Post #595860 by CincyTikiCraig on Fri, Jul 1, 2011 10:15 PM

On 2011-07-01 14:36, arriano wrote:

On 2011-07-01 14:28, CincyTikiCraig wrote:
I love Imbibe, but based on this issue and others in the past, I just don't think that they "get" Tiki Cocktails. They fundamentally don't understand how the rums work together, and the interplay between the rums and the spices, liqueurs and syrups. That Bitter Mai Tai is an abomination.

I think I'll have to agree with you here. A couple of things in this issue jumped out at me. First, in the editor's column she writes how since she first tasted a pina colada she's been hooked on tiki drinks. I think most people wouldn't think of a pina colada as a tiki drink, but that aside.... In the article about falernum, one of the first sentences states "you can't make a mai tai or a zombie" without falernum. Since when does a mai tai include falernum? I assume the writer confused it with orgeat.

Hey, I enjoy a good, well made Pina Colada once in a while. However, to me, a Pina Colada is to Tiki as Jimmy Buffett is to Tiki. Which is to say, it ain't Tiki!