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A full-flavoured, tangy Daiquiri with faint clove spice.

Created at the eponymous club, established in Bermuda in 1844 and largely frequented by British Army Officers. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail first appears in Crosby Gaige's 1941 Cocktail Guide & Ladies' Companion as the favourite cocktail of Mary Mabon, then a writer for Harper's Bazaar fashion magazine.

Mary Mabon This lady, and make no mistake about it, she is, might have assumed any one of many rôles in life. She might have been Ethel Barrymore in Captain Jinks or Maude Adams in Peter Pan or Galen or George Sand or almost anyone except Fanny Farmer. She writes for Harper's Bazaar in aureate phrases with a golden pen, and I hope her publisher pays her accordingly. Mrs. Mabon first met up with her favourite concoction at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton, Bermuda. It is currently considered one of the best rum drinks on the island. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail 3 parts Barbados Rum 1 part Lime Juice ½ part Falernum of Sugar Syrup Dash of Cointreau or Brandy Shake with plenty of ice and strain into cocktail glass. With such a drink the plantanitos fritos (fried banana chips) and the Taro chips that are new on the market are appetizing. Serve with these very small, not stuffed, green aniseed olives on a bed of crushed ice with the juice of half a lime squeezed over them. Crosby Gaige, Cocktail Guide & Ladies' Companion, 1941

Our recipe adapted from Victor Bergeron 's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide .

ROYAL BERMUDA YACHT CLUB COCKTAIL 1½ ounces Barbados rum ½ ounce lime juice ¼ ounce Falernum 1 dash Cointreau Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, 1972

One serving of Royal Bermuda Yacht Club contains 211 calories .

Alcohol content:

• 2.7 units of alcohol
• 20.31% alc./vol. (40.62° proof)
• 21.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

Trader vic’s bartender’s guide , 1947.

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A Trader Vic original, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is Vic’s tiki-fied version of the Daiquiri . Instead of one-dimensional simple syrup, Vic substituted orange curaçao and spiced falernum to intensify the tropical flavors and presumably translate the feeling of a Caribbean port-of-call.

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Ingredients.

• 2 ounces rum (preferably El Dorado 5 Year)
• 1/2 ounce falernum
• 1/4 ounce orange curacao (preferably Pierre Ferrand)
• 3/4 ounce lime juice

Garnish: lime wheel

• Add all ingredients to a mixing glass.
• Add ice and shake until chilled.
• Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
• Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail Recipe

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Before there was tiki, there was tropical. Back in the 1930s and early '40s, as Don the Beachcomber was spawning what was to become a wave of openings of Polynesian palaces, bartenders and restaurateurs were filling up their liquor shelves with rum and experimenting with new concoctions.

One of the earliest to be influenced by the Beachcomber was Victor Bergeron, who saw what Donn Beach had started in L.A. and took the idea home to Oakland, revamping his old Hinky Dinks watering hole and renaming it Trader Vic's . In 1947, Bergeron published Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide , an extensive recipe guide detailing hundreds of drinks, including many proto-tiki mixes that reflected the experimentation that had been going on in earlier years.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail has a few of the tropical essentials: first, it's based on rum; second, its flavor is fleshed out with fresh lime juice and the little-known syrup called falernum ; and third, the name has both Caribbean and nautical overtones. It's a few steps short of a full-blown Nui Nui, Sumatra Kula or Pearl Diver's Punch, but there's no shame in that. On a warm spring day, when the mood for something bright and tropical hits you but you're not quite up for breaking into full luau mode, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail fits the bill quite nicely.

Recipe Details

Ingredients

2 ounces  Barbados rum (Mount Gay and Cockspur are common, and good, brands)

3/4 ounce fresh lime juice

2 dashes Cointreau

2 teaspoons falernum *

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well for 10 seconds, strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Falernum can be hard to find, but it’s not impossible. Velvet Falernum is a lightly alcoholic version sold in liquor stores, while Fee Brothers makes a non-alcoholic falernum that can be found in some liquor stores and specialty food stores. If you’re still stumped, or just looking for that homemade touch, it’s quite easy to make your own .

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail Recipe – Delightful

Royal bermuda yacht club cocktail, a drink to impress the admiral.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail is a variation on a daiquiri. It is made with Barbados Rum, Lime Juice, Falernum . As a more complex and spiced take on the daiquiri it is paradise in a tropical drink.

It is easy to imagine sitting on deck watching the sunset on the horizon while sipping one of these.

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The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club was established in 1844. That makes it one of the world’s oldest yacht clubs to hold a Royal warrant. The drink that bears the club’s name may have been sipped by sugar planters and retired British Naval officers on the decks of their fantail yachts. Maybe not. There doesn’t seem to be any definitive history. We do know it was made popular by Trader Vic’s as an early variation on the daiquiri.

