white rum | Modern Tiki

Tiki Death Punch

Tiki drinks are known for having great names, names that tell a story and make you want to order that drink - even if you don't know all of the secret ingredients that have gone into it. Give us a drink with a fun, funny or creative name and we'll…

Chamomile Mai Tai

When you go to craft cocktail bars, you're like to see a wide variety of infused spirits, along with fresh juices and house-made syrups. In tiki, we have a long history with fresh juices and house-made syrups, but the infused spirits are a bit less common. You could attribute this…

Cucumber Aku Aku

The Aku Aku is a refreshing cocktail that is a favorite for many tiki-lovers. Usually blended, the drink combines rum, peach, pineapple, lime and mint. It's cold and goes down very easily, especially on a hot day. We don't always want to get out the blender, however, so we often…

Hibiscus Daiquiri

One of the most popular drinks at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants is the jamaica margarita, which features a house-made hibiscus syrup. Hibiscus and tequila are a match made in heaven (though we love non-alcoholic jamaica agua frescas, too), but hibiscus also pairs nicely with rum. We stocked up on a…

Foul Weather Friend

We have a nice collection of Trader Vic's cookbooks - both cocktail and food books - and every time we flip through the pages, it seems like we discover something we haven't tried before. Last week was on the rainy side here in So Cal, so naturally the Four Weather…

Jul Tidings

Cranberries almost always have a spot on the table during the holidays, but we just might like lingonberries even more. Sweet-tart lingonberries are similar to cranberries in flavor, but with a bit of a floral, raspberry note to them. Lingonberries are often featured in Swedish (and other Scandanavian) holiday meals,…

Witch Doctor’s Brew

When you picture a witch's brew, you probably picture a cauldron that is bubbling over with smoke from either fire or dry ice. The witch doctor serves up his potions in a slightly more refined manner, replacing all that smoke with an egg white that gives this Witch Doctor's Brew…

Shipwrecked Monk

When we make a batch of our pineapple-infused rum, we tend to go through it rather quickly. It makes a fantastic daiquiri, as you might imagine, and is a good way to intensify the flavor of pineapple in some of our favorite tiki drinks. This Shipwrecked Monk offers a unique way…

Berried Treasure

There aren't a great number of berry tiki drinks out there (though there are quite a few innovated or recorded by one) and we wouldn't say that it's an essential tiki flavor. That being said, there is no reason that berries can't be incorporated into a tiki cocktail because they go fabulously…

Tiki Thyme

When you think of herbs and tiki drinks, you immediately think of fresh mint. Mint is not only a regular ingredient in tiki cocktails, but it is a standard garnish for all kinds of recipes, including a classic Mai Tai. As tasty as mint is, it isn't the only herb…