Post #369081 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 24, 2008 8:45 PM

It is indeed wonderful to witness evidence that, after the Tiki mug has been the ambassador of the Tiki revival for many years, the Polynesian cocktail seems to be taking over the torch. This is undoubtedly thanks to Jeff Berry's stellar research work and his enthusiastic following of home mixologists, which are now more and more joined by professionals and writers who sing the praise of the resurrected concoctions.

So it seemed pretty obvious to me where the recipe mentioned in the article came from, and I checked with the master. It was indeed not only taken from his books' pages, but it was hand-delivered by the Bum himself (actually via e-mail) to the Elatteria bartender who requested it.

Now Jeff just had a very nice piece about his work in the Times, but is it too much to ask that there should be some kind of nod to him in this article, too? Yes it is an article about the bar, but also about the Navy Grog and its recipe, which...oh well.

But the article does mention Angus Winchester, who seems to become the type of new Tiki ambassador I mention above, because he also appears in this e-mail to the bum, in which both Jeff's and my work have been credited as inspiration for a new Tiki Bar in Copenhagen:

Over the last couple of years we have been looking to expand our business
and a numerous trips to London and many many mugs of rum in trailer
Happiness. We decided that Copenhagen needed a tiki bar

I had a chat with my good friend Angus Winchester and started researching
thing on line finding numerous books and articles and history about the tiki
culture.

Having decided we wanted a tiki bar we couldn't wait for the right location
to become available in Copenhagen we decided to style our existing
restaurant in to a tiki styled bar and restaurant. We have looked deep in to
the ideas behind tiki and have taken heavy influences from the tiki modern
book by Sven A Kirsten.

Due to the existing style of the location finance and some of the elements
of the room we have design a room that looks more like a 2008 version of a
50's modern take on tiki in stead of the traditional beach atmosphere.

The elements we hold strong to are tiki cocktails Inspire by your books
A home made grog tiki mugs tiki art work Intoxica style music modern remixed
versions of martin deny and such like the essence of escapism and fun.

We are working closely with cheeky tiki, tiki farm and I'm punking Angus
Winchester for tips and tricks as often as i can patiently allow my self to
bug him ( he's a very busy man but love the fun of tiki and hope in the
future to bring a more traditional tiki bar to Copenhagen when the right
location pops up.

Intoxica!!! The name we have chose is inspired by your book and by the
intoxicating world of tiki the culture the music the fun history the drinks
the atmosphere that means that you can't help your self feel intoxicated.

This all sounds very promising, with Jeff's drinks, the Farm's mugs, and Cheeky Tiki involved, they can't go wrong! It does appear that Europe is shaping up to be the happening place in the Tiki revival this year.