The drink substitutes the more complex Falernum for simple syrup. It also add Cointreau to the mix. This drink is more restrained than the baroque tiki drinks that Trader Vic’s later became known for. Drink it on the deck of your yacht while wearing a bikini and heels, or a white dinner jacket. Listen to yacht rock. Enjoy.    

How to Make a Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

• Style of Cocktail – Daisy
• Base Spirit – Rum
• Modifier – Cointreau
• Sweetener – Falernum

Flavor Description

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail is a tart lime and spice variation on a Daiquiri. Falernum brings allspice, clove and ginger notes to the cocktail.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail hits the high notes of tropical ingredients. Obviously, rum. Then it has the combination of fresh lime juice and falernum. It is not a full blown tiki extravaganza like the Pearl Diver’s Punch. If you’re looking for something restrained yet nautical to impress the club’s Admiral at the annual sail past, this will do the job.

• Rum – Barbados rum is the classic choice here. Mount Gay is a popular choice with sailors. It has a long history sponsoring regattas and sailing events. Try it with Mount Gay Extra Old. It is an excellent rum. Cockspur is the other widely available Barbados rum. It is also an excellent choice.
• Falernum – Falernum is the essential ingredient in a number of tiki drinks. Once a closely guarded secret, it has become a mainstay ingredient for many bartenders. The best falernum is the one you make yourself .

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail Recipe

• 2 oz. aged Barbados rum
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz. Cointreau
• 1/2 oz. falernum
• grated nutmeg for garnish
• Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
• Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.
• Fine strain the cocktail into a chilled coupe glass.
• Grate fresh nutmeg over drink to garnish.

Falernum is a spiced almond and lime syrup. There are commercial versions available, but they can be difficult to find. Making your own does take a few days to make. It is totally worth it.

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The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail is a beautifully conceived tribute to its island namesake, blending classical and tropical elements with finesse. The combination of tart lime juice and smooth white rum sets a refreshing base, while the warmth of falernum and a whisper of orange liqueur envelop the palate in a subtly spiced, aromatic embrace that truly makes this drink a celebration of Bermuda's yachting elegance.

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What is the origin of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail?

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail is a classic cocktail that pays homage to the prestigious yacht club founded in Bermuda in 1844. The cocktail's creation is credited to Trader Vic's 1947 Bartender’s Guide, reflecting the tropical and British influences prevalent in Bermuda's culture.

Can I substitute another type of rum if I don't have white rum?

Yes, substitutions can be made, although they will slightly alter the flavor profile. A light-aged rum or a different clear rum can be used as a substitute. Darker rums can also be used but expect a richer, slightly more complex taste.

Is this cocktail suitable for someone who prefers sweet drinks?

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail offers a balanced flavor with a slight sweetness from the falernum and orange liqueur, complemented by the tartness of the lime juice. If you have a sweet tooth, you might find it enjoyable, but it's not overly sweet.

How should I serve the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail?

This cocktail should be served cold, ideally shaken with ice and then strained into a cocktail glass. You can garnish it with a lime wheel or twist to enhance its presentation and add a bit of citrus aroma.

What is falernum, and is there a substitute if I don't have it?

Falernum is a sweet syrup used in Caribbean and tropical drinks, combining flavors of ginger, lime, almond, and sometimes cloves or allspice. If you don't have falernum, you can make a simple substitute with a mix of simple syrup, almond extract, and lime zest, although the flavor won't be exactly the same.

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

Ingredients.

• 60 ml aged rum (Barbados or Demerara)
• 15 ml falernum
• 7.5 ml Curaçao
• 22.5 ml lime juice

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.

Shake until chilled.

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a lime wheel.

If you can't find falernum in your area, note that there are several DIY recipes across the internet. It's usually made from rum, lime zest, and several spices that should be easy to get.

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Most likely created at the club of the same name in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The oldest printed reference to the recipe comes from Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide & Ladies Companion (1941). In it, it is described as "one of the best rum drinks on the island".

The cocktail was then popularized by Trader Vic, and published in his 1947 book Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic. It is this association, and the particular ingredients being used, that often moves this recipe to Tiki territory, and it is commonly described as a "Tikified Daiquiri".

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club was established on November 1, 1844 by a group of British Royal Navy officers and Bermudian sailors. These sailors would often partake in match racing, where two boats would go against one another with a hefty sum being wagered.

Ironically enough, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club cocktail is not currently featured in the Club's menu .

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients   .

