A Spiritous Journey through Remixed - From the Astro Aku Aku to the Zadaran Storm - Tiki Drinks and Food

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1905	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Tue, Feb 11, 2014 9:40 AM I've yet to stock Aquavit since, as pointed out, it's only featured in two of the Bum's drinks. But interestingly it's readily available at Disney World in the Norway pavilion at Epcot. You can get it in the restaurant, bakery and beer cart by the shot: http://www.partythroughtheparks.com/epcot/2010/3/24/norway-beer-cart.html If you have kids who insist on waiting an hour to meet the "Frozen" characters, it might come in handy. Destro, I was encouraged to see that your path to this exercise came via craft cocktails. In many areas, those scenes seem to be mutually exclusive. But I think that's slowly changing. I love drinking craft cocktails but don't really enjoy making them. I suppose others feel the same way about tropical drinks. That being said, I do like to occasionally partake in a classic. I'm assuming you've discovered Dr. Cocktail's "Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails"? I think it influenced Jeff in the way he presents some of the classics in "Potions." You're right on the money regarding ratings being subjective. I've also noticed that even within the same scale, many people grade differently. I, for example, rarely give anything a 5 or a 1, but I tend to give lots of drinks a 3 or 4. In my mind, something really needs to stand out (for better or worse) to rate those numbers. Your motivation for taking on this challenge is perfect. I'm sure your palate will thank you. And good luck with the drinks in the appendix.

I've yet to stock Aquavit since, as pointed out, it's only featured in two of the Bum's drinks. But interestingly it's readily available at Disney World in the Norway pavilion at Epcot. You can get it in the restaurant, bakery and beer cart by the shot:
http://www.partythroughtheparks.com/epcot/2010/3/24/norway-beer-cart.html
If you have kids who insist on waiting an hour to meet the "Frozen" characters, it might come in handy.

Destro, I was encouraged to see that your path to this exercise came via craft cocktails. In many areas, those scenes seem to be mutually exclusive. But I think that's slowly changing. I love drinking craft cocktails but don't really enjoy making them. I suppose others feel the same way about tropical drinks. That being said, I do like to occasionally partake in a classic. I'm assuming you've discovered Dr. Cocktail's "Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails"? I think it influenced Jeff in the way he presents some of the classics in "Potions."

You're right on the money regarding ratings being subjective. I've also noticed that even within the same scale, many people grade differently. I, for example, rarely give anything a 5 or a 1, but I tend to give lots of drinks a 3 or 4. In my mind, something really needs to stand out (for better or worse) to rate those numbers.

Your motivation for taking on this challenge is perfect. I'm sure your palate will thank you. And good luck with the drinks in the appendix.

Post #707679 by Hurricane Hayward on Tue, Feb 11, 2014 9:40 AM