Doctor Funk

We’re off on a mysterious island adventure again. (Pack your Somerset Maugham.) As Mr. Bali Hai notes, there are a lot of recipes out there for this classic. Most of ’em have a lot of lime juice for my taste and sit cold on my liver. (Shudder.) Below is my own version with the citrus scaled down to half an ounce. It is friendlier with lemon, though lime gives it more bite. I like Mount Gay Eclipse for the Doctor.



Doctor Funk

• 2 oz gold Barbados rum
• 1/2 oz lemon or lime juice
• 1/4 oz real pomegranate grenadine
• 1 tsp pastis
• soda to fill

Shake all ingredients except soda with ice cubes and pour unstrained into a chimney glass or slender mug, adding more ice cubes to fill if necessary. Top with soda.
SOURCE: CLASSIC, ADAPTED BY ROWEN, FOGGED IN LOUNGE

North Beach Cocktail

This is a riff on the venerable Dr. Funk, though I wasn't conscious of that when I set out to create it. I was listening to the other Doctor Funk, Vince Guaraldi, and just picked up a bottle of Mount Gay Eclipse. Didn't occur to me in the least. So when the light bulb finally came on, it was pretty funny.

Not surprisingly, the Doctor makes an outstanding straight-up drink. I call it the North Beach for the Doctor Funk of my inspiration.

North Beach Cocktail

2 oz gold Barbados rum
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz grenadine
1 tsp Pernod

Shake with ice cubes and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

A tip of the hat to the creator of Dr. Funk, the great Don the Beachcomber