• 60 mL Demerera Rum 2 oz
• 7.5 mL Orange Curacao ie. Pierre Ferrand) ¼ oz
• 22.5 mL Fresh Lime Juice ¾ oz
• 15 ml Falernum ½ oz

Instructions  

• Combine all ingredients into your cocktail shaker
• Shake with ice
• Strain into a chilled coupe glass
• Garnish with a lime wheel

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Island Classics: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

First of all, with a name like the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail, how could you not be entranced by this drink? Second, if you’ve ever been looking for an excuse to pick up a bottle of John D. Taylor’s Velvet Falernum, here’s your opportunity. Speaking of falernum, if you’re not familiar with it, the girl at the register of my favorite wine and spirits shop in Baltimore says it tastes like Christmas, but oily. It’s a description I endorse and would only add that, to me, falernum smells like a cinnamon broom and tastes like a melted black gum drop. You know the ones. But I digress.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail caught my eye, as more than a handful of drinks before it, while thumbing through Dr. Cocktail’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails in search of inspiration. Like many drinks that evoke tiny tropical islands, it too is one of Trader Vic’s creations, though it predates many of his recipes considered to be in a genuine tiki style. And truth be told, being left out of the tiki category probably would have been just fine with the 30 or so gentlemen from the 20th Regiment of the British Army, who founded the real Royal Bermuda Yacht Club way back in 1844. It’s a fancy place and browsing their website, I’d wager it was not named ironically like some modern establishments I’ve visited along the banks of an EPA Superfund cleanup site.

The cocktail, like its namesake, is elegant. I found it to possess a good deal of subtlety, owing in no small measure to the falernum. I will confess to first mixing it “incorrectly” with a Jamaican rum before trying it out to spec with the Mount Gay and can say without hesitation that the Mount Gay adds more warmth and depth to the drink than I tasted with the Jamaican rum. Finally, I’m not the first–and probably won’t be the last–to wonder why this drink, despite its name, calls for a Barbados rum rather than one from Bermuda. It’s a small loose end, and while it might be interesting to know, it won’t stop me from enjoying this cocktail.

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

2 oz. Mount Gay Eclipse Rum 1 oz. Lime Juice 1/2 oz. Cointreau 1/2 oz. John D. Taylor’s Velvet Falernum Lime wheel for garnish

Combine the lime juice, falernum, cointreau, and rum in a mixing glass. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

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"Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails", Ted Haigh. pg 241

• Not as different from a normal daquiri as I expected.
• Tried with the Educated Barfly specs (2oz rum, .75 oz lime, .5oz falernum, .25oz orange liqueur) and it was delicious and nicely balanced for me.
• Also good with more falernum (1/2 oz) and orange curacao (1/4 oz).
• I loved the recipe from PDT as it appears in Mixel: 2 oz rum (I used El Dorado 15), 1 oz lime juice, 1/2 oz Cointreau, 1.2 Velvet falernum. Shake, strain, garnish with lime wheel.
• 3cl Lime Juice, 1,5cl Falernum, 1,5cl Orange Liqueur
• Made it with Punch proportions, aged Havana Club, PFDC.
• Haigh recipe emphasizes rum with 2 ds triple sec and 2 tsps Falernum and 3/4 oz lime.
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Good but I found it a bit tart, cut it back to heavy 1/2 oz and found it to be better balanced

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1/4 ounce orange curacao (preferably Pierre Ferrand)

3/4 ounce lime juice

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is a vintage cocktail made with a combination of rum, orange liqueur, lime juice, and falernum liqueur. In order to prepare it, all ingredients should simply be shaken with ice, then strained into a chilled cocktail glass. If desired, the drink can be garnished with a lime wheel. This pre-Tiki cocktail was originally invented by Trader Vic at the eponymous club. The club was established in 1844, and it was often frequented by British Army Officers.

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is a vintage cocktail made with a combination of rum, orange liqueur, lime juice, and falernum liqueur. In order to prepare it, all ingredients should simply be shaken with ice, then strained into a chilled cocktail glass.

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The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail is built squarely on a tropical Caribbean foundation—despite the fact that Bermuda is hundreds of miles out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The drink combines rum, lime, and sugar—the combination Jeff Berry refers to as “the Holy Trinity of Caribbean mixology”—but the sweetness is applied in the form of nutty, gingery falernum syrup and orange liqueur.

We have Crosby Gaige to thank for the original formula. I haven’t been able to learn if he invented the drink—or was ever even in Bermuda—or just picked it up somewhere. It first shows up in his 1941 Cocktail Guide and Ladies Home Companion .

• 3 parts Barbados Rum
• 1 part Lime Juice
• ½ part Falernum or sugar syrup
• 1 dash Cointreau or Brandy

Shake with plenty of ice and strain into cocktail glass.

I don’t think Gaige knew how he wanted this drink to work. He had the basic formula down, but his ambivalence about sweeteners is striking. First of all, there’s a big flavor difference between plain sugar syrup and nutty, spicy, sometimes gingery falernum. Cointreau is a sweet, orange flavored liqueur, and brandy isn’t.

What th’…?

