Post #753893 by PalmtreePat on Thu, Nov 12, 2015 12:31 PM

Strong Drinks:
Zombie (Hurricane Hayward's is awesome and easier to pull off than the original '34 version)
Hell in the Pacific (Good drink AND good name)

Fruity, easy drinking drinks:
Blue Hawaiian (Even people who say they don't like rum or drinking in general don't say no to these)
Goombay Smash (All the ingredients are easy to come by and cheap to boot)

Personal Rec:
Mai Tai (you just have to have one)

Non-rum drink:
Port/Starboard light (for those who prefer bourbon/scotch)

If you're tiki-ing on a budget like me, I'd suggest Calidao as your gold jamaican (12.99 for a handle, and it's actually good enough that I'd still drink it at twice that), Coruba as your dark jamaican (15.99/liter), Doorly's white as your light rum (18.99/handle), and Evan Williams as your bourbon (15.99/handle). Personally, I'd take the money you saved on all those other things and invest it in Hamilton 151 for your zombies and HITP's, but you could squeeze by with Goslings 151, particularly if you're not that into the drinking element to begin with, and that's only 18 bucks.