What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

On 2019-01-29 13:11, Hurricane Hayward wrote:
It's beach weather (sunny and 70) here in South Florida, so I thought I'd mix up one of my favorites from Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari and a 1937 Donn Beach classic: Don’s Beach Planter ...

NICE! I love the Beach Planter- but I'd love to have your weather even more!

It's currently -11f with a windchill of about -35f at the moment, and predicted to get worse for the next two days.

Stay warm Sandbartender! Perhaps a Hot Buttered Rum is required. Or at least a healthy dose of 151 rum. Aloha!

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

One of my newfangled Pearl Divers in the new Pearl Diver glass I picked up at the store.

Saturn (Smugglers cove)
1.25 gin
.75 lemon
.5 passion syrup
.25 orgeat
.25 velvet falernum

After carving for 6 hrs
It was time for a visit to Frankie’s

Hemingway Daiquiri
3 rum scum
Surf dragon
...-
Fink bomb

Mai Tai

The Golden Atoll

Maybe the best Mai Tai I’ve ever had.

Mai Tai with Barbancourt 5 Star and Smith & Cross

On 2019-02-09 08:52, Tiki-boss wrote:
Maybe the best Mai Tai I’ve ever had.

Man, I want to try that rum so bad. How long is it aged? What would be the closest comparison?

Who’s serving/making what for Valentine;s day?
Cheers

On 2019-02-10 14:18, Hamo wrote:
Mai Tai with Barbancourt 5 Star and Smith & Cross

Oh, wow! It's so light in color but I bet it's got a great big taste!

Tiki 'Ti's Puka Punch from Intoxica!

On 2019-02-11 03:59, Sandbartender wrote:
Oh, wow! It's so light in color but I bet it's got a great big taste!

I was surprised by the color, too, but it was tasty. I'm looking forward to trying the Barbancourt with a darker Jamaican, probably Coruba. And at some point I need to get a bottle of Appleton 12 (or whatever it's called now).

Rum Scaffa

Scaffas are room temperature mixed drinks not diluted by water; however, in Rum Cookery & Drinkery, Vic says to shake with ice (but I stayed true to the original). He also calls for light Puerto Rico rum, but I used Barcardi 8, which is quite enjoyable.

Trinidad via Kingston

Surely I'm not the only one drinking around here....

Chief Lapu Lapu (in my "new" [thrift store] snifter)

Skipper Mickey’s Makani Pahili, created by the Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto bartender for the Southeast Iron TikiTender competition this Saturday ...

Served in The Atomic Grog with some signature items from Disney, the Polynesian Village Resort and the Grog Grotto.

Get the recipe and a full preview of this weekend's Inuhele event in Atlanta, including the Iron TikiTender on Tour bartending competition on The Atomic Grog:
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2019/02/13/event-preview-inuhele-celebrates-atlantas-meteoric-rise-as-tiki-destination/

Lovelady brewery

2,4,5,7,9,12

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2019-02-15 18:14 ]

Fink bomb

Hemingway daiquiri

Smith n cross painkiller

Made a round of Moonkist Coconuts, served in actual coconuts.

Mai Tai with an ounce of Barbancourt 5 Star and an ounce from my infinity bottle

Blackbeard's Ghost

Little recap of the past few days.

I was in Tucson for the mineral show so I took the opportunity to stop off for booze and chow at the Kon Tiki. I ordered the Kon Tiki Mai Tai knowing full well that I wasn't going to get anything even resembling a mai tai, but I really wanted a swizzle stick to add to my collection. After that I tried a rum barrel and a zombie. To be brutally honest, none of them were that good or that strong. They all looked and tasted more alike than different, which leads me to believe they might have a base mixer that they're doling out for everything. I did like the food though, the skewers and crab rangoon both hit the spot, and the interior was great what with the clam shell fountain and the big tiki rising out of the floor. Next time I go though, I may have to sneak in a bit of LH 151 to give those drinks some teeth.

When we got back I found that an important PSA regarding the risks of crossing up a rum drinker had finally arrived in the mail, so we celebrated with a few zombies made with rums from the private stock.

Daiquiri

Started with a Coconaut Re-Entry:

Then, since I had the blender out, decided to try the Aku Aku Lapu from Remixed. Eh. Tasted like watered down juice with rum. Not dry enough to highlight the rum, not sweet enough to punch up the juices. I dumped it back into the blender and added 1 oz. of hibiscus syrup. Much better. It's still not a great drink, but that extra sweet brought it closer to balance. Curiously, this one's not on the Grogalizer that I can find.

Trader Vic's Navy Grog

Pure Cuban heaven - Havana Club 7 year with a bit of ice. And a Cuban cigar - Romeo churchill - on my front porch.

I have some grapefruit juice to use up.

Trader Vic's Navy Grog

My own Beachcomber's Shanty

My reward for a month of sobriety.