Fortunately, the RBYC cocktail caught “Trader Vic” Bergeron’s imagination. Vic was considerably more decisive than Gaige, and more interested in driving flavor with his sweeteners. He ditched the simple syrup option, and banished the brandy alternative. Even though a single dash of either Cointreau or brandy makes little change in the drink, sweet, orange Cointreau was his flavor adjuster of choice.

When Vic was done with it, the RBYC was clearly a proto-tiki drink, halfway between the straightforward Daiquiri and the more ornate, complex tiki drinks that would be his hallmark.

My problem with both versions  is the single dash of Cointreau. Its orange note is too faint, and gets buried under the falernum and lime. The RBYC works much better with more of the orange coming through.

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

• 1½ oz Mount Gay Eclipse Amber rum
• ½ oz fresh lime juice
• ¼ oz Falernum (John D. Taylor Velvet Falernum)
• ¼ oz Clement Creole Shrubb

Shake with ice until cold; strain into chilled cocktail stem. Optionally, garnish with lime.

It’s intriguing that this drink has always called for Barbados rum. Mount Gay Eclipse Amber seems to be the rum of choice for the Royal Bermuda—it’s a perfect match for the RBYC flavor mix. Other rums also work—on a whim, I made this with Eldorado 12 demerara, and it worked nicely, though the sweetness wanted to submerge the falernum—but the Barbados rums seem to be just right.

The only falernum I have easy access to in my market is the Taylor Velvet, so I don’t know what adjustments you need if you have another brand. (The Taylor Velvet Falernum is very good, but it’s something you can make at home; I’ve been promising myself I would try that.)

As for the original recipe’s Cointreau: I’m a proponent of curaçaos made on the same spirit base as the drink I’m mixing. In this case, that means Clement’s Creole Shrubb, which is an orange liqueur with a rum base. It’s soft and well-made, and blends well with the Mount Gay.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail is a delightful sour, more complex than the Daiquiri. The nose is similar, but with a spicy overtone. As with any sour, the trick is to hold the citrus and the sugar in balance, so that neither dominates your sensation of the drink. The first taste sensation is the dryness of the rum and the sharp notes of the lime, and then the sweet spiciness of the falernum rounds out the flavor. The weakest link is the curaçao, which seems to be something of a wallflower even with the increased portion. I’m guessing it’s there in some supporting role, and ties the rest of the flavors together, sort of the way a dash of bitters completes many drinks. The aftertaste is long, and mostly about the lime and spice.

The theatrical side of me has always thought it would be a fine fashion statement to have a yacht, and I suspect I’m not alone in that. As it turns out, the odds are slim to none that I will ever make that statement, but as it turns out, I don’t really mind. I’d like to think that if I had the money to support a yacht, I’d find something more constructive to do with it.

But the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail, that’s a different thing. It’s delicious, it has an evocative name, and I can afford it. And summer is coming to Minnesota. I have this handsome little tropical cocktail in my hand. I can feel the sun, I can hear the wind in the rigging, and the rush of water past the hull…

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club – Martini

About the recipe.

Do you need a blue sky holiday? Yes, then treat yourself with a fabulous Royal Bermuda Yacht Club libation. The RBYC cocktail is from the private Bermuda Yacht Club that was established in November 1844. It is a zesty martini combining white rum with Cointreau, lemon juice, and the Caribbean syrup, Falernum. The classic recipe call for Gosling Bermuda dark rum.

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The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail was originally developed by Trader Vic, as his Tiki version of the Daiquiri. It can be made with either White Rum or Gold, but whichever you choose, make sure you bring onboard Cointreau, Falernum and Lime Juice.

Ingredients

• 2 oz. 60ml El Dorado 5 Year Rum
• 0.5 oz. 15ml Falernum
• 0.25 oz. 8ml Pierre Ferrand Orange Curacao
• 0.75 oz. 23ml Lime Juice

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Instructions.

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice and fine strain into a chilled Coupe glass

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

A rum drink with a long name, it’s the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail:

2.00 ounces Barbados Rum 0.75 ounce lime juice 2 dashes Cointreau 2 teaspoons Falernum Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Just like gin and lemon are meant for each other, a similar thing can be said for rum and lime.

The big addition to the Royal Bermuda is Falernum . Falernum is a sweet syrup that has a slightly spicy flavor, but nothing like the Allspice Dram in drinks like the Lion’s Tail . It’s named after a British club established in 1844.

This drink is kind of a proto-Tiki drink but it isn’t as strong nor as complex later drinks would be. It’s tasty.

Rating: 4/5

Notes: This drink calls specifically for Barbados Rum. My friend Justin the cocktail chef uses Mount Gay as his go-to rum, so that I what I used here. The Falernum comes from Fee Brothers .

