Sm-Oaked Mai Tai

Name: Sm-Oaked Mai Tai
Ingredients: 2 oz Avua Cachaça Oak; 1/2 oz Gajardo Triple Sec; 3/4 oz Lime Juice; 1/2 oz Liber & Co. Orgeat; 1/4 oz Liber & Co. Demerara Syrup; 1 ea Oak Smoke

By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: July 7, 2022

Refreshing

Seasonal

This is a really fun and delicious riff on a Mai Tai that keeps the formula in place but subs out the rum(s) for Avua’s brilliant Oak Cachaça and compliments that with some oak smoke action. I also used a new to me triple sec, Garjardo, and though everyone who knows me knows I’m a big fan of dry curaçao I absolutely loved this orange liqueur here. I tend to keep my orange liqueur at 1/2 oz per Mai Tai or Margarita so to have the flavor be so prominent without being overly sweet was incredible. T...

Ingredients

2 oz
Avua Cachaça Oak

1/2 oz
Gajardo Triple Sec

3/4 oz
Lime Juice

1/2 oz
Liber & Co. Orgeat

1/4 oz
Liber & Co. Demerara Syrup

1 ea
Oak Smoke

Instructions

Garnish

Mint

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned/Rocks

Estimated strength

About 19% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Roll a pour of triple sec around a rocks glass and discard. Smoke glass with oak smoke board. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with cracked clear ice and shake well. Dump into smoked glass. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint bouquet

Editor's Note

Aged cachaça replaces rum in this robust Mai Tai riff, bringing funky sugarcane notes that are amplified by an aromatic oak smoke rinse. A complex, savory-sweet take on the Tiki classic.

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1 October 2026

This sounds like a fantastic riff on a classic! The use of oak-aged Cachaça and the smoke element sounds like a perfect pairing. Do you have a preferred brand of oak smoke board you recommend for this?