The Moloaa Mai Tai

While I was in Kauai this past March I created a terrific cocktail – Moloaa Mai Tai!

This Mai Tai has Koloa Coconut Rum,  Koloa Dark Rum, and POG!

For those who don’t know POG is a magical beverage made up of Passionfruit juice, Orange juice and Guava juice – POG!

By the way – while I was in Kauai I was lucky enough to record an “on the road” episode of the Portland Culinary Podcast with the good folks at Koloa Rum Co.

Here is a link – www.portlandculinarypodcast.com/koloa-rum-co-portland-culinary-podcast-portland-culinary-podcast-episode-30

The Moloaa Mai Tai Recipe

#1 Start with a few ice cubes in your glass, and add a generous pour of Koloa Coconut Rum.

#2 Fill the glass with POG.

#3 Add a float of Koloa Dark Rum.

#4 Enjoy!

You can easily share this recipe – just tell your friends to go to www.MoloaaMaiTai.com

The Name

While we where in Kauai our lodging was on Moloaa Bay. we were a 5 minute walk from Moloaa Beach. It felt very fitting to name this magnificent beach after this magnificent beach. One fun note – in November of 1963 the pilot and first episode of Gilligan’s Island was filmed here.

The Rum!

Goodness! Koloa Rum is sooo damn good! As I mentioned, I was lucky enough to record an “on the road” episode of the Portland Culinary Podcast while I was in Kauai.

Here is a link – www.portlandculinarypodcast.com/koloa-rum-co-portland-culinary-podcast-portland-culinary-podcast-episode-30

This episode was recorded at the distillery  itself. Later that day we headed down to the Koloa Rum Company Store / Tasting Room and purchased a bottle of both the coconut rum and the dark rum.

If you like coconut, you will love the Koloa Coconut Rum!

Koloa Dark Rum is so rich and smooth I was adding to my coffee in the morning! My normal boundary to stuck with only gin before noon, but Koloa Dark Rum was so good in my coffee, that on this trip, I had to make an exception.

From the Koloa Rum Co. Website

“The Original Koloa Kauai Coconut Rum: Distilled, blended and bottled by Koloa Rum Company Kalaheo, Kauai, Hawaii 40% ABV/80 Proof.

Koloa Coconut Rum is made from the mash of raw Cane Sugar, distilled in an impressive vintage 1210 gallon steam powered copper pot still and cut with filtered water from the ancient Mount Waialeale.

The Rum is distilled 2 times at 160 – 180 ABV.

Appearance: Koloa Kauai Coconut Rum presents itself as a white rum with a hint of Chantilly green opalescence, even and thick viscosity and well defined sparkling white legs.

Nose: Intense Coconut aromatics with light hints of roasted coconut and pina colada undertones…

Taste and Finish: The initial taste is quizzically dry, probably from the pleasant 80 proof that Koloa has kept the rum at, which then leads to the wonderful flavor of baby coconut flesh at the front of the palate. The spirit finishes with light toasted coconut and hints of fresh lime zest and the slightest bit of caramelized pineapple.

The Original Koloa Kauai Dark Rum: Distilled, blended and bottled by Koloa Rum Company Kalaheo, Kauai, Hawaii. 40% ABV/80 Proof.

Koloa Dark Rum is made from the mash of raw Cane Sugar, distilled in an impressive vintage 1210 gallon steam powered copper pot still and cut with filtered water from the ancient Mount Waialeale.

The Rum is distilled 2 times at 160 – 180 ABV.

Appearance: This Dark Rum is a Genuinely Deep Chocolate Brown that rolls with a cloying viscosity around the glass, developing into thick slowly rolling light black coffee colored legs.

Nose: Koloa Dark Rum has a robustly vanilla nose that envelope the perimeter of the glass, upon further and closer whiffs of this aromatic vanilla behemoth, subtler notes of dark semi-sweet chocolate, fresh brewed espresso and chocolate cupcakes arrive to round out the olfactory experience.

Taste and Finish: This vanilla driven dark rum sings from the nose to the glass exactly; as it presents itself with robust flavors of vanilla, dark semi-sweet chocolate and lightly finished with espresso all encompassed within a dry highly flavorful dark rum.”

That’s it!

I highly encourage you buy some Koloa Coconut Rum,  Koloa Dark Rum, and POG and make yourself a Moloaa Mai Tai! Here is a link that shows you where you can buy Koloa Rum – www.koloarum.com/find-koloa-rum

More photos are below!

Cheers!

Steven Shomler