How does one get what one cannot have...? - Tiki Drinks and Food

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2564	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Sat, Feb 8, 2020 12:03 PM Banana Bill - a couple thoughts based on my past experience. Winesearcher.com can be a great way to scour the country and find places that are willing to ship things to you. With services like this you can find, plan, and execute some easy by-mail ways to stock your bar. I once ordered a case of out-of-production rum from a store in Memphis, then called a trucking company and paid them $96 to deliver to me in Florida. A huge big-rig showed up at my work loading dock and the guy got out and wandered around the office asking for "the guy to whom he needs to deliver this case of booze." Fun, fun, fun! For really tough problems, sometimes you can order by mail from outside the US. I have used http://www.worldwidespirits.de in Germany for a number of European specialty items, glassware, crockery, and other things. Visit the site, click on "Sprache" and choose English, then start doing searches. (Allow me to suggest a bottle of the Grassl brand Gentian liquor which tastes grassy and earthy and is incredible?) Road trips. Don't underestimate the need to do this if you have a passion to acquire rums. I was once at Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and through Winesearcher found something an hour south in Miami. This led to a WONDERFUL fun evening at South Beach, we parked, then walked to the hard-to-find liquor store in the heart of everything cool. Then I found out a tourist from Germany cleaned the place out two hours before I got there -- he had been looking for the same rum I came for. Still totally worth it, and a great little road trip. A tiki dead end? Absolutely not, and very memorable! My point is this -- the laws vary in the states which surround you. Choose one, then plan a drive to a local dinner spot, and while you're out there, make a few incursions to their local liquor suppliers, and voila - you may find you're suddenly a very happy tiki person! Keep in mind you can CALL stores and do some research without visiting their premises. This is helpful if you're a "tiki shut-in," lol. Cheers and happy travels! Good girls are made of sugar & spice. REAL GIRLS are made of FINE RUM AND NO ICE!

Banana Bill - a couple thoughts based on my past experience.

Winesearcher.com can be a great way to scour the country and find places that are willing to ship things to you. With services like this you can find, plan, and execute some easy by-mail ways to stock your bar. I once ordered a case of out-of-production rum from a store in Memphis, then called a trucking company and paid them $96 to deliver to me in Florida. A huge big-rig showed up at my work loading dock and the guy got out and wandered around the office asking for "the guy to whom he needs to deliver this case of booze." Fun, fun, fun!
For really tough problems, sometimes you can order by mail from outside the US. I have used http://www.worldwidespirits.de in Germany for a number of European specialty items, glassware, crockery, and other things. Visit the site, click on "Sprache" and choose English, then start doing searches. (Allow me to suggest a bottle of the Grassl brand Gentian liquor which tastes grassy and earthy and is incredible?)
Road trips. Don't underestimate the need to do this if you have a passion to acquire rums. I was once at Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and through Winesearcher found something an hour south in Miami. This led to a WONDERFUL fun evening at South Beach, we parked, then walked to the hard-to-find liquor store in the heart of everything cool. Then I found out a tourist from Germany cleaned the place out two hours before I got there -- he had been looking for the same rum I came for. Still totally worth it, and a great little road trip. A tiki dead end? Absolutely not, and very memorable!
My point is this -- the laws vary in the states which surround you. Choose one, then plan a drive to a local dinner spot, and while you're out there, make a few incursions to their local liquor suppliers, and voila - you may find you're suddenly a very happy tiki person! Keep in mind you can CALL stores and do some research without visiting their premises. This is helpful if you're a "tiki shut-in," lol.

Cheers and happy travels!

Good girls are made of sugar & spice. REAL GIRLS are made of FINE RUM AND NO ICE!

Post #800558 by AceExplorer on Sat, Feb 8, 2020 12:03 PM