What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

Reverb Crash and a Molokai Mule.

west coast/ east coast:

Lagunitas IPA v CCB Jai Alai IPA

A couple of glasse’s of Rodney Strong Cab and a Margarita Pizza from Deluca’s in Whittier were perfectly complimented by a couple of snifters of Kaniche XO.

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Experimenting with Jet Pilot's while listening to The Sounds of Exotic Island ($3 estate sale find last weekend - sadly they had no other similar records).

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I did make a Jungle Bird the other day just to try the recipe. Very tasty!

I have been mainly using the Aperol in French drinks lately. I have been on a big absinthe kick for quite some time so I have been going through those recipes. I don't mind the Absinthe forward drinks, even the Earthquake. But I am strange I guess. :wink:

Went to Bali Hai last night and almost went through the whole "strong" menu, just didn't have a scorpion bowl.

Tasted some Denizen rum after that.

I think it would be a good sub for Appleton, it leaned more toward the Jamaican side in my opinion.

Here is a Cardenal I made the other day. My friend broke my good Mezcal, and replaced it with this garbage (last time he gets behind my bar) so the drink was way off and I had to go buy more Mezcal. Good use for Aperol though.

Here is the recipe if you are interested:
1.5 oz Mezcal
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz sweet Vermouth
1.5 oz Blood Orange Juice

Here is me in the process of reverse engineering a drink from a local bar. Almost there, but my "hellfire" bitters are not hot enough. I need more heat!

This is something I threw together, I guess a Scotch Fizz or something close to it. I wanted something smokey but the Mezcal I had sucked so I switched to Scotch. I really have been enjoying the Absinthe as well as egg white drinks. I am still a bit scared to experiment with Absinthe though, I would like to learn more recipes first. I did have some success making a Corpse Reviver #2 Fizz, pretty tasty!

The Necromancer is one of my favorite recipes, but it is another that is Absinthe forward. Here is that recipe:

1.5 oz Absinthe Verte
.5 oz bottled water
.5 oz Creme de Violette
1 dash Peychaud bitters
garnish with edible flowers (purple)

I just bought some edible flowers for my garden, so I will soon post a pic of this drink with the full garnish.

Sorry, not all of these are tiki, I usually will stick to rum or tiki on this thread :)

I am going to Tiki Ti on Friday, if anyone out there in internetsville wants to have a drink. I am going to try to get there at 4 when they open. I will be posting pictures!

On 2014-08-04 20:02, thePorpoise wrote:
west coast/ east coast:

Lagunitas IPA v CCB Jai Alai IPA

Who was the winner???

love them both-- I had to go w/the CCB, bit more complex.

Luna- i really enjoy the Dr Funk cocktail version that calls for lots of absenthe and soda water.

i make it thusly:

2 oz absenthe; 2 oz lime juice; 1/4 oz grenadine; 8 oz soda water.

also- Hemingway's Death i nthe Afternoon cocktail is very tasty absinthe drink...

It looks really close to my Dr Funk recipe. I use lots of absinthe and gin. Very tasty!

I'm trying the new Denizen 8 in a Mai Tai. I do like the flavor profile; it's like a mix between that Jamaican Pot Still you get from Smith & Cross with a hint of the Agricole. I'll have to keep trying it out, though, as the flavor seems to get lost amongst the rest of the Mai Tai.

Anything I can find
To celebrate TC is back up

:)

Let's re-name this: "What Were You Drinking - When Tiki Central Was Down?"

I was enjoying my new Mai-Kai mug from Tiki Diablo with a Big Bamboo ...

I love the way he sweats when holding the drink ...

And now, for something completely different, tonight I was in the mood for a classic and also looking to honor Martin Cate's upcoming foray into the world of gin. So I consulted Dr. Cocktail, and realized that I had yet to mix The Straits Sling since acquiring a bottle of kirschwasser.

Dare I say it tops the Singapore Sling? Much more subtle and elegant, it's a totally different style of drink. It doesn't beat you over the head yet delivers lots of great flavors. Perhaps my favorite gin drink of the moment.

Hayward, it's nice to see another fan of good gin drinks. (Uncle Val's Botanical Gin was my gateway-gin and put gin into an entirely new light for me.) I will have to open my copy of the good doctor's book and follow your lead and try that sling.

