Tiki Tastings

Tiki Tasting: Chivas Regal Mizunara

Tiki Tasting: Chivas Regal Mizunara

While we have a lot of rum in our bar, we also have plenty of other spirits, liqueurs and elixirs and decided it was time that we give some of them a moment in the spotlight. To put it another way, we are opening up our review section to more…
Tiki Tasting: Stolen Overproof Rum

Tiki Tasting: Stolen Overproof Rum

Overproof rum is one of the most important ingredients in a tiki-phile's rum collection. Overproof rum is powerful - both in alcohol content and flavor - and it can make or break a drink by balancing out sweeter, fruitier ingredients or simply punching up the volume on the booze. We have a…
Tiki Tasting: Lemon Hart 151

Tiki Tasting: Lemon Hart 151

Tiki fans and rum-lovers both were excited to hear that Lemon Hart 151 was coming back to the US market and, over the course of many months, it trickled into widespread availability. Stores in California (or certainly liquor stores in So Cal) seemed to be a bit slow on the…
Lime in the Coconut Water

Lime in the Coconut Water

The other day we cracked open a coconut, which left us with quite a lot of coconut water to drink. It's a delicious beverage on its own, but it can also be incorporated to cocktails. A lot of recipes pair coconut water with dark rum, or even with blackstrap rum. While…
Tiki Tasting: The Cane Mill Rum, 8 year

Tiki Tasting: The Cane Mill Rum, 8 year

When we're shopping for rum, we are always on the lookout for something new to add to our collection. Since rums are so unique, you never know (ok, sometimes you know) when you will stumble upon one that will bring your Rum Barrel to the next level. The Cane Mill…
Tiki Tasting: Lucky Falernum, reviewed

Tiki Tasting: Lucky Falernum, reviewed

Falernum is a vital component of any tiki bar. The sugar, spice and citrus-infused rum-based syrup can inject a tremendous amount of flavor (or subtly add spice) to any cocktail. We've made our own falernum and tried both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions. There aren't all that many options out there…
Tiki Tastings: Paradise Mango Rum Liqueur

Tiki Tastings: Paradise Mango Rum Liqueur

When a friend traveling out of the country stops at duty free just to look for unusual liqueurs and unavailable rums, you know that you have found a real friend. One of Rob's friends picked up a bottle of Paradise Mango Rum Liqueur on his way out of the Philippines.…
Tiki Tastings: Clement Mahina Coco Liqueur

Tiki Tastings: Clement Mahina Coco Liqueur

There are a few ways to introduce coconut to a cocktail. You can use natural coconut water or coconut milk for a very subtle flavor, or you could opt for extremely sweet coconut cream (i.e. Coco Lopez) or coconut-flavored rum. One other option is to pick up a bottle of…