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Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes: Tiki Trends & Old Fashioned Twists
Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes Tiki Trends and Old Fashioned Twists Looking for unique Thanksgiving cocktail recipes to elevate your holiday gathering this year?...
· 4 min read
How to Use Falernum Syrup in Tiki Cocktails
Falernum syrup is the ultimate ingredient for adding a spicy-sweet touch to Tiki cocktails, bringing out layers of flavor that take tropical...
· 3 min read
Rum Runner Recipe: The Florida Keys' Favorite Liquid Getaway
Rum Runner Recipe: The Florida Keys’ Favorite Liquid Getaway The Rum Runner wasn’t designed. It was improvised—built from a storeroom full of...
· 9 min read
Three Dots and a Dash Cocktail: History & Recipe of Tiki's Secret Code
Three Dots and a Dash Cocktail: History & Recipe of Tiki’s Secret Code Most cocktail names are arbitrary. Three Dots and a...
· 9 min read
Planter's Punch Cocktail: Recipe & History of a Rum Legend
Planter’s Punch Cocktail: Recipe & History of a Rum Legend Most cocktails have a fixed recipe. Planter’s Punch has a formula—and that...
· 9 min read
Suffering Bastard Cocktail: A Gin-Spiked Classic for the Morning After
There are very few cocktails with a documented origin story this specific: a WWII bartender, Allied troops suffering from bad wartime liquor,...
· 9 min read
Virgin Mai Tai Recipe: All the Spirit, None of the Proof
Most virgin Mai Tais taste like tropical juice with a garnish. They’re sweet, flat, and missing everything that made the original drink...
· 9 min read
Jungle Bird Cocktail: Campari-Fueled Tiki Cocktail
Tiki cocktails are supposed to be sweet, tropical, and uncomplicated. The Jungle Bird breaks every one of those conventions. Built around Campari—a...
· 9 min read
Original 1944 Trader Vic's Mai Tai Recipe
Original 1944 Trader Vic’s Mai Tai Recipe The Mai Tai is one of the most ordered cocktails in the world—and one of...
· 9 min read
Saturn Cocktail Recipe: Gin, Falernum, and Tropical Bliss
Most tiki cocktails are built around rum. The Saturn is the exception — a gin-based tiki drink that somehow fits perfectly into...
· 8 min read
Classic Navy Grog Recipe: A Rum-Fueled Tiki Classic
Navy Grog is one of those drinks that carries real history in the glass. It started as a rationed naval drink, got...
· 8 min read
How to Make a Tiki Margarita: Island Ingredients Meet Tequila
A tiki margarita blends two bold cocktail traditions into something vibrant, unexpected, and totally summer-worthy. Built on the crisp foundation of tequila,...
· 7 min read