By the way, Ted Haight, "Dr. Cocktail," was the bartender in the movie "Superbad." I heard this when I watched the film with the commentary track on. And since they were not able to secure permission to use "real" bottles of liquors and beers in the movie, Dr. Cocktail was tasked with creating a myriad of fake bottle labels for all the liquors visible in the film. All this according to the comments track on the Superbad DVD.

Last week I got a chance to try Spy Hop gin from San Juan Island aboard a sailboat named "Spy Hop" owned by some filmmaker friends visiting this hemisphere from Auatralia. Excellint gin, packed with lots of interesting floral botanicals. Just had a couple of ounces neat but would love to mix with it.

Got through the TC outage with the help of several Aku Aku Zombies and a Kon-Tiki Mai Tai thrown in for good measure. I am now completely out of passionfruit syrup and have to decide whether to get some Goya pulp and whip up a batch of homemade or start hitting every Latin grocery within a 20 mile radius trying to find the fantastic store-bought Puerto Rican sirop de parcha that I have grown dependent on and the local store has now stopped carrying.

On 2014-08-09 22:46, Hurricane Hayward wrote:
Let's re-name this: "What Were You Drinking - When Tiki Central Was Down?"

While Tiki Central Was Down, i was drinking:

Uinta IPA;
Cigar City Jai Alai IPA;
a Cuba Libre w/Clement Premiere Canne (nice funk); and
a DarkNstormy with Bundaberg/Plantation Dark.

also, i lucked into one of those Beer Camp 12-packs, havent sampled any of the collabs yet...

Rum Babalu’s at Tommy Bahama’s. Kirk and Sweeney rum, lime juice, maple syrup in a dbl old fashioned topped with ginger beer. Ono! Hope to be serving some at TO next week
Cheers
Edited to add pic of Rum Babalu that I made at home. Not quite as good as Tommy’s-gonna work on it
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Aloha AceExplorer, Sunny&Rummy, et al.

I'll have to look for Dr. Cocktail in Superbad. That story makes me wonder how many of the bottles pictured in the book are re-creations, or at least "refurbished." I love the Bum's story about going out drinking with him when they were both trying to figure out old cocktail recipes. Apparently he spent a lot of time going to various bars and coaxing bartenders into making old recipes that he'd dug up.

By all means, there's nothing wrong with a good gin (or whiskey or tequila) cocktail. But for me, the operative word would be "good." My tastebuds are a lot more forgiving with rum drinks. And my bar runneth over with rums, so 90% of my imbibing is centered around cane spirits.

Speaking of which, I think I'll go whip up a Shark Bite in honor of Shark Week ...

HH, in Superbad, watch the beers McLovin and the police officers are drinking at the bar. Then also the scene where Seth (Jonah Hill) is raiding the fridge in the basement at the party and all the beer labels are fake. The bottles along the walls and shelves in the liquor store are also fake but harder to read. And finally, the director's comments nail all this down. Don't expect deep director's comments here - it's more of a hilarious bs-session with 4 or 5 of the cast. Watch it and have a few cocktails.

Just made my first, subsequently followed by my second, home made Mai Tai. For some reason I never stocked Orgeat in my bar and now I can't understand why. I read through an old thread on here about homemade orgeat and while I was tempted to go through the grueling process myself I was glad to see my local spirits store carried BG Reynold's which several people recommended as far as store bought goes. The shelf life is only 90 days after opening so many more Mai Tai's will be drank in the coming months. I did my own sugar syrup (1.5:1 so not quite rock candy) and used DeKuyper Curacao as it was the ONLY option they had in stock. I asked if they had any Senior hidden in the back but they said only one shop in the area (kinda far away) had any and it seemed they weren't going to be restocking it. Does anyone know if there's some sort of shortage of this for any reason? Anyway, my first drink was 3/4 oz lime, 1/4 sugar syrup, 1/4 orgeat, 1/2 curacao, 1 oz Ron Zacapa 23, 1 oz Barbancourt 3 star. It was tasty but a little on the citrusy side so for round two I upped the orgeat to 1/2 oz. For some reason it seemed more rummy this time (maybe my pour was a little heavy). Both were yummy drinks regardless and I look forward to continued experimentation with different proportions and rums. Maybe getting Coruba into the mix or Appleton 12/El Dorado 12 as others have suggested. Bottom line, classic drink, classic tunes on the hi-fi, it's been a nice evening.

plenty more drinks call for orgeat-- Fogcutter; Scorpion bowl; Reverb Crash, for starters.

