From the category archives:

Tools

Trader Tiki’s Holiday Gift Guide

With the upcoming gift giving season, I thought I’d throw out this little gift guide.  Consider this your shopping list for the Tikiphile or Mixologist in your life.  Hell, just give yourself a little something this hoilday season, you deserve it.  The following items are tried and true, tested, touched and tamed and approved by [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

MS Society Benefit Mug

Hey there folks,
I just got notice of this courtesy of Dr. Bamboo, and wanted to pass the message.
The Queequeq Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Moai is offering a chance to add to your mug collection, as well as support a good cause with their announcement of the MS Society Benefit Mug.

All profits from each [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

Musings on the Mojito

When the sun sits high on your sweat mopped brow, there’s just nothing as refreshing as a Mojito.
I can still remember my first Mojito, mixed by Martin some 10 billion years ago, during a garage sale (of dubious regard) in Petaluma, CA.  The sun was blazing, the sky was crystal clear, and a large crowd [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

Critiki, when you’re in the need for Tiki

If you’re reading this site, chances are you’ve hit Critiki a time or two at least. If you’re reading this and haven’t been, well, hit the link!
Critiki is a Tiki Bar/Location database. Not sure if there is a Tiki bar in your area? There probably is or was! On Critiki you [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

Barbados Red Rum Swizzle

Summer, is it here? Who knows here it Portland. In a matter with Nature’s cruel irony, the June Tiki Tuesday just happened to be on the one cloudy day after a weekend of sunny weather. Luckily, the NW Tiki Crawl was bright and sunshiney, making the pool (and basement bar) at the [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

Blender vs. Mixer, finalé

A long, and unfortunately pictureless weekend has passed. Many drinks were made, cocktails concocted, and such.
After this experimentation, I’ve come to the following conclusion regarding the functional differences between the Top-Down Mixer, and the Glass Bottom-Blender.
The Top-Down Mixer has some great advantages. From a non-mixological standpoint, it draws a lower wattage (cheaper to [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

Blender vs. Mixer, part deux

In these two challenges, a few wrenches are thrown into the works. The wrenches are in the form of hand-torn mint, and the notorious thick and delicious good Coco Lopez. Lets see how each fares!
Round three, Cobra’s Fang
The Ice: Coarse, Machine-grind
Technique 5-second count blend/mix
The drink was a Cobra’s Fang, which adds the element [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • MySpace
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
Read the full article →

← Previous Entries