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club – das Cocktail-Rezept für den Tiki-Daiquiri

Das Rezept für den Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

• 6 cl Rum (bevorzugt Barbados Rum)
• 3 cl Limettensaft
• 1,5 cl Falernum
• 0,5 cl Triple Sec
• 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Alle Zutaten zusammen in einen Shaker voller Eis geben und ordentlich shaken. Anschließend in eine vorgekühlte Coupette oder ein Martiniglas abseihen. Mit einer Limettenzeste die Oberfläche des Drinks abspritzen (mit der Schale zum Drink einfach knicken). Trinken.

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

Glas & barwerkzeuge.

• 6 cl gereifter Rum (bevorzugt Barbados Rum)
• 3 cl Limettensaft
• 1,5 cl Falernum
• 0,5 cl Triple Sec
• 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Zubereitung

• Alle Zutaten zusammen in einen Shaker voller Eis geben und ordentlich shaken.
• Anschließend in eine vorgekühlte Coupette oder ein Martiniglas abseihen.
• Mit einer Limettenzeste die Oberfläche des Drinks abspritzen (mit der Schale zum Drink einfach knicken).

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Die Story hinter dem Yachtclub-Cocktail

Bevor wir uns jetzt den Details des Rezepts zuwenden, dem “Welcher Rum?” und dem “Was is’n Falernum?” beantworten wir erstmal die Meta-Fragen für Cocktail-Nerds. Zum Beispiel: “Wieso heißt’n der so?” Der Royal Bermuda Yacht Club ist benannt nach dem gleichnamigen Yachtclub auf den Bermudas. Der wurde Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts von britischen Navy-Offizieren gegründet und besteht bis heute. Das “Royal” verdiente sich der Verein über Prince Albert, den Ehemann der britischen Königin Victoria. Ihr wisst schon, die Dame, wegen der wir vom viktorianischen Zeitalter sprechen. Klingelt nix? Steampunk-Fans hier? Ach, auch egal.

Bekannt geworden ist der Drink durch Victor Bergeron, auch bekannt als Trader Vic und neben Don the Beachcomber wohl DIE Galionsfigur der Tiki-Bewegung in den 50ern und 60ern in den USA. Anders als viele behaupten, hat Vic den Royal Bermuda Yacht Club aber nicht erfunden: Schon einige Jahre, bevor er ihn 1947 in Trader Vic’s Bartender Guide festhielt, fand man den Drink im Cocktail Guide and Ladies Home Companion von Crosby Gaige. Der allerdings mixte seinen Drink gerne auch mal mit Zuckersirup statt Falernum und Brandy statt Triple Sec – was sich Trader Vic in seiner Variante höflichst verbat. Dass Bergeron den Drink deutlich ernster nahm als Gaige brachte ihm dann wohl auch den Ruhm dafür ein. Apropos Ru(h)m – kommen wir zu den Zutaten.

Wieso mixen wir diesen Cocktail genau so und nicht anders?

Wir haben mit diesem Drink relativ lange experimentiert – auch, wenn die Grundzutaten immer gleich sind, gibt es hier Dutzende Rezepte im Netz. Alle mit leicht unterschiedlichen Mengenangaben, mal mit und ohne Cocktail Bitters . Wir haben lange herumexperimentiert und dabei extrem viele Rohrkrepierer gemixt. Anders als beim einfacheren Daiquiri , in dem im Wesentlichen der Rum den Unterschied macht, müssen hier viele, sehr eigene Zutaten zueinanderfinden. Das funktioniert natürlich vor allem über die Mengenverhältnisse. Das Rezept oben ist dasjenige, mit dem wir am besten gefahren sind. Besonders wichtig sind dabei die Bitters – ohne sie funktioniert der Drink für viele unserer Tester nicht.

Der perfekte Rum für den Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

Auch, wenn Bermuda im Namen vorkommt, verlangen praktisch alle Rezepte nach Barbados-Rum. Goldenem Barbados-Rum genauer gesagt, also gereiftem. Der Hintergrund ist, dass Barbados-Rum besonders gut mit der Aromatik des Falernum funktionieren soll. Typischer Barbados-Rum hat – zumindest für den Einsteiger – zwar nicht ganz den hohen Wiedererkennungswert etwa eines Jamaikaners, trotzdem ist das im Großen und Ganzen schon richtig. Schließlich basiert auch das Nationalgetränk der Insel, der Corn N’ Oil auf genau jener Kombination von Falernum und Barbados Rum.

Was wir wissen: Mit dem Mount Gay Eclipse Rum aus Barbados (super Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, liegt unter 20 Euro) funktioniert der Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail hervorragend. Er ist vergleichsweise würzig  und schmiegt sich gut an die Liköre an. Freilich – der eine oder andere Foursquare Rum tut das noch einen Tacken raffinierter, wir empfehlen dann jedoch zu Fassstärken zu greifen, damit der Rum in einem derart edlen Royal Bermuda dann auch den Ton angeben kann. Natürlich funktioniert der Drink aber auch mit diversen gereiften Rums,  die nicht aus Barbados stammen. Wenn eure Cocktail-Gläser zu klein sind, könnt ihr die Menge an Rum auf 5 cl drücken. Der Drink funktioniert beinahe genauso gut und mit unserem Rezept wird unser vergleichsweise schon recht großes Glas doch ziemlich voll.

