Is this forgotten cocktail from 1941 any good?

The Pan American appears in the 1941 Rum Connoisseur by Ronrico. The drink calls for *Pa-Pi-A* syrup which is what you'd find Papaya called back in the 1930s and 1940s. Ronrico was a popular rum company that created many consumer pamphlets and bartender guides in the 1940s - 1960s with the famous *Chico Presents Ronrico Mixtro's Guides.* The Mitro's Guides were meant for the trade while the "A to Z Drinkin" and "Rum Connoisseur" were widely available/ You could get yourself a guide with the purchase of Ronrico rums or write in and they'd send you one. While the Ronrico distillery was based in Puerto Rico, the guides came from Miami.

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📃 *Episode Chapters* 📃
00:00 Introduction
00:15 The Ronrico Guides
00:45 Ingredients List
02:22 Making the Pan American
03:53 Pan American Recipe Card
04:12 Drinking the Pan American

📖 *Recipe(s)* 📖
*Pan American*
1 tsp bar sugar
½ oz lime juice (15 ml)
½ oz of pineapple juice (15 ml)
1 tsp Pa-Pi-A syrup
Dash of Drambuie (Ronrico says 1 dash = 5 drops)
½ oz Ronrico Red Label Rum - Dr Bird Pineapple (15 ml)
½ oz Ronrico White Label Rum - Hamilton White Stache (15 ml)
1 oz Ronrico Gold Label Rum - Bacardi 8 (30 ml)

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[mtracey]

Love the Doctor Bird Pineapple. Great choice for a substitution.

[christinecamley]

Sounds lovely and delicious! Thanks for the awesome cocktail and info!! I am primarily a single malt Islay peated scotch connoisseur but I do enjoy a nice rum cocktail occasionally!! I like the rum choices!! Rich and pungent sounds wonderful to me! Dr. Bird is amazing!! Cheers!! 🥂

[TimBaker]

it's fun to see an old recipe like this revitalized. Thanks for sharing this!

[georgeskormikiaris]

Love papaya, so I will definitely try this drink. Thanks for bringing it to light!

[ashergreen]

I see that you and I have similar book collections. Small Batch Jam Co. makes a good papaya syrup.

[rbhkg]

If you're looking for a strange but good tiki drink to make try the Peg Leg from "Tiki Modern Tropical Cocktails".

[shawnohalloran]

I would sub out the papaya syrup for honey syrup to play off the Drambuie.

[mpb]

Maybe you could substitute papaya syrup with less passion fruit syrup and sustitute the bar sugar with honey or demerara syrup. Leave out the drambue and see where it goes.

[theolderbrother]

Either Doctor Bird nor Hamilton is available in Europe. 😕

[curtisbannerman]

What about using guava syrup instead of papaya syrup?

[Scrambles_Deathdealer]

Papaya smells like baby poop. As soon as my wife pointed that out to me the fruit was ruined forever.