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The Bitter Truth Bartender Appreciation Day Give-Away

BarLifeUK

The Bitter Truth 10 Bottle Give-Away Entry Deadline: Friday 15th December, 2023 There are a few different dates kicking around for Bartender Appreciation Day, but because it falls right at the start of the month and is officially ‘nearly Christmas’, here at BarLifeUK we favour December 2nd. What can you tell us about it?

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A Pair of Tiki-esque Honey Daiquiris

Cocktails with Suderman

Both of this week’s drinks are honey-laced Daiquiri variations that take the core three-ingredient formula — rum, lime, and sugar — and move it in a more tiki-ish direction by layering multiple sweeteners and adding a spice/intense flavor element. Some bartenders and tiki heads like to use rum blends.

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Jungle Bird Cocktail: A tiki delight from 1970’s Malaysia

Australian Bartender

And what makes it pretty cool (and different from most tiki-style drinks) is that it features a bitter aperitif, Campari. So, hats off to Aviary’s bartender at the time, Jeffrey Ong, who came up with the genius idea of mixing Campari into his tiki drink. And who doesn’t love Campari? And the name?

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A Honey Apricot Gin Sour — Transformed Into a Kinda-Sorta Tiki Drink?

Cocktails with Suderman

There are a range of specs online, but all of them trend in the same direction: gin, apricot, lime, Peychaud’s bitters, perhaps a bit of added sweetener. That’s tiki time. On the other hand, with its lime and apricot, this drink bears more than a little resemblance to a tiki drink. The cycle repeats.

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Shake Up Paradise With These 6 Unconventional Tiki Drinks Worth Trying

Advanced Mixology

Discerning mixologists know that rum is at the heart of tiki cocktails because it was the alcohol of choice of Ernest Raymond “Donn Beach” Gantt and Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron — the founding fathers of tiki culture. The Polynesian-themed restaurant is no longer around, but its legacy lives on with this tiki cocktail.

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Wedding Party Gift Guide

A Bar Above

Tiki Cocktail Book & Tiki Glasses Surprise your closest friends who are standing by you on your wedding day with some really cool cocktail recipes. Pair a set of hurricane glasses or tiki mugs with a tropical cocktail book for your own customized, fun gift box. Photo by Gianluca Riccio via www.unsplash.com 1.

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Check Out the Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge Regional Competition Winners—Dallas and Atlanta

Chilled Magazine

Strain ingredients into Tiki glass. Add about 6 dashes of angostura bitters to create a layer. Kronan Swedish Punsch.35 vanilla simple ¼ oz. unsweetened passion puree *3 drops saline (10:1) [optional] Preparation Build ingredients in a tin, then do a whip shake. Add crushed ice.

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