It seems that everyone has been posting up lists of their spirit bounty for all to admire and gawk at. Such posts have even prompted me to rearrange my cabinet, devoting the entire lower portion to rum. This has brought me much joy. But this post will be different. I won’t list all of the […]

When I first dipped my paw into the world of cocktail blogs, pictures were a thing saved for books and the imagination. Now, it’s hard to find a post that doesn’t include a photograph. The quest for most has turned from simply including pictures to improving them and eeking out that last bit of mouthwatering […]

The contest ends tomorrow, so if you haven’t properly motivated yourself to submit a photo, mix up a fine tiki drink as your fuel and get to it! I will stop accepting entries tomorrow night at midnight, Forbidden Island time.

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 the […]

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 Syrup […]

Just when I thought I was making headway in obtaining the final few tiki ingredients to make every exotic cocktail known to man, the Beachbum goes and publishes a new book. To my distress and delight, it contains 11 new ingredients. 11 new ingredients I don’t have. Well, I got some of them. Before I […]