Post #349358 by Chip and Andy on Thu, Dec 13, 2007 2:25 PM

I agree, limit your cocktail presentaiton to three or four plus a punch or two.

You can still make anything you want for those that know how to ask and that keeps you from sending good liquor down the gullets of those that wont appreciate it. Even better, 'advertise' three or four drinks and then make a big presentation of the "House Special" at some point during the gathering (I would suggest something flaming, but I tend to be a pyromaniac).

As to drinks to introduce non-tiki people to tiki drinks..... Mix the ones you like to drink, or the ones you like to mix. It is a party and you should be spending your time with your guests and not behind the bar. Well, at least not all the time behind the bar.

And, if you have someone you trust to put behind the bar, coerce/shanghi/bribe/hire them to work your bar so you can apply your host duties to the crowd. You can switch off with them every so often so neither of you get tired of tending bar.