Powder Monkey

• 1.5 oz. Planteray Guyana rum
• 0.5 oz. Probitas rum
• 0.5 oz . chicory liqueur (Tamworth Blue Lion)
• 0.25 oz. crème de banane (Tempus Fugit)
• 0.25 oz. coffee liqueur (St. George NOLA)

Stir with ice and strain into glass.

I haven’t done a lot with the chicory, so this was a bit of play to see where I could utilize it. The coffee might have come first, as it brings me back to the chicory and coffee of NOLA. I think banana is a nice sweet pairing, and this all together screamed rum, so eventually I landed at this split between the Guyana and Probitas.

I don’t know how many more monkey names I have in me for banana drinks, but I’ll keep them coming. A powder monkey was a young boy hauling gunpowder to cannons on old sea vessels. And I’m sure they drank the rum as heartily as the old sea dogs.