My personal favorite cocktail which uses orgeat is the Japanese cocktail, which we’ve already covered in the past. My second favorite would be the Mai Tai, which we have also already covered. To present a different recipe which uses orgeat, let’s stay in the Tiki theme of the Mai Tai. When I was working on a cocktail recipe book for the Museum of the American Cocktail, I asked Jeff “Beachbum” Berry (noted Tiki Cocktail Historian) if there were a couple Tiki recipes that he felt showcased what Tiki cocktails were all about. First on his list was the Mai Tai, which I already had covered, and his second was the Fog Cutter. Like the Mai Tai, this drink comes to us from Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron, and is perhaps his second most popular cocktail. Here is the recipe that Jeff provided me:
Fog Cutter
- 2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1 oz orange juice
- 0.5 oz orgeat syrup
- 2 oz light Puerto Rican rum
- 1 oz brandy
- 0.5 oz gin
- 0.5 oz sweet sherry
Shake everything—except the sherry— with ice cubes. Pour into a tall tiki mug or chimney glass. Add more ice to fill. Float the sherry.
