Post #593224 by I. M. Transpose on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 7:08 AM

Not sure if these are tiki, but they use hibscus flowers, and that has to count for something. :) The trick is to split the petals - this turns the flower into a mass of wavy tentacles, like a tiny sea monster.

Midnight Nautilus
Champagne
Splash creme de violette
Wild Hibiscus flower garnish
Split hibiscus petals and put in bottom of glass. Add hibiscus syrup to taste (I like ~1 teaspoon). Cover squid halfway with creme de violette; fill with champagne.

Wild Hibiscus French 75 (http://www.wildhibiscus.com/cocktails/index.html#1) or; North Sea
Crushed Ice
1 part fresh lime juice
2 part gin
½ part wild hibiscus syrup
Wild Hibiscus Flower garnish
Champagne
Place wild hibiscus in bottom of the glass & half fill with crushed ice. In shaker combine the lime, gin & syrup & shake vigorously. Pour in & top with champagne. The flower should stand up under the ice like the Eiffel tower of Paris (or a waking kraken in frozen seas).

Also some gin cocktails - not exactly tiki, but nautical themed and/or exotic:
Depth Charge Cocktail (http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/absinthe-makes-the-liver-grow-fonder/)
1 oz gin
1 oz Lillet
2 dashes Absinthe
orange peel garnish
Stir, strain into cocktail glass. (I like this best with a little orange bitters added, 2 drops of La Fee is nice with the delicate flavors in this one)

Columbo “Flying Fish”, which Was Taken into the Fold on a Memorable Night in Ceylon (taken from Charles Baker's boozy 1939 travelogue The Gentleman's Companion, currently in print as Jigger, Beaker and Flask: Drinking Around the World - haven't tried it yet, but the name was too good to pass up)
1 jigger (1.5 oz) dry gin
½ pony (0.5 oz) yellow Curacao and 1 dash peach bitters; or ½ pony Cordial Medoc in place of both
½ tsp maraschino
Shake with plenty of cracked ice, strain, serve in Manhattan glass with a slice of orange.

Sahara Glowing Heart Cocktail*, from the Hands of one Abdullah an Arab Muslim Wizard back of Mahogany at the Mena House Bar, near the Pyramids of Ghizeh, which Are Just South of Cairo, Egypt*. (Also from Jigger, Beaker, and Flask, also haven't tried yet)
1 pony (1 oz) dry gin
1 pony (1 oz) absinthe
1 pony (1 oz) dry apricot brandy
½ pony (0.5 oz) grenadine
Shake with lots and lots of ice and strain into saucer champagne glass, and pray Allah for forgiveness of all imminent and future sins of the flesh.

I'm hoping to test the JBF drinks soon - if you beat me to it, let me know how they are.