Three Dots and a Dash

The Three Dots and a Dash is an IBA New Era Drink: 8 ingredients, blended and served in a tiki mug. That makes 201 ml in the glass: a long drink.

Ingredients

• 45 mlrhum agricole
• 15 mlgold rum
• 7.5 mlfalernum
• 7.5 mlallspice dram
• 15 mlfresh lime juice
• 15 mlfresh orange juice
• 15 mlhoney syrup
• 2 mlAngostura Bitters

Method

1. Pour all ingredients in a Blender with 12 ounces of crushed ice, flash blend, pour the drink into a footed copo glass.
2. Fill the glass with more crushed ice.

Garnish: Garnish with three cherries and a rectangular chunk of pineapple.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

It sits between bitter and sweet: 0.4 out of 10 of bitterness, 88th of 186 for sweetness.

round → sour

It tends round: 128th of 186 for acidity, and what little acid there is comes from fresh lime juice.

light → strong

14.7% after dilution: the middle band, 85th of 186.

Its closest neighbour is the Screwdriver: 94 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• ScrewdriverMore sour and built on vodka.
• CanchancharaWith cuban aguardiente in place of rhum agricole and shorter by 40 ml.
• Tom CollinsMore sour and built on gin.
• Zombie3 degrees stronger and with dark rum in place of rhum agricole.
• Mary PickfordSweeter and more sour.

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Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026