A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

The Kahuna!

Tiare — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:16:40 +0000

I just love the Tiki Central! it´s one of the places to go for everything tiki and it´s one of the places i go for inspiration to make drinks and you find something more often than not. Yesterday i was looking for something new to try that i could post up here as well [...]

Cocktails with Pimento

Tiare — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:39:58 +0000

Can`t stop mixing with this! i made a few drinks when i reviewed Pimento and when i did that post i wished i could of added a few more drinks but that had to be left to a later post.

There´s so much nice drinks you can do with it and it´s just so nice [...]

Agave Syrup – Not so Natural and worse than HFCS

Tiare — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:20:46 +0000

Picture credit Dominik MJ Schachtsiek

Agave Nectar Is Not A Natural Sweetener!

Stumbled upon an article about agave syrup while browsing around in the Dubai Bartender Club. The article is written by Dominik MJ Schachtsiek – bartender and writing a blog called ”The Opinionated Alchemist”. I had no idea that it was that bad with agave syrup – [...]

5 Minutes of RUM!

Tiare — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:47:28 +0000

If you love rum you need to listen to “5 Minutes of Rum” – which is notes of rum, 5 minutes at a time. It`s a great podcast that is just starting out and episode 5 is just out. You can find it on the web – here – and then you can also [...]

2013 Tales of The Cocktail Nominations! is here!

Tiare — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:12:46 +0000

2013 Tales of The Cocktail Nominations! is here!

Tales of The Cocktail is America’s largest annual cocktail festival that brings together the best in the industry from all over the world for a week-long conference, celebration, and gathering. The 11th Annual Tales of The Cocktail and Spirited Awards take place in New Orleans, July [...]

Old English Gin

Tiare — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:49:10 +0000

Here´s a real nice gin which i`ve had the pleasure of reviewing – the Old English Gin.

This Old English Gin is made from a 1783 recipe, distilling eleven botanicals in Angela, the oldest pot still being used in England today. And by using recycled bottles, organic sealing and silk printed labels, all as [...]

Drinks with Honey Cream Mix

Tiare — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:46:56 +0000

Browsing through Don the Beachcomber´s “Little Hawaiian Tropical Drink Book” it´s clear that Don used a lot of honey cream mix. Trader Vic also used it but it seems to me that Don used it more. I tried it the first time many years ago ( in 2007) when i tried to make Don`s [...]

Pimento! a Spicy drink with a Hot Chili bite!

Tiare — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:58:14 +0000

Up for review is a downright fantastic fizzy drink made with ginger, tonic and hot pepper natural flavors and it is strong!! but let me tell you something…this is the best fizzy ginger drink i`ve tasted in a long time – if ever… yes it´s that good!

It was actually made as an alternative [...]

Navy Grog and Tiki Puka Puka – A taste test of grog mixers

Tiare — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:55:10 +0000

A while ago the Trader Vic`s website had their Grog Concentrate up for sale for a limited time and since that grog mix isn`t normally sold to the public except occasionally it was sold out in a matter of a day or two. Then a couple days later they sold another batch which did [...]

Aku Aku Drinks

Tiare — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:10:38 +0000

After drinking all those lapu lapu drinks i wrote about in my previous post i`m now gonna make drinks that has the word aku or aku aku in the name and there`s no other reason for doing that other than tiki drink research..and because i like rum drinks.

In my previous post about lapu lapu [...]