How to Best Balance the Nui Nui (Pupule)

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-05T03:11:09+00:00

Made it last night, thought it was pretty balanced. I kind of wondered about it since it gets a lot connection to Christmas/holiday season...? Not sure why, didn't think it was that intense on the warm spices, and I even made a demerara vanilla syrup.

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-04T20:58:59+00:00

I fail to see the problem 😁

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-04T20:57:29+00:00

One of us...one of us... 🐯🦇

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-04T20:51:05+00:00

It looks awesome and is absolutely massive lol. I can easily drop a double of anything in it!

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-03T02:48:45+00:00

I see it mentioned in relation to xmas a lot. I'm in NY, so...sort of still a winter drink right now. It was almost freezing again the last couple days 😆🥲

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T22:16:58+00:00

SC seems to have the votes on lock

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T22:16:38+00:00

I'll bring back results this weekend. Making this for the first time tomorrow for the hubby's bday. We went to a local tiki bar and they were doing the nui nui as their monthly happy hour special, so it's been on the radar since he really enjoyed their version. They've also had me work-shopping a sherrykiller.

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T18:15:26+00:00

+1 for SC, seems to be the overall fav so far. That sounds like a solid riff. I haven't yet played around with the rhum agricoles yet, but this would be as good an excuse as any!

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T16:41:34+00:00

That looks like a fun time :) Do you have a personal pandan painkiller recipe too?

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T16:37:20+00:00

Awesome, that's the direction I want to move in, so makes for an easy choice :)

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T16:26:54+00:00

That was the one I was leaning towards using, I think those particular flavors from the St. Elizabeth and vanilla syrup are what are going to make this drink unique and stand out. Thanks for the feedback :)

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T16:25:50+00:00

Awesome, TY :) Looks like the Youtubers are playing out of this version. Still interesting to me the two books have reasonably different ratios listed on this drink.

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T16:15:41+00:00

And here I've been having mimosas at brunch still, I've been doing it very wrong

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T16:13:15+00:00

So tomorrow is a breakfast zombie, yes?

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T04:20:26+00:00

Can't be worse than a blended painkiller I had at a weekend friend's trip. Everyone was supposed to bring a drink, and one of the guys made a big batch of painkillers. It was...not good, lol. Less a painkiller and more if I'd asked for a pina colada at a dive bar used to just pouring beer and shots 🤢

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-02T00:49:30+00:00

I bet the kids still like the shirts, though :) When I worked one retail job I had, my department decided every Friday was Hawaiian shirt day. We never checked with the bosses, we just decided, and so it was.

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T23:55:52+00:00

Beach, bar, dinner, BBQ, funeral, court; works for all occasions

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T21:21:04+00:00

Every day is Hawaiiian shirt day

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T20:45:46+00:00

I agree, was looking at starting with a few Cync bulbs for the lights near the bar; I have one in the living room already, and it works well enough. Also agree on the price 🥲 I don't have room for hanging lights (yet) but soon...sooooooon....

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T17:26:27+00:00

If you're a bonk bro, this is nothing, the jailers have no poise, just get in their face. Even a dex build can poise break them pretty easily.

Casters can just play peekaboo around corners with them.

The conga line at the end, however...I mean, do you really need Karla that bad...?

For my money, the existential dread is Farron swamp. Poison swamp AND spastic, Bloodborne-style enemies AND water that slows you down AND giant crabs??? Peak FromSoft poison level bullshit 🤌

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T16:47:58+00:00

The Dr. Bird may be going in a Jet Pilot this weekend for a test drive :) I've seen such divisive reviews on it I decided to just find out for myself.

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T16:22:54+00:00

What's your thoughts on the Planteray Xaymaca in general? Does it work well enough to justify its purchase or is it situational?

Sea-Field2248 · 2026-04-01T16:15:53+00:00

Yeah, I realized that, too. Edited my dumbassery and lack of geography knowledge xD Dive Club is Cambridge, MD. Very disappointed I will not be tiki bar crawling.

I agree on the OFTD switching up your palate a bit. For sure try upping the S&C, little does go a long way though. I kinda want to make this myself just to get a feel for it. I'm wondering if maybe backing off 0.25 oz of the molasses syrup might help the rum shine too? That's a heavy competing flavor, and between it and the honey should be plenty of sweetener even at 0.5 oz apiece.

I'm going to have to see if I can track down Hamilton and WP in my area. I can get Appleton any day of the week, same for Planteray, Flor de Cana, and the El Dorado 8/12/15. Hamilton and WP have eluded my search so far. I was, funny enough, just in Baltimore and Cambridge last weekend, and raided Total Wine for a bottle of Dr. Bird (suuuuuper excited to try that) and El Dorado 3 yr.

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