Description
Premium craft rum from Goa using quality Indian sugarcane, aged in oak barrels. 'Maka Zai' means 'I want more' in Konkani. Features vanilla/spice aftertaste.
Restaurants serving Maka Zai (Goa Amber Craft Rum)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Craft Rum(Gold)
- Ginger Ale
- Lime
- Cinnamon stick
- Ice
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 90ml Maka Zai Gold Rum (Tribute Edition), 300ml ginger ale (or ginger beer), massive pure ice (large rock ice),
- fresh lime wedges,
- cinnamon sticks.
- At sophisticated craft cocktail bars in Mumbai/Goa, prepare
- wide-mouthed tumbler glasses.
- Pile beautiful hard-to-melt pure ice to glass rims.
- While gazing at 'Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Goa symbol)' drawn on bottle label, quietly pour 45ml each of amber 'Maka Zai Gold Rum' aged in oak barrels.
- Bringing face to glass at this point, sweet aromas of praline/vanilla/honey mixed with slight 'warm spice aromas like cinnamon/nutmeg' escape the nose.
- Pour quality ginger ale (or ginger beer) having sharp heat to glass rim avoiding hitting ice.
- Squeeze fresh lime tight, dropping peel into glass.
- Finally, thrust
- 'cinnamon stick' per glass instead of muddler, stirring just once from bottom to highlight aroma. Supreme tropical cocktail for adults resetting mouth with rum's mellow sweetness and ginger heat after eating spicy Pork Vindaloo (Goa pork dish).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
(Spice aroma derived from rum)、Cinnamon stick
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Captain Morgan Spiced Rum (as spiced gold rum sub)
Pairing
Pork Vindaloo、Spicy seafood、Dark chocolate
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Maka Zai' means 'I want more' in Goa's local language (Konkani). Drawing a line from popular rums like Old Monk, pioneer of 'Indian Premium Rum' obsessing over quality sugarcane/oak barrel aging. Has White Rum (Bartender's Edition) and Gold Rum (Tribute Edition); both possess solid bodies/complex aromas unbeaten by intense flavors of Indian spice dishes.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Drinking] Apply little 'black pepper' and 'salt' to glass rim (snow style), highlighting rum sweetness with intense spices licking sip by sip on the rocks!
Allergen
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