Long Lost Recipes

I am researching for a cocktail recipe project I am working on and through my online searching of old Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber menus had come across many cocktails I have still not been able to locate anywhere. These searches have been fairly extensive and still have come up empty. The one other place I still could still check would be through Beachbum Berry's app which I will probably head to next should this prove unfruitful.

Cocktails Recipes from Trader Vic’s menus I am searching for:

Aloha Cocktail, Bacardi Blossom (Could be a with Bacardi instead of Gin), Bacardi Cocktail, Beachcomber Belle (Could be a variation of the Beachcomber), Black Stripe (Hot Drink), Bu - La - La - Kaw, Coolie Cooler, Garibaldi, Hawaiian Gin Sling, Hawaiian Lagoon, Honolulu Hula, Kahlúa Kiss, Mount Fuji, Palm Beach, Polynesian Pussyfoot (Could be a variation of the Pussyfoot), Rum Silver, Sea Nymph, Sid's Surf Rider, The Outrigger Sling, Tonga Ruby, Virgin's Folly, Ward 926.

Cocktail recipes from Don the Beachcomber menus I am looking for are:

Rum Noggi, Killdevil, Dragon’s Blood, Cherry Blossom Punch, Colonel Beach’s Plantation Punch, Coconut Rum Swizzle, Slightly Bitten, Queen’s Pineapple Punch, Myrtle Beach Punch, Never Say Die, Panama Daiquiri, General Pico, Governor General.

If anyone has even heard of these, can you let me know.

Mahalo

[ Edited by Kona Kalyn on 2024-05-15 12:20:15 ]

[ Edited by Kona Kalyn on 2024-05-19 21:20:20 ]

I believe the Black Stripe is usually rum, molasses, hot water and either cinnamon or nutmeg. You'll find one of the earliest recipes for it in Jerry Thomas' 1862 Bartender's Guide, which I'm guessing would have been the basis for Don's or TV.

I don't recognize the other drinks you've listed, but it would help if you added commas so we could tell where a cocktail name begins and ends. :)

Changes made, added commas before but I was in poor cell service area so I guess it didn’t take.

The Beachbum Berry app is well worth the $13! I use it constantly.

The Don the Beachcomber recipe for the Cherry Blossom Punch is in this book: https://www.amazon.com/Hawaii-Tropical-Drinks-Cuisine-Beachcomber/dp/1566474914

The Colonel Beach's Plantation Punch is all over the Internet. Here's one example: https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/colonel-beachs-plantation-punch

Never Say Die is in "Beachbum Berry Remixed" and can be found here: https://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/10/22/mai-kai-cocktail-review-a-delicious-and-oh-so-deadly-treat/#ancestor

I know Don had a Myrtle Bank Punch, but never heard of the Myrtle Beach punch.