Post #710491 by arriano on Fri, Mar 7, 2014 10:02 AM

I just received a copy of "Introducing Original Polynesian Tropical Bar Recipes" (see thread link below)
http://www.tikiroom.dreamhosters.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=44519&forum=10&26

Among the recipes is, lo-and-behold, ones for both the Barbados Punch and Barbados Swizzle. The authors apparently worked for Don the Beachcomber. But are they actually the DtB recipes? The recipe in the book for the Zombie and a few others are very close to Don's. And perhaps most notably, the recipes for the Barbados Punch and Swizzle are completely different from those of Trader Vic's. So maybe, just maybe.

Also, I'm wondering if the Don the Beachcomber Skull & Bones is the same drink as the Shrunken Skull available at the Mai Kai. If you compare Slammie's recreation of the Shurnken Skull with the ingredients of the Tiki Ti's Skull & Bones, they look to be very similar:

Mai Kai Shrunken Skull:
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/08/10/mai-kai-cocktail-review-drink-like-a-native-with-the-shrunken-skull/

Tiki Ti's Skull & Bones:
http://www.tiki-ti.com/drinks/a-skullbones.html