new book! home bar guide to tropical cocktails - Tiki Drinks and Food

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11037	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, May 29, 2019 1:32 PM I've got the book and have tried several of the recipes, all good. The front section also has lots of great pictures of home Tiki bars. From what I understand, these recipes were developed and tested over several years of both commercial and home bar service. If they come off a little cavalier about the ingredients, I think it is an acknowledgement that not everyone is going to use the exact ingredients they specify, that not every Mai Tai you mix is going to be a "$100 Mai Tai". There is a very helpful table in the back that categorizes rums and list several rums in each category by relative price. This lets you mix the recipes by your budget and availability. Of course a cocktail mixed with $900 1952 Vintage Martinique Agricole Rhum Clement is probably going to be better than one mixed with $30 Rhum J.M. Gold but at least you have options

I've got the book and have tried several of the recipes, all good. The front section also has lots of great pictures of home Tiki bars. From what I understand, these recipes were developed and tested over several years of both commercial and home bar service. If they come off a little cavalier about the ingredients, I think it is an acknowledgement that not everyone is going to use the exact ingredients they specify, that not every Mai Tai you mix is going to be a "$100 Mai Tai". There is a very helpful table in the back that categorizes rums and list several rums in each category by relative price. This lets you mix the recipes by your budget and availability. Of course a cocktail mixed with $900 1952 Vintage Martinique Agricole Rhum Clement is probably going to be better than one mixed with $30 Rhum J.M. Gold but at least you have options

Post #795409 by MadDogMike on Wed, May 29, 2019 1:32 PM