Good lookin pic Mike. Give us a quick review on dat rum.
Cheers

Celebrating Donn’s 112th birthday

Zombie (naturally)

Test Pilot

On 2019-02-18 20:11, Prikli Pear wrote:
Started with a Coconaut Re-Entry:

That’s quite the picture, Jayme! You captured a tiki phoenix!

My reward for a month of sobriety.

On 2019-02-22 22:48, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Good lookin pic Mike. Give us a quick review on dat rum.
Cheers

I'm a fan. I'd tried their previous version of this and regretted not picking one up for myself. This bottling has additional aging in ex-scotch barrels. It's interesting for sure but I'll need to try it at the start of my next drinking excursion rather than the tail end to give more refined details.

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Celebrating a new job by opening a bottle from my secret stash. I'd heard this stuff was so old that it'd lost all its hogo, but I think it's still in there, just a little more staid and gentle, mixed with a good deal of oakiness and fruit that kind of reminds me of calvados.

This has been over the past couple days (so no need for an intervention....)

Stiggins' Fancy Daiquiri

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My own Heyerdahl's Anchor

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Shipwreck on the Rocks

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Queen's Park Swizzle

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Buz-Tai

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Enjoyed some of my jackfruit-infused rum in a Coatimundi tonight. Took the opportunity to get some nice photos. Yum!

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My tiki calendar indicates that Jim Backus' birthday was earlier this week, so I thought I'd have a couple of appropriately named drinks.

Mr. Howell

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Mrs. Howell's Spicy Side

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And since we're expected to get quite a few inches of snow overnight, I thought I'd finally try the Sippin' Santa drink, Nantucket Sleigh Ride.

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Well, it's pretty cold and snowy, and after an hour and a half of shoveling, it was time for a drink.

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My own Golden Forbidden Lei

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Trader Vic Grog

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Hamo Blamo

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Queen's Road

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Found a good price on some key limes, so a Key Lime Daiquiri it is!

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Trader Vic's Passion Punch

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Tahitian

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Last Rites with my new baby tiki torch.

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On 2019-03-06 10:53, PalmtreePat wrote:
Last Rites with my new baby tiki torch.

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Whoa, that's a super cool "swizzle"! Where'd you find something like that?

On 2019-03-06 20:24, Hamo wrote:

Whoa, that's a super cool "swizzle"! Where'd you find something like that?

I picked it up during the last Shipwrecked at The Warehouse in MDR. Grider Co, the people who make all the copper and steel swizzles, was selling them. I managed to get the very last one.

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Fat Tuesday turned into Fat Tuesday & Wednesday.

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On 2019-03-07 10:04, HopeChest wrote:
Fat Tuesday turned into Fat Tuesday & Wednesday.

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As it should. Where'd you get that brand of passion fruit syrup by the way? That was the first "real" PFS I ever got my hands on, during a trip to China Town. I've been to asian grocers all over the place since then but none of them ever carry that line of products.

On 2019-03-07 11:49, PalmtreePat wrote:

As it should. Where'd you get that brand of passion fruit syrup by the way? That was the first "real" PFS I ever got my hands on, during a trip to China Town. I've been to asian grocers all over the place since then but none of them ever carry that line of products.

Hey, Pat! I got it at the 99 Ranch Market, which is thankfully only a couple of blocks from my house. I've checked at least a dozen other Asian grocers in my area and none of them carry it so I feel your pain. It costs a bit below $5 and is in the aisle with the honey, jam, and canned fruit.

The company's name is Sarang Tawon. I believe they're based in Indonesia. I know they make several other syrup flavours like raspberry but have never seen them at the store. I'd love to try them as the passion fruit one is made with real sugar and is delicious, if a little strong - unlike homemade or Small Hand Foods, I usually have to back off Sarang Tawon a bit or it can overpower.

On 2019-03-07 12:13, HopeChest wrote:

On 2019-03-07 11:49, PalmtreePat wrote:

As it should. Where'd you get that brand of passion fruit syrup by the way? That was the first "real" PFS I ever got my hands on, during a trip to China Town. I've been to asian grocers all over the place since then but none of them ever carry that line of products.

Hey, Pat! I got it at the 99 Ranch Market, which is thankfully only a couple of blocks from my house. I've checked at least a dozen other Asian grocers in my area and none of them carry it so I feel your pain. It costs a bit below $5 and is in the aisle with the honey, jam, and canned fruit.

The company's name is Sarang Tawon. I believe they're based in Indonesia. I know they make several other syrup flavours like raspberry but have never seen them at the store. I'd love to try them as the passion fruit one is made with real sugar and is delicious, if a little strong - unlike homemade or Small Hand Foods, I usually have to back off Sarang Tawon a bit or it can overpower.

I had the same experience with it. So thick and concentrated in flavor that you have to shave maybe 25-30% off the recipe's measure, but I say that just makes it last longer. I know that they also make a coco-pandan syrup that I'd like to try in a daiquiri variant.