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Tiki Special
Paul Senft shares some great Tiki Cocktails.
Tiki Special - by Paul Senft
Every summer as we head into August we begin planning our annual Tiki party. Besides the music and decorations, one of the keys to a good Tiki party is having a solid selection of cocktails. Mai Tais are always offered but the rest of the menu changes.
I asked some of my friends for their favorites and came up with a quick list for you to explore. One thing I will stress is that quality ingredients are key for creating the best quality cocktails. Give them a try and enjoy the experience.
Trader Vic’s Mai Tai
(From Beachbum Berry’s Remixed)
Ingredients:
• 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/2 oz. Orange Curacao
• 1/4 oz. Orgeat Syrup
• 1/4 Sugar Syrup
• 1 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
• 1 oz. Amber Martinique Rum
Directions:
Shake well with plenty of crushed ice. Pour unstrained into a double oldfashioned glass. Sink your spent lime shell in drink. Garnish with mint sprig. (We like to add a fruit stick).
Navy Grog
(From Trader Vic’s Tiki Party!)
Ingredients:
• 2 cups crushed ice
• 3 oz. Trader Vic’s Navy Grog Mix
• 1 oz. Silver rum
• 1 oz. Dark Rum
• 1 oz. Lemon Hart 86 Proof
• 1/2 oz. Lime Juice, one squeezed half reserved
• 1 Sprig of Mint, for garnish
• 1 Rock Candy Stick, for garnish
Directions:
Shake the crushed ice, Navy Grog mix, rums, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Pour into glass without straining. Garnish with the squeezed lime half and a rock candy stick.
Shrunken Skull
(From Beachbum Berry’s Remixed)
Ingredients:
• 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 oz. Pomegranate Grenadine
• 1 oz. Gold Puer to Rican Rum
• 1 oz. Demerara Rum
Directions:
Shake vigorously with ice, then pour everything into a skull mug.
Test Pilot
(From Beachbum Berry’s Remixed)
Ingredients:
• 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/2 oz. Falernum
• 3 tsp. Cointreau
• 1 1/2 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
• 3/4 oz. Light Puer to Rican Rum
• Dash of Angostura Bit ters
• 6 drops (1/8 teaspoon) of Pernod
• 1 cup of Crushed Ice
Directions:
Put everything in a blender. Blend at High Speed for 5 seconds. Pour unstrained into a double old fashioned glass, add more crushed ice to fill. Garnish with a cocktail cherry speared with an oyster fork.
Zombie (Simplified)
(From Beachbum Berry’s Remixed)
Ingredients:
• 3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 oz. White Grapefruit Juice
• 1/2 oz. Cinnamon- Infused Sugar Syrup
• 1/2 oz. 151 Proof Amber Rum
• 1 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
Directions:
Shake with ice cubes. Pour unstrained into a tall glass or Zombie mug, if necessary add more ice to fill. Garnish with a mint sprig.
* Special thanks to Beachbum Berry and the Fraternal Order of Moai for their assistance with this article.