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Polynesian Forty-Niner

Whiskey Pearl Diver–style shake with pear brandy and Gardenia Mix—home build after False Idol’s published ingredient notes.

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Notes

Menu-Inspired Adaptation
Inspired by False Idol’s Pearl Diver riff. Home-bar ounces. May differ from the official house recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz (chai-orange infused) Bourbon
  • ½ oz Pear brandy
  • ½ oz Don’s Gardenia Mix (honey-butter spice)
  • ¾ oz Fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ oz Orange juiceBuy

Dress it up

  • Cocktail umbrellas & bamboo picks (optional)Buy
  • Assorted drink umbrellas & firework picks (optional)Buy

Alcoholic ingredients are never linked.

Serve in

Ceramic tiki mug

Sculptural home-tiki pour with room for crushed ice

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Method

  1. Use orange-chai infused bourbon if you can (or plain bourbon + chai spice).
  2. Blend bourbon, pear brandy, Gardenia Mix, lemon, and orange with crushed ice ~5 seconds.
  3. Strain over fresh crushed ice.

Photo: KC Shum · Unsplash License (generic night bar)

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