At the Surfing Deer restaurant in Santa Rosa Beach, FL, one of their most popular cocktails is the “Cube McGee” which features Runamok Smoked Maple Syrup as a star ingredient.
They were kind enough to share the recipe with us, and the origin of the unique name:
Cube was a local entrepreneur in the community for a few decades in the 50s-70s. He had a pet deer (yes, it was named Bambi) that was known for playing in the surf on the Seagrove beach.
The owner of The Surfing Deer restaurant found an old real estate sign (one of Cube’s enterprises) in the wall of the building during the demo phase of buildout. He didn’t know who C.H. McGee, Jr. was at the time but began asking around the community. Everyone who remembered Cube mentioned the surfing deer. Hence the name of the restaurant and the name of the drink.
