What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

On 2016-06-08 06:47, howlinowl wrote:
Pu Pu Platter and Headhunter in a Fu Manchu mug from a couple days ago.

Shanghai Gardens, Port Saint Lucie, Florida

howlinowl

Howlinowl: Should I be checking this place out? How did it slip under my radar?

Finally got the wife out to her first Tiki Ti experience. On a Wednesday, we sucked up $6 Ray's Mistakes.

RUMinade Nothing 'traditional' but will do in a pinch-
spicy ginger lemonade
pussers
trader vics dark
Lacroix coconut water
lime

I know, sounds like peasant juice compared to any number of REAL tiki drinks, but the Lacroix coconut really isn't bad as a coconut substitute- lighter, not so sweet.

I feel like I can post this because your mug is too precious to throw at me...

Hang10, you're killing me here! :wink: I'm definitely coming back out there in October!

MB Post Royal Provisions!

On 2016-06-15 18:55, hang10tiki wrote:

MP

CR2

Killer! I am definitely going back to H&R when I am back in Vegas again. Had a couple of great cocktails (including the Corpse Reviver #2) and a steak. And bacon brussel sprouts...

Cheers!
:drink:

[ Edited by: finky099 2016-06-17 09:53 ]

Finky- see ya der Bruddah

On 2016-06-10 19:16, hang10tiki wrote:

Saw this
39.00 a shot
:(
Pass

What's the story on this? I've only seen the XO Reserve which for some reason always came across as a novelty for me (maybe because the person who gifted it to me was a clown). $39 a shot is insane. What does the bottle run? And what makes it that special?

Internet search

More research

Product Description
Pyrat (Old English: pronounced pirate) Cask is an ultra premium aged, limited production rum. This excellent dark amber rum is blended from the finest Caribbean rums, aged up to 40 years. Pyrat Cask has the body and color of a rare cognac and is perfect for sipping.

Our Take:
I came in to this tasting with high expectations, and this rum ran a marathon past the line I had set in my mind for it. It is one of those rare potables that I find hard to drink, because I get trapped up in how amazing the aroma proves to be. When I finally sip it I in turn get trapped in the depth of its flavor. This rum is definitely intoxicating on more than one level.

Aroma: blood orange, apricots, brown sugar
Taste: intense blood orange, sweet apricot jam, brown sugar, pie crust, graham cracker, everything intense
Finish: lingering warmth, no heat, just warmth
Feel: full bodied, syrupy, viscous

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

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2016-06-18 20:54 ]

Had a long lost friend over

Then a lil Rum :)

Intermission

And then...

I decided to take the time and effort to make an original Zombie ... usually I drink the Spievak mostly because it tastes good and I'm lazy!

It's really amazing how the Spievak with lemon juice can approximate the original, at least on my palate :)

Anyway used four different rums because my LH151 is stashed elsewhere: Coruba Dark, Don Q Gold Anejo, LH80, Hamilton 151 ... 1 oz ea ...

Mighty tasty!

MB Post King of Beasts!

On 2016-06-18 20:52, hang10tiki wrote:
Internet search

More research

Product Description
Pyrat (Old English: pronounced pirate) Cask is an ultra premium aged, limited production rum. This excellent dark amber rum is blended from the finest Caribbean rums, aged up to 40 years. Pyrat Cask has the body and color of a rare cognac and is perfect for sipping.

Our Take:
I came in to this tasting with high expectations, and this rum ran a marathon past the line I had set in my mind for it. It is one of those rare potables that I find hard to drink, because I get trapped up in how amazing the aroma proves to be. When I finally sip it I in turn get trapped in the depth of its flavor. This rum is definitely intoxicating on more than one level.

Aroma: blood orange, apricots, brown sugar
Taste: intense blood orange, sweet apricot jam, brown sugar, pie crust, graham cracker, everything intense
Finish: lingering warmth, no heat, just warmth
Feel: full bodied, syrupy, viscous

My $.02: Way over-priced, over-sweetened, artificial-tasting swill. All those sweet flavors mentioned above (intense blood orange, sweet apricot jam, brown sugar, pie crust, graham cracker) are overwhelming and cloying. It tastes more like candy than rum. It's been a while since I've had it because I learned my lesson the first two times, and my palate has developed since then, but even in my early rum drinking days (when I still liked Zaya), it was too sweet for me. For the price of one bottle of this, you can get 3-7 bottles of much better rum that isn't just a bunch of chemical flavoring.