Falernum und Triple Sec

Falernum ist nichts, das jeder einfach so zu Hause hat, für diverse Tiki-Drinks ist er aber unerlässlich. Hervorragend funktionieren vor allem der Amber Falernum und der Revolte Falernum (Letzterer etwas frischer, mit mehr Ingwer). Das intensive, weihnachtliche Aroma des Likörs geht im Drink selbst in einer würzige Breite auf, die toll mit der Säure der Limette funktioniert. Etwas komplexer ist dagegen die Sache mit dem Triple Sec.

Während wir bei anderen Drinks oft das Gefühl haben, dass der Orangenlikör kaum bis gar keinen Einfluss auf das fertige Ergebnis hat (“Hauptsache Orange!”), braucht der Royal Bermuda Yacht Club durchaus eine angemessene Orangen-Note, um alle anderen Geschmacksnuancen mit nach oben zu ziehen. Entsprechend nehmen wir auch etwas mehr Triple Sec als in anderen Rezepten üblich und setzen auf intensiven Cointreau statt einer Billig-Marke.

Der  richtige Umgang mit den Limetten

In frühen Rezepten wird dieser Drink mit einem Limette-Rum-Verhältnis von 3:1 gemixt, das drehte sich später auf 2:1 – zum Glück. Tests mit lediglich 2 cl Limettensaft leiden tatsächlich massiv unter der Säure-Armut und sind einfach deutlich zu süß. Entsprechend arbeiten wir nach den ersten fehlgeschlagenen Versuchen durchgehend mit 3 cl Limettensaft für den Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.

Weil auch das noch nicht ganz ausreicht, spritzen wir die Oberfläche des Cocktails zum Schluss noch mit einer Limettenzeste ab, um dem Drink einen leichten zusätzlichen Hauch von Limette zu geben. Dass wir die Zeste danach nicht in den Drink werfen, hat optische Gründe: Dieses in diesem Fall sehr spezielle grün-gelb sieht in unseren Augen seltsam aus. Außerdem ist mit dem Abspritzen olfaktorisch schon alles Relevante getan. Hört auf zu kichern.

Kein Royal Bermuda Yacht Club ohne Cocktail Bitters

Man mag es bei der Aromendichte kaum glauben, aber jeder einzelne Royal Bermuda, den wir ohne Bitters probiert haben, schmeckte nach “Da fehlt was.”. Irgendwie flach und verloren. Die klassischen Angostura Bitters verleihen dem Drink eine enorme Tiefe, holen die Würze von Rum und Falernum nach oben und sorgen dafür, dass das Ding nicht einfach nach einer süßsauren Limettensaftschorle mit einem Hauch von Zimt schmeckt.

Allerdings haben wir auch gute Ergebnisse mit Orange Bitters erzielt und mit Ferdinand’s Bitters Rubinette Apple – Lemon Thyme noch eine leichte Frucht-Note mit reingebracht, die dem Drink auch gut steht und ihn weniger wie ein klassisch-herbes Cocktail-Rezept wirken lässt. Tatsächlich sind es aber genau die Bitters, die in den klassischen Rezepten nicht dabei sind; wer ohne zurecht kommt, dem sei es also gegönnt. Aber wir trinken unseren Royal Bermuda Yacht Club wohl nie wieder ohne.

Zuletzt überarbeitet am 20.10.2023

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9 Kommentare

Habe den ROYAL BERMUDA YACHT CLUB gestern nach genau diesem Rezept hier gemixt 🙂

Beim Probieren fehlte mir spontan zunächst die Süße und ich empfand ihn als recht sauer. Komischerweise hatte ich einen viel süßeren Drink erwartet.

Habe dann mit noch etwas Falernum und Cointreau (in meinem Fall war es Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao) experimentiert. Zum Schluss dann noch etwas mehr Rum und schon hatte ich einen wahrscheinlich vollkommen anderen, aber sehr leckeren Cocktail! 🙂 Ich muss dazu sagen, dass ich keinen Barbados Rum hatte und stattdessen auf den GOSLINGS Rum von den Bermudas zurückgegriffen habe. Also alles in allem ein wirklich völlig anderer Drink.

Er hat mir trotzdem gefallen und ich werde mir den Mount Gay mal mitbestellen und ihn nochmal im Original mixen. Werde dann berichten! 🙂

Beim Angostura Bitters muss ich den Verfassern auf jeden Fall zustimmen! Auch in meiner Mischung gaben die Bitters dem Drink eine herrliche Tiefe!

