The Voyager is a sophisticated Tiki-style drink created by Robert Hess. It has all the classic ingredients the Tiki devotees demand to conjure up the feeling of the Trade Winds tickling their foreheads and white sands beneath their feet- tart lime, gingery falernum, the warm spice and complexity of Angostura, the rumminess of rum- while still offering something for those who aren’t into the tooth-achingly sweet: it’s a really well-balanced drink. We’ve seen it made with both falernum syrup and the low-proof West Indian liqueur, Velvet Falernum, both to great effect.

The Voyager

2 oz rum
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Benedictine
1/2 oz falernum
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake well with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass.

Robert Hess’ version calls for garnishing with a lime wedge, but we were feeling fancy during our photoshoot and a good friend of The Shaker made the pineapple garnish by slicing a spear a few inches in and putting the leaves in the top.