Ed Hamilton has brought the US a number of special rums over the years. This recipe, the final result of much tinkering, is designed to spotlight two of them. Enjoy!
HAMILTON SPECIAL DAIQUIRI
2 oz. Hamilton Guyana Rum
.5 oz. Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum
.75 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
.25 oz. simple syrup
.25 oz. honey syrup
5 drops ‘Elemakule Tiki Bitters
Shake with plenty of ice until very, very, very cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Barry Lyndon [1975]
1. A plugget of tow.
2. “I volunteer.”
3. A toy carriage pulled along by two sheep.
Autumn Sonata [1978]
1. “A mother and a daughter. What a terrible combination of emotions and confusion and destruction.”
2. Glowing green eyes. Red-rimmed eyes.
3. He closes the envelope but does not seal it.
For Your Eyes Only [1981]
1. “I adore grateful men.”
2. He smuggles pistachios.
3. They plunge through the stained glass window.
2010 [1984]
1. Dusty hull.
2. Red calculator.
3. “I understand now, Dr. Chandra. Thank you for telling me the truth.”
“You deserve it.”
Keeper of the Flame [1943]
1. A junior-sized football.
2. “But I didn’t warn him. Because it came to me. A clean death in the rain was the best thing that could happen to Robert Forrest.”
3. Smoke swirling around them, he almost kisses her. Almost.
Trog [1970]
1. A sort of jumpsuit/smock with lapels on both the front and back.
2. Dinosaur flashback.
3. Impaled on a stalagmite.
Oh, Joan. She really should have called it a day after Night Gallery. What an amazingly poor, ineptly written film.
Inside Daisy Clover [1965]
1. Evening. Near the beach. Sitting outside at a card table with a small lamp on it. The breeze stirs the ribbon in her hair. A worried look on her face.
2. Looping breakdown. ADR booth, film loop, the screen as a prison. Near silence but for the rumbling marimbas.
3. “That’s the new lover. I didn’t get his name, but he sounds charming. Your husband never could resist a charming boy.”
It doesn’t quite work … but it really has something …
RandomCha 