What is the most requested cocktail in your home bar? - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 11:32 AM On 2009-09-24 10:07, Professor Pineapple wrote: I find myself making a lot of margaritas and blue Hawaiians. People will usually go for a mai tai if I suggest one. I'm through wasting time on rum barrels, zombies and the like, unless I know the person will appreciate (or at least finish) it. I am with you there! I have wasted too much time and good rum serving a great drink to someone who really just wants a Painkiller or a Margarita. I told the long tall tale of the 1943 Zombie Punch to a crowd at the bar on Labor Day weekend and when I finished, no one would take one! They were afraid! That was kind of cool. But then, not having anyone swoon over it much was just wrong... BTW, I do serve a lot of Margaritas (traditional recipe) in the bar. I left that off the list. If I choose, I serve a Mai Tai just because it's simple and there's a good chance they have heard of it, or maybe had one served to them before, and I can give them their first real one and get a nice reaction. For a group I generally start with a pitcher of Derby Daiquiris.

On 2009-09-24 10:07, Professor Pineapple wrote:
I find myself making a lot of margaritas and blue Hawaiians. People will usually go for a mai tai if I suggest one.

I'm through wasting time on rum barrels, zombies and the like, unless I know the person will appreciate (or at least finish) it.

I am with you there! I have wasted too much time and good rum serving a great drink to someone who really just wants a Painkiller or a Margarita.

I told the long tall tale of the 1943 Zombie Punch to a crowd at the bar on Labor Day weekend and when I finished, no one would take one! They were afraid! That was kind of cool. But then, not having anyone swoon over it much was just wrong...

BTW, I do serve a lot of Margaritas (traditional recipe) in the bar. I left that off the list. If I choose, I serve a Mai Tai just because it's simple and there's a good chance they have heard of it, or maybe had one served to them before, and I can give them their first real one and get a nice reaction. For a group I generally start with a pitcher of Derby Daiquiris.

Post #484957 by Swanky on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 11:32 AM