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Secret Santa

Not that there is a bad time for tiki drinks, but the holidays are an especially festive occasion and it is nice to bring out a recipe that is a little extra special during a celebration. The Secret Santa is a holiday cocktail that captures some of our favorite holiday…

Snow in Hawaii

You might not associate snow with tropical islands, but there are places in Hawaii where it does, in fact, snow. Most of us find our snow in Hawaii in the form of a generous bowl of shave ice or the crushed ice packed into a cocktail glass, however. All of…

Black Magic

Halloween is a time when I like to have even more fun than usual with my garnishes. Sometimes, that means lighting up a jack o' lantern in my drink. Other times, that means adding some menacing blood (or grenadine) to create a man-eating Banana Dolphin. Here, I'm getting a little…

Army & British Navy

Now, as much as we love it, we don't generally consider the classic gin-based Army & Navy to be a tiki cocktail. But the delicious drink provides a great template to add a tiki twist to. We've dubbed this cocktail the Army & British Navy and it uses Tanquery Rangpur…

Navy Style Negroni

The negroni is a wonderfully simple classic cocktail and, like many cocktails, it can be improved with rum. Don't get us wrong: we love a traditional gin-based negroni, but we also love the added depth and complexity that a good rum can bring to the drink. We've tried lots of…

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…

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…

Caipiríssima

The best known cocktail in Brazil is the Caipirinha, which is made with sugar, muddled limes and cachaça. We're fans of cachaça, which is produced from sugar cane juice, just like rhum agricole, and typically has crisp, grassy notes to it. But like all good classic cocktails, the caipirinha is subject to many…

Stiggin’s Downfall Daiquiri

You can make a daiquiri with any kind of rum and we experiment on a regular basis when we add new rums to our collection. While you can't go wrong with the traditional recipe, there are times when unique rums invite the addition of other ingredients. Plantation's Stiggins's Fancy Pineapple Rum is a…

Tiki Tastings: Foursquare Rum Distillery Port Cask Finish

We've been on a bit of a hiatus from our Tiki Tastings rum/spirits review posts for the past few months. It isn't because we haven't been buying new rum, either! Not to worry, however, because the reviews are back and we promise to post them on a more regular basis…