In Search of... The Correct 151 Swizzle Construction - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Thu, Aug 11, 2016 6:06 AM On 2016-08-11 05:55, Sunny&Rummy wrote: I remember being served 151 Swizzles in the metal cup without the double rocks glass the first year the Mai-Kai started using the Beachbum Berry Cocktail Kingdom metal cups. They served the drink wrapped in a cocktail napkin. Just my personal opinion but I think them serving the drink in the cup in nested in the rocks glass has much more to do with the tendency of the tall, skinny, narrow-bottomed swizzle cups to want to tip over than with concerns over the cold metal cup in patrons' hands. In any event, I have changed with the times and now serve 151 Swizzles at home in the swizzle cup nested in an ice-filled Mai Tai glass as well. :) Correct. It is unfortunate that The Bum's swizzle cups are even more small at the base and top heavy. We found new aluminum cups at a store recently that were closer to a pint glass with a big base. Did not get them as a 151 Swizzle is such a small drink a bigger cup would big crazy. If you flash blend the Swizzle, put it in a metal cup and then use the cinnamon stick to stir it up, it will set up like a shell in there with the ice sticking to the metal.

On 2016-08-11 05:55, Sunny&Rummy wrote:
I remember being served 151 Swizzles in the metal cup without the double rocks glass the first year the Mai-Kai started using the Beachbum Berry Cocktail Kingdom metal cups. They served the drink wrapped in a cocktail napkin.

Just my personal opinion but I think them serving the drink in the cup in nested in the rocks glass has much more to do with the tendency of the tall, skinny, narrow-bottomed swizzle cups to want to tip over than with concerns over the cold metal cup in patrons' hands.

In any event, I have changed with the times and now serve 151 Swizzles at home in the swizzle cup nested in an ice-filled Mai Tai glass as well. :)

Correct. It is unfortunate that The Bum's swizzle cups are even more small at the base and top heavy. We found new aluminum cups at a store recently that were closer to a pint glass with a big base. Did not get them as a 151 Swizzle is such a small drink a bigger cup would big crazy.

If you flash blend the Swizzle, put it in a metal cup and then use the cinnamon stick to stir it up, it will set up like a shell in there with the ice sticking to the metal.

Post #767311 by Swanky on Thu, Aug 11, 2016 6:06 AM