Demerara Dry Float from the Smuggler's Cove book (with a side of danger) :o

MB Post Gift Of The Gods!

Over the last 4 nights or so I've been tinkering and refining a recipe inspired by Trader Sam's Krakatoa Punch. I'm dubbing it "Krakatoa Kula" and have aimed in keeping a similar flavor profile but reducing the overly sweet concoction to something a bit more drinkable. I'm pretty sick of the test process to be honest, but I think I've come close to a final result. I'll share when it's final. Major respect to mixologists who know wtf they're doing!

On 2016-06-21 10:54, kkocka wrote:
Over the last 4 nights or so I've been tinkering and refining a recipe inspired by Trader Sam's Krakatoa Punch. I'm dubbing it "Krakatoa Kula" and have aimed in keeping a similar flavor profile but reducing the overly sweet concoction to something a bit more drinkable. I'm pretty sick of the test process to be honest, but I think I've come close to a final result. I'll share when it's final. Major respect to mixologists who know wtf they're doing!

Keith, I know if you're developing a recipe, it's going to be good. But forward to trying it out at home when it's ready.
:wink:

Double Ancient Mariner to end the day...

Scorpion bowl. Plus fire.

The twenty seventy swizzle from
The Smugglers Cove book
Wow
Awesome

love allspice dram

This was great

Hats off

Ummmm
Hmmmm

Better make a few more just to make sure it's that good

Yep

It's that good

:)

Classic

Just as I sent these pics to TikiHula
He was walking into Smugglers Cove
And guess who's there signing away

Tropicale Bloody Mary!

cocktails for two (no rum!!!!don't judge :) :) )

3 oz citron vodka
1 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
2 oz pineapple juice
4 dash bitters
top with Ginger beer
Fresh mint
Excellent, light, refreshing hot summer drink.

Hilda, nice pic. My wife and In were wowed by dem vintage old fashions.
Cheers

Thank you David.

Bootlegger Thugs Passion!

Queen's Park Swizzle ... LH80, El Dorado 5 yr, Hamilton 151 ... one will do!

Plantation Stiggins Pineapple Demerara Swizzle (that's a mouthful!)

Build in a chimney

1 oz Plantation Pineapple
1 oz LH151
1 oz St. George Rum
.5 oz Grenadine
.5 oz Falernum
.5 oz Demerara Syrup
1 oz Lime juice
Angostura
Ice

Swizzle

Piñata from the Smuggler's Cove book

On 2016-06-24 08:37, The Below Decks wrote:
Bootlegger Thugs Passion!

Dat’s a good lookin drink BD-what’s in it?

Question
Anyone had this?

Wife at an airport bar recently
A lady sat down n said
"Do you have any good Rums?"
(Obviously the answer was no)
My wife asked her what Rum she likes
She said El Dorado and the Rum above
Web site doesn't even list The USA as having it :(

On 2016-06-25 20:52, JenTiki wrote:
Piñata from the Smuggler's Cove book

Beautiful.

Working on something new to highlight Santeria Rum ... and the great new Beachbum Berry merch:

Koko Kahuna will be the next cocktail of the week on The Atomic Grog.

Bootlegger Bitter Mai Tai!

I want TBD's liver! :)

Mai Tai tonight

Blackwell Jamaican
St. James Aged Caribbean, Rich Amber Color, Black Label
Ferand Dry Curacao
Demerara Syrup
Small Hand Orgeat
Lime juice

First time trying both rums, pretty damn good drink!

Blue Kahuna

[ Edited by: The Blue Kahuna 2016-06-27 20:00 ]

Corn and Oil via Smugglers cove book

Bootlegger False Idol!

Bell's Two Hearted Ale. It is fantastic! The brewery is only five miles from my house :D

Been drinking but not posting lately so here's a quick recap. Trying some new Mai tai rum variations tonight in anticipation of an upcoming party.

Big Bamboo (recipe doubled) from a couple nights ago. Nice drink if you've got the white grapefruit. Bottled or red just doesn't cut through with this one.

The Below Decks Popa Docquiri!

Santeria Rum Daiquiri with Demerara Syrup... lip smackin' good!