What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

On 2012-11-08 12:21, Wayfarer wrote:
It's been a long night. Went out to a trendy Japanese restaurant called Bushido, it is to Japanese culture what Trader Vic's is to Polynesian, and tried out their "Japanese" cocktail menu. I had-

Miyamoto -sake & lychee
Kawa Kawa -3 kinds of rum and various juices
Ko- sake, liqueurs,demarara and mango

Shot of 18 yr Macallan to round out the night

I'm always up for a good Japanese place. Which Bushido restaurant? Charleston, SC or Mountain View, CA?

Blackbeard's Ghost
(Beachbum Berry app)

1 1/2 oz OJ
1 oz lime juice
1 oz Falernum
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz Demerara Rum
1 1/2 oz Cruzan Dark Rum
2 dashes angostura bitters

Listening to Tamboo

151 Swizzle and a Coffee Grog. Alcohol is slowly counter-acting the caffeine.

Castaway
(Beachbum Berry App)

3 oz pineapple juice
3/4 oz Kahlua
1 1/2 oz gold Rum

X 2

Listening to Hawaii calls deluxe set album 1

It's a cold and blustery November night (it's 55 out there for God's sake!) I made Mexican hot chocolate with a dash of Kahlua, whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon

On 2012-11-08 14:00, TikiTie wrote:

On 2012-11-08 12:21, Wayfarer wrote:
It's been a long night. Went out to a trendy Japanese restaurant called Bushido, it is to Japanese culture what Trader Vic's is to Polynesian, and tried out their "Japanese" cocktail menu. I had-

Miyamoto -sake & lychee
Kawa Kawa -3 kinds of rum and various juices
Ko- sake, liqueurs,demarara and mango

Shot of 18 yr Macallan to round out the night

I'm always up for a good Japanese place. Which Bushido restaurant? Charleston, SC or Mountain View, CA?

Manama, Bahrain. Incidentally it's just down the street from Trader Vic's.

Another Trader Vic's outing-
Mai Tai
Scorpion
Queen's Park Swizzle

I've now tried 22 of the 43 drinks on the drink menu- halfway done!

Atomic Grog's tribute to the Mai Kai's Jet Pilot

Found this in the local LCBO store today and had to try it...

Macadamia nut chi chi

(Beachbum Berrys app)

8 oz pineapple juice
2 oz Lopez coconut cream
4 oz vodka
2 1/2 oz macadamia nut liqueur 

Listening to The Hawaiians
Vacation in Hawaii

Koloa Hawaiian dark rum on ice
I think this is my new favorite...

:)

Modified Daiquiri #2

1.5oz Lemon Hart 151
3/4oz Clement Creole Shrubb
3/4oz lime juice
1/4oz rock candy syrup

Shaken and poured over a globe/snifter full of crushed ice

Coca cola vanilla zero and trader vic's dark rum
While I'm converting my 78 vinyl so I can transfer it to my iTunes

Bell's Amber Ale, yes beer and just the right amount of them as well

Coruba pineapple rum on ice

. . . as I was saying . . . :) LH151, lime juice, simple syrup, pineapple juice and Peychauds . . . all within arms reach

Castaway

2 oz dark rum
1 oz Banana liqueur
1/2 oz cream of coconut

um, Tampa Bay Hurricane?

2/3 oz W&N Overproof
1 oz armagnac
1 oz grapefruit juice
1.5 oz passionfruit juice cocktail

Not tiki but at this time of year There's nuttin better then an irish coffee at the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco. Can't be there but I know how they make em. Only thing that I change is the Irish whiskey. They use Tullamore Dew. I like Finnegan's. Actually, I neva had an Irish whiskey I didn't like. I top the coffee off with muddled cream (fresh) as I was taught by one of the barkeeps there years ago. The only other difference is we like a little bit of fresh grated nutmeg (like in some tiki drinks)
Cheers

On 2012-12-04 23:36, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Actually, I neva had an Irish whiskey I didn't like.

you speak the truth, nui 'umi 'umi!

Cuba libre

cheers

Zombie (the original) by Don the Beachcomber

3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Don's mix (2 parts white grapefruit juice, I used fresh, lucky me, one part
cinnamon infused sugar.
1/2 oz falernum (Fee bros.)
1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican, I used Lemon Hart 80.
1 1/2 oz aged Jamaican, I used Caruba, love the flavor.
1 oz 151 Lemon Heart
Dash Angostura bitters
6 drops Pernod, was going to use the Pernod Absinthe but not experimental enough.
teaspoonful grenadine (Monin)
6 oz. crushed ice.

pretty good..

