Tiki: A Story for Bartenders -- how I'm working to educate the next generation of tiki bartenders - General Tiki

T TikiAno Tiki Socialite San Diego, CA Joined: Aug 07, 2012 Posts: 1392	T TikiAno Posted posted on Fri, Jul 31, 2015 10:51 PM This is fantastic. I'd love to hear you speak in person. While I've noticed the increased attention on "tiki" drinks (intentional quotation marks) at craft (and box standard) cocktail bars, often (to me) I feel something is missing. Often it's bartenders (aka "mixologists") trying to outshine each other by making variations on classic cocktails, without having a knowledge, or palate, of said original cocktails. Others here may disagree, but I find it fairly common- especially here at home in San Diego. Well, I have other ideas about making drinks, too. So, please consider this an invite to speak down here. I'm sure we can easily round up a great crew of both the (semi-pro bartenders) SD Ohana plus more!

This is fantastic. I'd love to hear you speak in person. While I've noticed the increased attention on "tiki" drinks (intentional quotation marks) at craft (and box standard) cocktail bars, often (to me) I feel something is missing. Often it's bartenders (aka "mixologists") trying to outshine each other by making variations on classic cocktails, without having a knowledge, or palate, of said original cocktails.

Others here may disagree, but I find it fairly common- especially here at home in San Diego. Well, I have other ideas about making drinks, too. So, please consider this an invite to speak down here. I'm sure we can easily round up a great crew of both the (semi-pro bartenders) SD Ohana plus more!

Post #748338 by TikiAno on Fri, Jul 31, 2015 10:51 PM