Beste Grüße vom Kapitän_Knaak

Hab den Drink auch die Tage nachgemixt und mir war der auch etwas zu sauer! Hab deshalb einen Teelöffel Zuckersirup hinzugefügt, damit war’s dann lecker. Man muss sich auf jeden Fall erst an die Säure gewonnen, wenn man sonst eher Daiquiris und Co. gewohnt ist. 😀 Etwas mehr Falernum ist aber sicherlich auch eine Option, das probiere ich beim nächsten Mal. Hab den von Revolte, möglicherweise ist der ja auch weniger süß als andere.

Revolte ist auf jeden Fall würziger als süß, ich würde da tatsächlich auch dazu tendieren, 0,5 bis 1 cl mehr mit reinzugeben. Wobei er dann eventuell fast schon etwas intensiv durchkommen wird – was mich jetzt aber nicht stören würde, ich mag ihn 🙂

Hi Captain,

danke für’s Feedback, freut mich, wenn du Spaß mit dem Drink hattest, auch wenn das Rezept für dich nicht ganz so funktioniert :). Unsere Variante oben könnte für den ein oder anderen tatsächlich etwas zu sauer sein, da dürfte auch der Rum nicht allzu viel ändern – grade leider keinen Gosling’s da für den Gegencheck :). Eventuell hattest du auch besonders intensive Limetten? Die sind ja gern mal tagesformabhängig. So oder so freue ich mich auf dein Ergebnis mit dem Barbados!

Liebe Grüße Johann

Heute zweiter Versuch …nicht mit dem Mount Gay, dafür mit dem PLANTATION BARBADOS 5 YEARS. Furchtbar lecker! 🙂 – und heute auch nicht zu sauer! 🙂

Ich finde den Bitter Truth Golden Falernum übrigens wirklich gut. Der ist im Vergleich zum Velvet Falernum echt mal ganz besonders anders!

LG vom Kapitän

…wie wäre es übrigens mal mit einer Verkostung (+ Rezeptvorschläge) des leider leckeren STIGGINS’ FANCY PLANTATION PINEAPPLEß!? 🙂

Jap, ich bin auch ein großer Fan des Bitter Truth Falernum. Diese pur sehr weihnachtliche Note macht in den Tikis doch irre viel aus. Zum Plantation Pineapple: Steht auf der Longlist – aber da stehen auch noch irre viele andere gute Sachen :/. In den nächsten Monaten sehe ich für diesen Rum also leider schwarz. Dafür werden die nächsten Wochen generell recht rumlastig – und ein paar andere Plantation Rums haben wir da auch noch auf der Kette 🙂

Vielen Dank mal wieder für das Rezept, ihr habt wirklich einen der besten Blogs zum Thema, man schämt sich ja mittlerweile fast für all die tollen Tips die man hier gratis bekommt. Ich habe diesen fantastischen Drink mit drei verschiedenen Rumsorten ausprobiert, und was soll ich sagen, es hat jedesmal besser geschmeckt. Ob das am Rum lag, oder an der zunehmenden guten Laune, müssen andere ausprobieren (evtl. die Reihenfolge mal von hinten versuchen).

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Servus Gerd,

schämen muss man sich hier für nix – wir haben ja jede Menge Spaß hieran und es ist jetzt nicht so, dass es sich gar nicht für uns auszahlt 🙂 Die Rum-Auswahl klingt spannend, wenn wir die Gelegenheit haben, probieren wir die auf jeden Fall mal in einem RBYC aus!

Coow Woow Cocktail

The Coow Woow is purported to be the oldest cocktail in America. I found it at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, where it shares a tent-card in the tavern with the Stonewall, under the breathless claim 'The oldest cocktails in America","found on a document from 1664" and lots of marketing-style hyperbole.

Diligent research has been largely fruitless. The historian from Plimoth Plantation had no knowledge of the drink or of any 1664 document that could be expected to contain the formula for this potion. The bartenders at the well-qualified No. 9 Park and Locke-Ober have no knowledge of it. Somewhere on the internet I saw the claim that "Coow woow" was an Indian term for rum, but I found nothing else to substantiate it.

By far the most information on the internet relating to Coow Woow come from newspaper reviews of the restuarant and derivatives of such reviews, all quoting verbatim or near-verbatim from that tent-card at the Wayside Inn.  The Coow Woow may be nothing more than the fevered imaginings of a bored barkeep and his girlfriend from Marketing!

Anyway, the Coow Woow is not great, but it is pretty good once you know what you are getting into. The one I tried at the Wayside Inn was made with white rum, but I tried it later at the  Old Colony Club  with dark rum and found it superior. The members who partook in my alchemical pursuits were pretty well unanimous that it is very tasty, but mighty strong.

