Why Are There So Many Mai Tai Recipes? After its creation, it didn't take long for the mai tai to surpass the zombie cocktail as "the" drink to order at America's tiki bars. The owners and bartenders of these tropical-themed establishments were notorious for guarding recipes against compet...
midcentury bar movement known as tiki, with its penchant for secret recipes and ingredients. the mai tai was the subject of big disagreement from the two most famous tiki creators, donn the beachcomber and trader vic, who both claimed to have invented the cocktail some time around the 1930s...
The Old Fashioned is a descendant of the Whiskey Cocktail, a Prohibition-era drink that called for a combination of whiskey and bitters. Over the years, bartenders have experimented with muddling fruit to add to the cocktail. Our recipe features the classic combination of spirit, sugar, and bit...
I subtly mentioned to both respectable gentleman (Jeff and Craig) that I had been working on gin-based tiki drinks, and their eyes lit up like an flickering, rum-filled lightbulb on the verge of exploding. And so, I present the first cocktail (and post) on Kaiser Penguin in over four...
This kitsch titan of the tropical canon climbs four places this year – like most tiki drinks, it’s enjoyed by bartenders in their less serious moments. This year 15% of polled bars had the rum, orgeat, lime and curaçao classic among their regular roster of classics. ...
Recreating classic tiki recipes was hard work As the art of exotic cocktails fell into disrepair, a few intrepid investigators attempted to pull it back from the edge of the abyss. Key among their number is likely cocktail historian Jeff Berry—author of books such asPotions of the Caribb...