Yes, I will have to try them all...

:)

Tampa Tea, my creation. rums, juices, some other stuff. the usual...

Mai tai TV'S PDX

thanks to "Guardians of the Galaxy," we drankin pina coladas....

Road Trip

Our hotel
What
Free rum n cran
Ok
Wahine went Coors light

Repeat

Walked to

Me- MoJito
Spousal unit- Hef

Both of us- Hef

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

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Abuelo 7 year. Which is also our Latest Rum Purchase, but I won't bother to post twice.

Not bad!

Ancient Mariner - one of my favorites!

I very much like the Ancient Mariner, though I usually dial back by half the allspice dram the recipe calls for.

My two tonight:

Captains Grog (from the now defunct Tiki+ app)

A snifter of Saint James Rhum Vieux, my favourite agricole sipper to date :)

On 2014-08-11 19:03, thePorpoise wrote:
plenty more drinks call for orgeat-- Fogcutter; Scorpion bowl; Reverb Crash, for starters.

Just ran across this nice article on orgeat:
http://punchdrink.com/articles/cocktails-best-supporting-ingredient-diy-orgeat/

At The Hukilau, Beachbum Berry was asked what orgeat he recommended, and he touted the new Brooklyn Orgeat Works product. I think he also mentioned Small Hand Foods.

I tried the Small Hands Orgeat and was very disappointed; no flavor at all. Their Gomme Syrups are great however, but I did not care for the orgeat.

I bet you feel more like you do now now than you did when you came in.

GENT

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On 2014-08-15 15:00, GentleHangman wrote:
I tried the Small Hands Orgeat and was very disappointed; no flavor at all. Their Gomme Syrups are great however, but I did not care for the orgeat.

You know I have to agree - I finally tried it and didn't have any regret when I had to finally throw it out. Maybe I'm too used to BG Reynolds'? Anyway this is what I'm drinking, 2 weeks into a 4 week cleanse and protein diet, so I haven't had a cocktail in about 2.5 weeks. :(

If it makes you feel any better, there is zero evidence to support the notion of the cleanse. :D

I support cleansing with rum .... especially on National Rum Day.

happy National Rum Day!

starting out here with a healthy pour of Appleton Estate 21-yr-old. the best stuff!

next up: Ti' Punch Kreyol, using Barbancourt Blanc

On 2014-08-15 19:14, wizzard419 wrote:
If it makes you feel any better, there is zero evidence to support the notion of the cleanse. :D

But you do feel lighter. And there's more room inside you for rum - more so for some here than others, ha!

Wait, there is a limit to how much rum you take in? I think you may need to see a doctor.

up next-- Papa Dobles

A day late, I'm celebrating National Rum Day with not one, but two Rum Juleps ...

The Don the Beachcomber 1940s version from Sippin' Safari (left), and a brand spanking new tribute to The Mai-Kai's version, which dates back to 1956 and is arguably better than the original. The recipes and my analysis are newly posted at:
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/10/14/mai-kai-cocktail-review-the-only-rum-julep-youll-ever-need-to-know/

Started with a pair of Hemingway Daiquiris and finished with a 1956 Zombie.

Suffering Bastard. (you are what you drink?)

Just finished a Bum Barrel, and now trying to decide what's next!

Mai Tai with Appleton Extra and El Dorado 12. Using a new batch of homebrew orgeat and I need to find the right balance with the curacao and lime juice -- this first drink is a tad to citrusy and some of the rum flavors are getting lost. Going to take a couple more Mai Tais to get in the zone but I feel up to the task.

I have been dieting the last couple of weeks and this is my first drink in a while so I will probably be a cheap date tonight.

After saying in another thread I rarely drank them, I thought I'd have a quick Mai Tai to relax... its good, still 7 stars on Swanky's Grogaliser 2.0 in my book :)

That's a happy website :)

Bali Hai Mai Tai. Cheers Ad!

Sculpin. Did I say I love San Diego yet today??

Goof Punch! Looks tasty doesn't it? :)