Tikidrinks tends to have funny and mystical names that sparks your imagination- Shrunken Skull, Suffering Bastard, Polynesian Paralyzis, Zombie, Planet of the Apes, Last Rites, Mystic Lamp etc) and i think one of the most interesting names is the Missionary´s downfall.
Where and how it was named i don`t know, but i guess it must have been provocative to some. It was made by Don the Beachcomber in cirka 1948. The name of this drink was also changed to Missionary´s Doom in the cocktail menu of the newly opened Mai-Kai in 1956 in Fort Lauderdale at that time serving about 1000 customers a night. It`s one of the tastiest tikidrinks out there and is one of my favorites.
Its also one of the first tikidrinks i made for some reason. I first found it in Grog Log (page 52) I think what makes it so fresh tasting is the combination of fresh mint, fresh pineapple and peach brandy paired with a good white rum. The recipe calls for light Puerto Rican rum but that can be subbed with another good white rum.
MISSIONARY`S DOWNFALL
4 whole fresh sprigs of mint
1/2 slice fresh pineapple
1.5 oz fresh lime juice
0.5 oz peach brandy
1/4 oz simple syrup
1 oz white rum
Strip mint leaves from sprigs and discard stems. Place leaves in blender with all other ingredients and 14 ounces of crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into a hurricane glass or tall tiki mug. This drink is a dream of freshness and its light as opposed to many other tikidrinks which are very strong. (not that i mind those…)
Okole maluna!
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What brand of peach brandy do you recommend?
Here we can only get DeKuyper and from Germany i can get Bols. Not sure what to recommend, try different ones;-)
But i`m thinking of making my own though, it should prove tastier.
I have DeKuyper’s, but am not overly fond of it. Brizard makes one ( http://bit.ly/MBP ), and normally I like their liqueurs, but I haven’t heard particularly good things about that one. I’d be interested in hearing how a home-made version turned out.
I was just going to ask the same question… is there any good peach brandy out there? How reasonable is to to sub an apricot?
I use apricot brandy in my Missionary`s Downfall when i`m out of peach brandy, (we have DeKuyper here only) i think it works ok. I have seen several recipes on the net for making homemade peach brandy, i think i`ll try that in the summer.