I’ve Heard It Both Ways

• 1.0 oz. Diplomatico rum
• 1.0 oz. Ritual Sister
• 1.0 oz. Huana Guanabana liqueur
• 0.5 oz. Velvet Falernum
• 0.5 oz. lime juice
• dash of Angostura bitters
• dash of Crude Tiki Threeki bitters

Shake with ice and strain into coupe.

Ritual Sister, a smoked pineapple eue de vie, was a recent acquisition that I was looking to experiment with, and my initial instinct was to go tiki and pair it with rum. The Huana is from the same distiller who produces Kalani coconut liqueur, and presents an interesting sort of pineapple, strawberry, coconut hybrid taste.

The sweetness needed a little warming depth from the falernum, and for tart I chose lime. The two bitters balanced and smoothed things out.

The name is a reference to a running gag that was done on the Psych television show, a show that had another bit where a pineapple was hidden (well, or obviously) in every episode.

C’mon, son! Have you heard about Pluto?