Polynesian Paralysis
Last night we decided to take another step on the march to make every drink in Beachbum Berry’s books. So, we pulled up the Grogalizer and see what we could make. A little searching found I was out of...
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Vintage Trader Vic’s Flaming Rum
A few years ago, Ms. Floratina traded me a bunch of music for this incredible bottle of Trader Vic’s Flaming Rum. She found it as old stock on a shelf in a California liquor store. Brand new … er...
View Article“Thunder Road” rum runners alive and well
Here in Knoxville is the place of death there near Bearden Hill, when the moonshine runner lost control. “Thunder Road” is a legend. There still (forgive the pun)Â is plenty of moonshine around these...
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Market for Trader Vic’s Cuban menus soars
I blame it on tiki newbies. About a week ago, one of the Trader Vic’s menus from the Havana location came up on Ebay. These were printed with a note inside, supposedly “hand written” by Vic himself,...
View ArticleTropical Cocktails – The Demerara Dry Float
Thanks to Traitor Vic bringing me a bottle of Maraschino Liqueur, I have a new batch of drinks to try from Beachbun Berry’s books. I checked the Grogalizer and the big favorite of the bunch was the...
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Girls of the Islands via Hawaii Kai Menu
Via vintage Hawaii Kai Menu: Hmmm. Now I want to go to Trinidad and Haiti!
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Basement Kahuna Recipes on the Grogalizer
I have not gotten Basement Kahuna to post here yet, but he has agreed to let me be the first to publish his cocktail recipes. Besides his great carving skills, he has a great pallette and has recreated...
View ArticleCrushed Ice Made Easy: Redux
I brought up getting bags of crushed ice before in preparation for a luau. Crushed ice is as much a part of a proper tropical cocktail as fresh mint and rum. But when you are mixing for 40, it’s hard...
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Leilani Hawaiian Rum
Many years ago at the World’s Longest Yardsale, an empty bottle of Leilani Hawaiian Rum turned up. Sven Kirsten said he has a display that held the bottle and was looking for a one to put in it. That...
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Vintage Don Q Puerto Rican 151 Rum – A Tasting
I knew Don Q Rums mainly as the rum inside my vintage Mai-Kai decanter. It was in ads that touted the Mai-Kai‘s Derby Daiquiri. Ms. Swanky got me this sealed vintage bottle for Christmas this year and...
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Dagger Rum Promo Record Postcard
I got this promo postcard for Dagger Rum in 2012. It’s a flexi-disc record as well. I posted it to Tiki Central in a nice long section on J. Wray & Nephew Dagger Rum back then and uploaded a quick...
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