The recipe was found in the notebook of Beachcomber's waiter Dick Santiago, who had marked the recipe old.

Hiltiki, That Zombie recipe sounds good. Gonna try one or a couple as soon as I complete my latest project. Can't get to my tiki booze stash til I clean up some of the scraps and other residue from my latest efforts improving the Happy talk lounge. In your opinion is there a big difference in taste between Pernod (mainly anise seed) and Pernod absinthe (anise and fennel (wormwood)?

Well I just tasted both bottles, too early in the morning but who cares, and the Absinthe Pernod definitely had a stronger anise flavor. Next time a recipe calls for Pernod I will try the Absinthe Pernod.

Pernod is one of those ingredients where, to me, it's easy to use either "too much" or "just right" with no in-between. I'm always very cautious with Pernod and would be even more cautious with Pernod Absinthe.

I think the non-tiki Sazerac cocktail is a good example of where Pernod is simply magical if you carefully swirl/coat the inside of the glass with a thin layer of Pernod (and then dump any excess) before you add the rest of the ingredients to the glass.

Herbsaint man here.

Wife wanted a snicker doodle shot
Or 2

1/2 oz Baileys
1/2 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
Dash of cinnamon

dry Rob Roy, w/orange bitters and peychaud's bitters...

El Dorado 12 yr

Nebbiolo with a cheese pizza I made myself . . .

Just got home from Trader Sam's, Had one of their Mele Kalikimocha and a glass of longboard. My wife had a couple of red nosed zebra's.
The is a cold coffee drink and I was expecting a hot drink- it was Kalikimocha here in Kalikimocha (60 degrees) It was very tasty and if I didn't have to drive home.I would have had several. So soon as I could brew up a pot of hot coffee I whipped up a couple of Irish coffee's.
Cheers

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-23 19:46 ]

Beer

same-- Shocktop End-of-the-World Midnight Wheat.

I'm glad the world didn't end because i want to keep drinking this most excellent beer...

On 2012-12-21 22:07, thePorpoise wrote:
same-- Shocktop End-of-the-World Midnight Wheat.
I'm glad the world didn't end because i want to keep drinking this most excellent beer...

My local Anheuser-Busch brewery makes Shocktop. On their 2-hour "beermaster's tour" they take you into the ingredient mixing room, and let me tell you, the Shocktop ingredients in their raw form have an amazing pleasant and very strong orange and cardamom aroma! It is a very interesting beer, and I also enjoy its taste. I think Shocktop is made to compete directly against Blue Moon. Both are good beers.

Happy Caesar Sunday Tiki peeps!

hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!

cheers

Started out tonight with a 151 Swizzle,

which got me the in the mood for a Trader Vic Scorpion Bowl (for 1).

Both out of Beachbum Berry's Remixed

My wife CeCe and I just finished our Christmas tradition of preparing mucho tamales. They're on the stovetop now and will be ready to wolf down about 2 A M. Meanwhile,thanks to Arriano for the recipe, I fixed us a couple of "red nosed Zebra's" as served at Trader Sam's

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-26 23:28 ]

My wife CeCe Makes an outstanding fruitcake-starts marinating the fruit in brandy and cream sherry right after Thanksgiving Day. Paired with my most excellent Irish coffee It is just wonderful.
We don't let Christmas get away easily around our house. Gonna hit Trader Sam's tomorrow night and hopefully have one or two of their "red nosed Zebra's".
Cheers all

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-26 23:29 ]

I love fruit cake . . . which would go great with the coffee I am drinking now :(

Nui- that looks awesome

Lil glass of coruba pineapple rum on ice

a St. Andrews Sling.

On 2012-12-29 22:26, thePorpoise wrote:
a St. Andrews Sling.

Okay Porp, What's in it?

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-29 23:36 ]

Hot chocola'te, it's 46 degrees outside.
Cheers

On 2012-12-29 23:36, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:

On 2012-12-29 22:26, thePorpoise wrote:
a St. Andrews Sling.

Okay Porp, What's in it?

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-29 23:36 ]

simple-- substitute blended scotch for the gin in a singapore sling (or in another tropical sling of choice)...

Hey Porpoise, Mahalo! Easy enough.

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-31 00:03 ]

Im not to sure wtf you would call this... buts its got lots of booze in it!

Happy New Year everyone!

I need longer straws......

Coruba mango on ice

Trader Sam's red nosed zebra's dressed up for the occasion.
Cheers