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Crystal Ship

Frappé · Summer · Tiki/tropical

4.2 66 ratings

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Ingredients

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Agricole rhum (unaged)
1/2 oz Blue curaçao liqueur
1/2 oz Orgeat syrup
1 oz Pineapple juice
3/4 oz Lime juice

How to make

Serve in a pearl diver or collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a PEARL DIVER OR COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of ice shell and plastic monkey.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with ice shell and monkey on rim.
  2. 6 Serve with a straw.

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Flavour profile

14.3% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 202 calories

History

Sail through aquamarine waters to a happier place. The original serve includes a monkey on the rim.

This cocktail, from Jeff Berry at Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29 in New Orleans, USA, is described on the menu as, "A marriage of smoky mezcal and grassy rhum agricole, blessed by lime, pineapple, orgeat and blue curaçao." The Crystal Ship, a song from the 1967 debut album of The Doors, was the B-side of their hit single Light My Fire. The song's psychedelic, dreamlike quality, along with the opening words "Before you slip into unconsciousness, I'd like to have another kiss," have led some to suggest it refers to drug use. A 1990 letter to the Los Angeles Times claimed the song was about crystal methamphetamine, with the ship symbolizing a hypodermic needle and the kiss an injection. However, it is a love song composed by Jim Morrison after his breakup with Mary Werbelow.

Created by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry