What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

Mai Tai at Don's

Penang with absinthe.

Ickytiki - I haven't tried that recipe but I do follow the Mistake thread. I don't think the original has maple syrup but maybe? I didn't get that flavor but I will have to try it and see how well the flavors blend together. It is possible that I didn't notice it. :)

Navy grog a Don's.

Navy Grog at Billy's.

Damn, Luna you should be feeling pretty good about now!

The Duke of Luna is on fire
:)

This one is for u Luna

My first time making this.

Skin Diver new recipe (Remix)
3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 oz OJ
1 1/2 oz honey mix
1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican, I used Havana club 3
3/4 oz Demerara, I used Lemon Hart
1/2 oz heavy cream
2 dashes Angostura bitters
6 drops Vanilla extract
1 cup crushed ice.
I liked this drink a lot. it was a little sweet at first I added a little more lemon juice and it was perfect. It looked very refreshing and tasted good. Next time I will mix 1 oz honey mix instead of 1 1/2.

JAVA ZOMBIE

3 oz double strength black cuban coffee;
1.5 oz Lemon Hart 151, 1 oz Kohala Bay, 1 oz dominican gold rum;
1/2 oz each of orange juice, grapefruit juice, passionfruit juice, lime juice, rich cinnamon syrup, and raw agave nectar;
2 dash Angostura, 2 dash Herbsaint;

blend with 1.5 oz ice, serve in a guinness pint glass...

London Sour - I haven't thought much of the orange juice / lemon combos, this is surprisingly good!

[ Edited by: AdOrAdam 2013-11-13 12:37 ]

El Dorado 12. neat.

Frankie's Fink Bomb

Had a Tortuga (Trader Vic, 1948) for the first time yesterday. I really liked it although I found the full ounce of Italian vermouth to be a tad too prominent.

I have been experimenting with Navy Grogs for a while using the cheap stuff to the expensive (e.g. Bacardi Gold / Appletons Special to Appleton 12 / El Dorado 12).

My newest combo is Bacardi 8, Appleton 8 & El Dorado 8 - perhaps the best yet :) Its got enough kick & its still smooth!

151 rum swizzle &
Fog Cutter

Nui Nui

Hot chocolate with a cinnamon stick.

Egg Nog with a shot of Applelton Reserve

Yeoman's Grog, using Kohala Bay an LH 151.

brown and tasty

The Honu Hideaway had 2 special guests today
Dan-O and Wendy
Great visit

Time for a little Koloa dark

With this one on the turntable

Sounds like a great time.

I should know better.

Drinking at the lounge of an old Cantonese restaurant that has a full page of "Exotic Island Drinks" on their menu. Pearl Divers, Scorpions, Navy Grogs and the works. Just had probably the worst Suffering Bastard and Mai Tai I have ever had, but I know the poor bartender is just serving the drinks he's been taught to serve.

Still. . . I watched Southern Comfort and mixto Tequila go into the "Suffering Bastard," and there is a distinct Windex flavor in the Mai Tai that I just can't see too many people being very fond of.

Oh well, at least their food is good.

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2013-11-20 19:07 ]

Yeah, unfortunately, in many places its all about capitalizing on the name of the drink instead of the actual flavor. What (I think) those places don't realize is that serving quality drinks may often be accompanied by selling MORE drinks. In other words, serving better drinks yields higher profit due to higher volume sold despite higher ingredient costs. But I could be wrong. Maybe the profit margins are so darn big on the crappy drinks that it wouldn't matter if you sold two or three excellent drinks instead of one crappy drink.

Has anyone here operated a bar or restaurant or done the books (or financial analysis) on this sort of stuff?

I know, I know, probably wrong thread to ask this. And that means - TIME FOR A DRINK! :)

DarkNstormy with Kohala Bay...

Mentiritas for me and my sinorita...

It's hot and it's buttered.
Chilly night!

no ice, no problem. time for Ti Pawwwnch...

Suffering Bastard. What did I do last night???

...finally got a suffering bastard mug. The lead lends a good flavor to the drink. More authentic.

On 2013-11-23 12:48, thePorpoise wrote:
no ice, no problem. time for Ti Pawwwnch...

That works.

Yesterday (sorry for the delay) on Hawaiian time
:wink:

It was all about the Mai-Tai

Ended the night with Koko brown

Today it started out with a visit and a longboard with Gecko

Next stop
For Mai-Tai's a zombie

Final stop
1 more Mai-Tai

Mai-Tai x2
Then
Longboard

Hang10tiki that is a heckuva roundup of the Hawaiian Mai Tais!

Which one was the best??

Punch Planteur Saint James.

tres bien

while i cook up a pot of etouffee.

[ Edited by: thePorpoise 2013-11-24 17:46 ]

Sunny- la Mariana and Royal Hawaiian fo sho

Gotta love a bar in a coffee shop

4.00 Mai-Tai

:)

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-11-24 22:59 ]

Again

Ok ok
1 more to make it 12.00

:)

I know what u be thinkin
16.00 sounds mo better than 12.00

:wink:

I've been doing some experimenting with top shelf rum recently, your guess is as good as mine what this is:

:)

Looks good anyway! Wish I had one :)

Hang10tiki - Don't forget to grab a Mai Tai at House Without a Key. They are tasty!

PS: I like Gecko's Bahooka shirt!

[ Edited by: lunavideogames 2013-11-25 14:01 ]

Drinking my 2nd Corn N' Oil, courtesy of the black strap rum thread. Gotta say that I'm liking this a lot! Its up there w/simplified zombies for preparation-to-enjoyment ratio!
http://instagram.com/p/hJ4o5yln-8/

Luna- deal

Longboard
A few Mau-Tais
Koloa dark

red hook pumpkin porter wid my red beans n rice on a monday nite.

3 mo Mai-Tais

Ok
1 more

in honor of the Maui Invitational game i'm watching, and in honor of Hang10's earnsest efforts:

an island-style Mai Tai (using Matusalem gold, and Kohala Bay)...

another. (ED12 as the dark; also, added vanilla/cherry to this one)

[ Edited by: thePorpoise 2013-11-25 23:41 ]

one more!

Yerba Mate. It's early.