One of my favorite sessions last year at Tales of the Cocktail was Tiki Drinks from A to Zombie. And to everyone’s great shock, I’m sure, I have plans to attend Potions of the Caribbean, Jeff “Beachbum” Berry’s upcoming panel featuring some notable guests: Wayne Curtis, Martin Cate, Stephen Remsberg, and Brother Cleve. [...]
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Jul7
Nui Nui
Filed in: Angostura bitters cinnamon syrup gold Virgin Islands rum lime juice orange juice orange peel pimento dram vanilla syrup
Jan14
MxMo Brandy - Pendennis
Marleigh, from over at SLOSHED! is hosting this fine edition of Mixology Monday. After trying a plethora of brandy cocktails and whipping up a couple of new tiki recipes, I decided to fall back on an old favorite.
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails by Dr. Cocktail was one of the first cocktail books that found its [...]
Filed in: 151-proof demerara rum Peychaud bitters apricot brandy brandy cinnamon syrup dark Jamaican rum gin gold Puerto Rican rum lime juice mixology monday orange juice pimento dram tiki
Aug12
MxMo Orange: Pearl Diver’s Punch
I have had quite the love and hate relationship with the Pearl Diver’s Punch this week. 100% of the hate comes from making it and 100% of the love comes from drinking it.
This drink, simply put, is the Thomas Keller of exotic cocktails. For those of you not familiar with the joys of [...]
Filed in: butter cinnamon syrup demerara rum falernum gold Jamaican rum gold Puerto Rican rum lime juice orange juice pimento dram tiki vanilla syrup
Aug6
Jet Pilot
My goal this post is to motivate those of you who haven’t made falernum or cinnamon syrup to do so. Neither takes the obligatory month and a half like pimento dram. In fact, if you were to start a batch of each after work on Friday, you’d be sipping this cocktail Saturday evening.
Cinnamon [...]
Filed in: 151-proof demerara rum Angostura bitters cinnamon syrup dark Jamaican rum falernum gold Puerto Rican rum grapefruit juice lime juice pastis tiki
Jul21
Tales of the Cocktail - Friday and Saturday - Update 2
Saturday Recap
12:01am - Gretchen and I were sitting in the lobby of Hotel Monteleone eating awesome pralines from the Southern Candy Makers. More importantly, there was a peanut butter-filled Ritz cracker sandwich coated entirely in bittersweet chocolate. Before long, Chuck and Wesley showed up and joined us in the comfy seats. The [...]
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