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Scorpion

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Double Old-Fashioned

Trader Vic's slushy rum-and-brandy bowl-cocktail in single-serve form, citrusy and orgeat-rich.

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Ingredients

  • crushed ice (1 cup)
  • fresh orange juice (2 oz)
  • fresh lemon juice (1.5 oz)
  • orgeat (0.5 oz)
  • light Puerto Rican rum (2 oz)
  • brandy (1 oz)
  • gardenia (1)
  • orchid (1)
  • mint sprig (1)

Instructions

  1. In an electric blender combine crushed ice, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice, orgeat, light Puerto Rican rum, and brandy.
  2. Blend on low for , then high until slushy, about more.
  3. Pour into a double old-fashioned glass or scorpion bowl.
  4. Garnish with a gardenia or orchid and a mint sprig.

Sources

  1. Bergeron, Bartender's Guide, by Trader Vic (1947) and Bartender's Guide, Revised (1972), Scorpion / Scorpion Bowl entries, the 1947 edition prints a 12-serving punch-bowl version with gin and mint; the 1972 revised edition prints the single-serving rum / brandy / orange / lemon / orgeat blender spec used here. ↩
  2. "Scorpion Cocktail." Vintage American Cocktails. https://vintageamericancocktails.com/scorpion-cocktail/ (accessed 2026-05-03), published version of the 1972 single-serving Trader Vic spec; source for this file's measurement bill. ↩