Note that it is all liquor - no mixers, no ice, no mercy. In my opinion, one of its best uses would be as an additive to a non-alcoholic ginger-ale based punch, maybe especially a ginger-cranberry punch. 

My researches have been diligent and thorough. They finally led to master mixer and cocktail historian John Gertsen at Drink , a bar in Fort Point, Boston, just a few blocks from South Station. It seems the Coow Woow has no provenance outside the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, where it is a celebrated part of the menu.

Gertsen agreed with my suspicion that it may well be an invention of the Wayside Inn marketing department. He offered that it may well be based on local lore, that the mixture of rum and ginger brandy was certainly possible in the colonial environment and the 2:1 mixture may have been a common way to drink it even with no "official name" in the days before mass marketing required everything to be a "product" with a name.

So there you have it. If you learn any more on this subject, do please post it here!

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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail –  Gereifter Rum, Cointreau, Falernum, Limettensaft und Cocktail-Bitters.

Die Geschichte des Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

Dieser Daiquiri Twist erschien erstmals 1941 in Crosby Gaiges Publikation „Cocktail Guide and Ladies‘ Companion“ und ist nach einem privaten britischen Yacht-Club aus dem Jahr 1844 benannt. Nachdem der Club im Laufe des Jahrhunderts mehrere Regatten auf den Bermudas veranstaltet hatte, ließ er sich 1933 in der Hauptstadt Hamilton nieder und entwickelte sich zu einer festen Community. Crosby mixte seinen Royal Bermuda Yacht Club allerdings noch mit Brandy statt Rum und mit Zuckersirup statt Falernum.  Trader Vic, veröffentlichte in seinem „Bartender’s Guide“ eine modernere Variante des Cocktails. Er verwendete Rum und Falernum anstelle von Brandy und Syrup. Quasi das Tikifizierte Rezept, welches heute Populärer ist.

Welcher Rum?

Beim Daiquiri ist es so, dass entweder weißer oder leicht gereifter Rum verwendet wird. Alles andere wäre kein „richtiger“ Daiquiri. Beim Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail müssen wir zu den faßgelagerten Qualitäten wechseln. Häufig liest man Rezepte mit Rum aus Barbados. Hier empfiehlt sich der Plantation Barbados 5 Years, der ohne Zweifel eine gute Wahl ist. Ich entscheide mich dieses mal für einen anderen gereiftem Rum: dem La Forza VIII Rum. E in Blend aus 5 Karibischen und Lateinamerikanischen Rums. Barbados, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala & Dominikanische Republik. Der Hauptbestandteil stammt dabei aus Barbados. Dieser Rum eignet sich herrvorragend für Mai Tai & Rum Manhattan Varianten , schmeckt aber ebenfalls im Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail und bildet in diesem Rezept mit seinem 47% Vol ein strammes Fundament.

Die Liköre im Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

Für die komplexität und den nötigen Zuckeranteil brauchen wir direkt zwei verschiedene Liköre. Einen Orangenlikör und einen Falernum. 

Der Orangenlikör:  Wenn es um Orangenlikör, sprich Dry Curaçao in Tiki Cocktails geht, verwende ich normalerweise den Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao. In diesem Rezept mache ich eine Ausnahme und greife zum allseits bekannten Cointreau ( siehe auch Cosmopolitan Rezept ). Irgendwie gefiel mir das zusammenspiel mit dem La Forza Rum und Cointreau einen Tick besser.

Der Falernum: Das Dream-Team aus Barbados Rum und Falernum kennen wir bereits aus einen weiteren bekannten Rum Cocktail, dem Corn ’n‘ Oil.

Aber was ist Falernum überhaupt? Falernum ist ein Likör auf Rum-Basis mit Mandeln, Ingwer, Nelken und Limetten. Auch Sorten mit Piment oder Vanille sind nicht unüblich. Hersteller wir The Bitter Truth oder Revolte bieten tolle Qualitäten an. Hier verwende ich den  Old Judge Falernum aus Österreich. Wer sich häufiger  Tiki Cocktails mixen möchte, der sollte stets ein bis zwei Sorten davon im Repertoire haben.

Die Cocktailbitters

Keine Cocktailbitters – kein Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail. So einfach. Aber welchen nehmen? Ganz klassisch, wie so oft: Die Angostura Bitters. Ansonsten haben mir Versuche mit dem Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters oder dem The Bitter Truth Jerrys Thomas „Own Decanter Bitters“ sehr gut gefallen.

Das Rezept für den Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

70 ml Rum 20 ml Cointreau 20 ml Falernum 25 ml Limettensaft 2 Dash Aromatic Bitters

Alle Zutaten in den Shaker und ordentlich auf Eis shaken.  Anschließend einfach in eine Coupette abseihen und mit Limettenzeste oder Limettenscheibe garnieren.

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