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Sippin’ Safari

The Tropical Itch

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A lot of drinks come with some form of goofy garnish, whether it be a Menehune in the Menehune juice, or Trader Vic’s Potted Parrot.  Garnish can, in some instances, really sell a drink.  One is ordered, and patrons ask “What is that!?!”, particularly with something garishly garnished, or even better, set on fire.  This [...]

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Books from the Bum

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A lot of people have asked me how I got into the whole, as some might put it, “tiki thing”. Well, like anything good, it doesn’t take much to push you over the edge.  Having damned good friends in the interest certainly got me started, but the properly made Fogcutter and Mai Tai one dark [...]

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Easy Tiki Drinks, The Derby Daiquiri

Welcome to the first part on a series of Easy Tiki Drinks. Tiki Mixology has gotten a bad rap over the years.  The complexity of the concoctions and obscurity of ingredients have deemed Tiki drinks a no-go for home mixologists and bartenders alike.  That most damned ingredient, effort, can be a bitch to wrangle.  As [...]

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MxMo Rum, three little rums

For my own, and to be made very brief, foray into this Hulabalooza we call Mixology Monday, the subject is Rum, and is being hosted here at Tradertiki.com! I have decided to descend down the dark path of some pitch black and fiery rums, and their cocktail interpretations as developed by Don the Beachcomber. Each [...]

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Nui Nui, on the Menu Feb 19th.

Originally known as the Pupule (Hawaiian for crazy), the Nui Nui  was one of Don the Beachcomber’s original creations in his 1930s bar in Hollywood, and seems to have been fairly exclusive to the Don the Beachcomber restaurants and other of his haunts and creations.  There don’t seem to be any copies of this on [...]

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Pearl Diver’s Punch, on the Menu Feb 19th

Another one, already covered in an earlier post, but certainly worth a few more makings, and revisiting! I must tell you, I’ve had the damnedest time with this one. It’s a bit of a nightmare to make right, but a real killer-diller once it’s made.  The drink was developed by Don the Beachcomber circa 1937, [...]

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More safari, and one for the ladies.

After a damned decent break (that last Zombie Punch hit a little too hard), it’s time to get back into the Bum’s own Sippin’ Safari. This evening started off with the Kamehameha Rum Punch, page 81 in Sippin’ Safari. It’s a pretty number, with a lot of sweetness, and pretty heavy on the pineapple. The [...]

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