Beachbum Berry's recipes differ from Don the Beachcomber cocktail book? - Tiki Drinks and Food

G GatorRob Member Orlando Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 1784	G GatorRob Posted posted on Fri, Feb 9, 2007 5:02 AM The Beachcomber book is a beautiful book and has some fine cocktail recipes in it. But it's also notorious for its typos and sometimes goofy instructions. Other than that, there are discrepencies in recipes simply because drinks evolved and branched in different directions over time as people took ownership of them. I think finding the single "authentic" recipe for a drink is sometimes an elusive goal (see Singapore Sling). Then there's the whole Donn's Mai Tai versus Vic's Mai Tai can o' worms. Won't go into that... When in doubt, I'd trust the Berry books.

The Beachcomber book is a beautiful book and has some fine cocktail recipes in it. But it's also notorious for its typos and sometimes goofy instructions. Other than that, there are discrepencies in recipes simply because drinks evolved and branched in different directions over time as people took ownership of them. I think finding the single "authentic" recipe for a drink is sometimes an elusive goal (see Singapore Sling). Then there's the whole Donn's Mai Tai versus Vic's Mai Tai can o' worms. Won't go into that...

When in doubt, I'd trust the Berry books.

Post #284377 by GatorRob on Fri, Feb 9, 2007 5:02 AM