What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

from a few nights ago, a quick Grog Log Test Pilot, one i had not made in years

some from tonight, all being an off the cuff

utilizing a Jamaican Peppermint/nutmeg syrup

a sweet one, using a lime, hibiscus. tahitian vanilla bean syrup

1 1/2 oz No. 209 Gin, 1 oz El Dorado 15, 1/2 oz Square One Cucumber Vodka, 1/2 cinnamon syrup, 3/4 lime, dash Angostura, shaken with 1 1/2 cups crushed ice, pour unstrained, cinnamon torched for added aromatics

Damn Cass, you're goin' all out with the garnishes and photography ~ nice!

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2013-03-13 10:53 ]

Thanks MDM, just quick snapshots though.
Last night, mix of cruzan lt, aged martinique, and woods Naval rum, squeezed limes and pineapple, cardamom and cinnamon syrups, regans bitters square one cucmber vodka and some spiritus wesolly for a punch, topped up with club soda

Last night I tried a drink called "Honeymusk" I found on Kindred cocktails. I had just finished making some pineapple gomme syrup and was anxious to try it in a cocktail. The rest of the ingredients looked interesting as well.

Overall, a good cocktail, but for some reason the pineapple got a little lost and I began to taste honey syrup instead of pineapple (perhaps this explains the name).

Ingredients
1 oz Jamaican rum, Smith & Cross
1 oz Lemon juice
3 / 4 oz Pineapple syrup
1 / 2 oz Cynar
Instructions
Shake, strain, up, coupe.

The Island Queen, a newly unearthed "lost cocktail" from The Mai-Kai's 1956 menu not served in many years.

Check out the story behind this descendant of an old Don the Beachcomber drink, plus a tribute recipe ...

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2013/03/27/mai-kai-cocktail-review-the-island-queen-a-master-mixologists-original-emerges-from-the-vault/

The official blog of The Hukilau

Featuring The Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2013-03-27 21:05 ]

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2013-04-03 10:41 ]

Mai-Tai
Trader Vic's

Mango Mai-Tai

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-03-20 17:15 ]

Maui Mai-Tai

Guava Mai-Tai

recipe?

Trader Vic's Portland

Back for more

Traditional

Maui

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-03-21 18:28 ]

Starting this sunny Friday evening off with a Kraken&Coke

Dagg- wish I had one of those instead

Zombie
All juice :(

Looks like your havering fun in PDX!

Here's an ATP Kraken Killer. It's a gooder!

'44 Mai Tai at Tacoma Cabana.
Made with 12 yr. old Appleton, Clement VSOP and Creole Shrub, pure nectar.

Styling in my new Sandwich Isle's sport coat! :wink: $5.50 from Goodwill.

aloha, tikicoma

Ahhhh
Much better
Mai-Tai

Great coat Tikicoma!

Looks like fun times all around :drink:

Back to TV
Traditional Mai-Tai

Mango MT

Oh my

You guys are so true to tiki.

(hanging head in shame)

I'm drinking a pomagranate martini. I must say it's quite yummy!

Lori, enjoy it...

Jon

Jon, it looks like you have not left the Bar in two days?
talking about getting your drink on...

Epic . . . I'd have been thrown out by now :D

ATP- 4 days

:wink:

Jon, better check your Bilirubin & AST! :D

Mike- all good brother...

Kilo-Kai on ice

A Jet Pilot and just got my Zombie. This if course is at the Molokai Bar at the Mai Kai. PuPu platter already finished. I am in my happy place. Looking forward to The Hukilau!

Thought I'd try this version...

I like, next time a little less lime...

Jon

i bet that agave in lieu of honey is going to enhance the lime-arita flavor, too!

Porpoise- It was great....

Lemon Hart

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-04-07 14:30 ]

I forgot to add this Sample Shot yesterday...

Not bad

Hello
Anyone else out there???

:lol:

Hang10, don't stop cause nobody else is posting. I don't know about them, but I'm really enjoying your drinking adventures. :)

Dale

been all Florida craft beers lately at my house:

Cigar City brewing's Jai Alai IPA, Maduro Brown Ale, Florida Cracker White Ale, and Helles Lager;

Tampa Bay Brewing's Old elephant Foot IPA;

and Florida Ave. Ale...

Thanx Dale
Road trip, pics soon

:)
Jon

Gosling's on da rocks

Next stop

Meyers

Found a mysterious scorpion bowl of unknown origin a couple of weeks ago, and decided to put it to good use tonight.

Cumbe-Maita "Call of the Andes" Bowl (an original recipe)

2 oz. Fresh-squeezed Orange juice
1 1/2 oz. Oronoco Rum
1 oz. Fresh-squeezed Lemon juice
1 oz. El Presidente Brandy
1 oz. Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva Rum
1 oz. Homemade Passionfruit syrup
1 oz. Capel Pisco
1/2 oz. Homemade Falernum
1/2 oz. Agave syrup
1/2 oz. Apricot Brandy
1/8 oz. Herbsaint
Dash of Angostura Bitters

Shake with crushed ice and pour into tiki bowl. Add more crushed ice to fill.

Garnish with fire.

Mai-Tai
#2

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-04-12 23:48 ]

I'll play!
A tikicoma, and no I didn't name it after my user name, it was the the other way around (I first called it a sneaky tiki but found out it was taken).

With friends :) Kind of a Waikiki Mai Tai or a Happy Talk Lounge (Princeville) Bali Hai cocktail.

The ingredients. (Post horrified comments now).

Yum :)

aloha, tikicoma

Working on a tribute to a very obscure lost classic ...

The Mai-Kai's version of the Suffering Bastard, inspired by Trader Vic but totally different.

Click here for the review and recipe:
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2013/06/03/lost-cocktails-of-the-mai-kai-the-off-menu-suffering-bastard-was-just-a-mai-tai-with-a-kick/

The official blog of The Hukilau

Featuring The Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2013-06-03 22:26 ]

Nice to c drinks a flowin
Mai Tai #3

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-04-12 23:49 ]