Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide, 1947

photo: Alexa Bendek
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Recipe

A Trader Vic original, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is Vic’s tiki-fied version of the Daiquiri. Instead of one-dimensional simple syrup, Vic substituted orange curaçao and spiced falernum to intensify the tropical flavors and presumably translate the feeling of a Caribbean port-of-call.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces rum (preferably El Dorado 5 Year)
  • 2 ounces rum (preferably El Dorado 5 Year)
  • 1/2 ounce falernum
  • 1/2 ounce falernum
  • 1/4 ounce orange curacao (preferably Pierre Ferrand)
  • 1/4 ounce orange curacao (preferably Pierre Ferrand)
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice

Garnish: lime wheel

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass.
  2. Add ice and shake until chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Tagged: falernum, rum, sour, Tiki, Trader Vic, tropical, Velvet Falernum

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