The Mysterious Vixen’s Drinks (Patreon)

Consider this a bonus episode. Sort of. There are three drinks—the original Hurricane, the vixen’s version of it, and the Revolver, which is what she makes for Sarah when the wolf asks for “something sweet and strong with bourbon.”

Hurricane

Original recipe

• 3 oz. aged Jamaican rum

• 1½ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice

• 1½ oz. Fassionola (see below) or passion fruit syrup

The vixen’s tweaked version

• 1½ oz. aged Jamaican rum

• 1½ oz. Plantation “Stiggins’ Fancy” pineapple rum

• 1½ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice

• 1½ oz. passion fruit oranga guava syrup (see below)

In both cases…

Shake all the ingredients with crushed ice and pour unstrained into a hurricane glass or tumbler. Add more crushed ice if needed. Garnish with fruit speared on a slightly crumpled paper umbrella (remember, it’s been in a hurricane).

For the rum, you can use Coruba or Myers, but if you can bump up to the Appleton Signature it’d be worth it. Do not make the mysterious vixen angry by using a cheap artifically-flavored pineapple rum in her version.

Category 5: Float a half-ounce of 151-proof demarara rum, like Hamilton or Lemon Hart, on it after pouring the drink. (The drink already has two shots of rum in it, though, so this isn’t necessarily wise.)

The Syrup

The first version of the Hurricane used passion fruit syrup, and a lot of fancy tiki bars still use only that. You can find this at a lot of bigger liquor stores.

The classic New Orleans version swapped that for “Fassionola,” which is basically a red fruit punch syrup. It’s pretty hard to find, although you can order versions of it online if you poke around, as well as find recipes for it, none of which are exactly the same. (You may read that it uses the same fruits that the original Hawaiian Punch used, and be tempted to just use Hawaiian Punch. Do not.)

The vixen’s version uses a classic Hawaiian mix of passion fruit, orange, and guava flavors. You might be able to find this at a liquor store or bar supply store; Monin’s “Hawaiian Island” syrup is this combo, and there’s a few actually from Hawaii. You could also try making your own, with something like this, although be aware I haven’t actually tested this.

• 1 cup sugar

• ½ cup water

• ¾ cup passion fruit puree

• ¼ cup guava puree

• ½ cup blood orange juice

Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan. Heat over low just until sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. (You’ve just made rich simple syrup! Congratulations.) Remove from heat and stir in the fruit purees and the orange juice. Let me know if it works.

Revolver

This is a sweeter, coffee-ier version of a Manhattan, originally from San Francisco’s Bourbon & Branch bar. The name is a pun on Bulleit, the bourbon brand.

• 2 oz. Bulleit bourbon

• ½ oz. coffee liqueur

• 2 dashes orange bitters

Stir with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist, flamed if you dare.