ice.
- Flash blend for a few seconds.
- Pour unstrained into a double rocks glass.
- Garnish with a cherry on a pick.
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