This is Trader Vic’s original recipe. 1 oz. Appleton Extra 1 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum ½ oz. Curacao 1 oz. Lime Juice ¼ oz. orgeat ¼ oz. simple syrup Shake all ingredients with crushed ice Pour unstrained into old fashioned glass Add crushed ice to fill Garnish with a…
If there is such a thing as an elegant Tiki drink, this is it! Even if your party isn’t Tiki themed, this simple drink will impress. 1 oz. Plymouth Gin ¾ oz. Lemon juice ¾ oz. Passion fruit syrup Chill cocktail glass with ice and water Add all ingredients to…
This is my version of rum punch which I would like to claim I invented somewhere in the islands, but it was actually at home in Texas! I recently added the Orgeat and Key Lime Bitters. You can sub Angostura Bitters but you do need something to offset the sweetness…
This is one of Trader Vic’s original’s. 2 oz. Cruzan white rum 2 oz. orange juice 1 oz. lemon juice ½ oz. curacao ¼ oz. simple syrup ¼ oz. orgeat 12 oz. crushed ice Shake all ingredients with crushed ice Pour unstrained into tall glass
Rockets and jet aircraft were all the rage in the Tiki era and every bartender had appropriately named drinks. This was Popo Galsini’s and won 1st Place in the World Cocktail Championship in 1967. 1 ¼ oz. gin ½ oz. passion fruit syrup ¼ oz. Falernum ¼ oz. orgeat ½…
This is from the Luau in Beverly Hills cr. 1958. Single serving: 1 oz. gold rum 1 oz. gin ½ oz. brandy 1 oz. OJ ½ oz. Lime juice ½ oz. simple syrup ¾ oz. orgeat 4 oz. crushed ice Blend on high for 5 sec. Pour unstrained into glass…
This is Trader Vic’s recipe except he used dark rum rather than gold rum. I also usually use homemade grenadine rather than cherry juice. Either way, there is good reason that this is one of the great Tiki drinks. 2 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum ½ oz. lime juice ½…
Donn Beach’s original recipe, circa 1934, found in a waiter’s notebook dated 1937 and marked “old.” 1 ½ oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum 1 ½ oz. Appleton Extra Rum 1 oz. Lemon Hart 151 Rum ¾ oz. lime juice ½ oz. Don’s Mix ½ oz. Falernum Dash Angostura Bitters 1/8…
It’s a family Christmas tradition…don’t ask. This is another drink that I found and renamed for a party. You can tell it’s from the Tiki era since it has 2 kinds of rum. This is a sour and shows how you can use multiple juices. The recipe could also be…
One of these and you won’t care. Two and you won’t give a #?*! ! I found this recipe somewhere and renamed it for a party. It is very strong. 1 ½ oz. Lemon Hart or Bacardi 151 Rum ½ oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur ¾ oz. lime juice ¼ oz.…
