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 oz. pineapple juice
• ½ oz. simple syrup
• 1 t. maraschino cherry juice
• 3 oz. crushed ice

1. Blend all ingredients for 5 sec.
2. Pour unstrained into old fashioned glass

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 t. Pernod
• 1 t. grenadine
• 6 oz. crushed ice

1. Blend all ingredients for 5 sec.
2. Pour unstrained into Collins or chimney glass and garnish with mint.

Made correctly, this is actually a very nice cocktail.  Try to use real cranberry juice and not ‘Cranberry Cocktail.’

• 1 ½ oz. citrus vodka
• 1 oz. cranberry juice
• ½ oz. Cointreau
• ¼ oz. fresh lime juice

1. Chill cocktail glass with ice and water
2. Add all ingredients to shaker
3. Shake well with ice 10 – 15 sec.
4. Strain into chilled glass

Cheers!

• 2 oz. plata tequila
• 1 oz. Raspberry liqueur
• 1 oz. simple syrup
• 1 oz. lime juice
• ¼ c raspberries

1. Place the raspberries and simple syrup in a shaker to muddle.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake with ice cubes.
3. Pour unstrained into cocktail or margarita glass.

Cheers!

Before Tiki was Tiki and before Donn Beach and Trader Vic were born, there was the Singapore Sling.  The original was created in 1905 at the Raffle’s Hotel in Singapore. This is a mid-century version.

• 1 ½ oz. Gin
• ½ oz. Cherry Heering
• ¼ oz. Cointreau
• ¼  oz. Benedictine
• 4 oz. pineapple juice
• ½ oz. lime juice
• 1/3 oz. grenadine
• dash Angostura Bitters

1. Chill a Collins glass with ice and water
2. Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake with ice
3. Strain into a chilled Collins glass over fresh ice

I prefer a ratio of 2:1 juice to simple syrup.  I have seen 1:1 and 3:1.  If you like sour/tartness, reduce the simple syrup and/or add more juice.  If you like it sweeter, do the opposite.  Also, since fruit varies in flavor, always taste your mix and adjust accordingly.

If I am making only 1 or 2 drinks, I just use a 2:1 juice : simple syrup.  When we are entertaining, I make up a bottle that morning.  It will begin to degrade after a day.

• 1 cup Simple syrup
• Either:
  • 2 cups fresh lime juice or
  • 2 cups fresh lemon juice
• 4.5 Tbls. pasteurized egg white – optional see Note

1. Combine all ingredients in a pitcher or bottle.
2. Add additional fruit juice or simple syrup to taste.
3. It is ready for immediate use and will keep, refrigerated for a day.

Note: Adding egg white will add depth and create very frothy drinks when shaken or blended.  You can substitute 1 ½ fresh egg whites if your not worried about salmonella.

This puts anything you could buy in a bottle to shame.  If you like sour/tartness, reduce the simple syrup and/or add more juice.  If you like it sweeter, do the opposite.  Also, since fruit varies in flavor, always taste your mix and adjust accordingly.

• 1 cup Simple syrup
• 1 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 4.5 Tbls. pasteurized egg white – optional see Note

1. Combine all ingredients in a pitcher or bottle.
2. Add additional fruit juice or simple syrup to taste.
3. It is ready for immediate use and will keep, refrigerated for weeks.

Note: Adding egg white will add depth and create very frothy drinks when shaken or blended.  You can substitute 1 ½ fresh egg whites but your mix will not keep longer than a day or two.