Halekulani Cocktail

From the House Without a Key Lounge in the Halekulani Hotel at Waikiki Beach circa 1930s, this citrus forward whiskey-based Tiki cocktail is a summer-time crowd pleaser. Just as easy to batch up as punch for a pool party as it is to shake up individually, The Halekulani is one of only a handful of non-rum based Tiki cocktails. The dry style of the PostModern American Single Malt Whiskey balances the sweeter citrus & Grenadine notes.

Glass:

Coupe

Ingredients:

1.5 ounce PostModern Spirits American Single Malt Whiskey
0.5 ounce lemon juice
0.5 ounce orange juice
0.5 ounce pineapple juice
0.25 ounce demerara Simple Syrup*
0.5 teaspoon Grenadine**
1 dash Angostura bitters

Garnish:

Edible Orchid flower

Method:

Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into coupe – traditionally garnished with edible orchid flower.

*Combine 1 cup Demarara sugar with 1 cup water and heat until sugar melts. Cool and store in refrigeration.

**Combine 2 cups POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice with 1.5 cups sugar and heat to dissolve sugar. Off the heat add 1tsp Orange water. Store in refrigeration

Tasting Notes:

Citrus forward with sweeter notes, balanced with the drier nature of the Single Malt Whiskey

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