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How to Get the Most Out of Orgeat, According to a Top Tiki Bartender

VinePair

To discover how to seize orgeat’s full potential, we consulted with Stefan Was, owner of Cleveland’s Porco Lounge & Tiki Room. Despite orgeat’s established place in tiki culture, Was points out that orgeat doesn’t have to be restricted to rum-based cocktails. Add almonds, and you’ve got a cake right there.”

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A Tiki-ish Daiquiri Colada With Coconut and Apricot

Cocktails with Suderman

This year, for example, we have looked at a handful of drinks involving apricot booze — both liqueur and brandy. So before the summer closed, I felt compelled to write about the Tradewinds, a devastatingly delicious tiki-ish drink that combines coconut cream and apricot liqueur. The themed approach has several advantages.

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Review: Indie Rums of Roaming Road, 2024 Releases

Drinkhacker

French brandies are coming next. The palate offers a similar experience: Hugely fruity, with bold raisin notes up top that evoke a fresh brandy. This offers a tiki-friendly nose of pineapple, with layers of sweet, tropical aromatics and plenty of nutmeg and ginger to back it all up. Another tiki bomb ready for floating.

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A Guide to Gifting the Best Cocktail Books to Everyone on Your Nice List

VinePair

An encyclopedia of cocktail culture, this deep dive into home entertaining essentials comes complete with auxiliary recipes for brandied cherries, brown-butter bourbon, cordials, shrubs, bitters, and more. While tiki drinks are notoriously complex, these streamlined renditions deliver maximum flavor without most of the fuss.

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Winter Cocktail?

VinePair

Shaken apple brandy, good pomegranate grenadine, and lemon. Apple brandy can be underwhelming on its own, but in a Jack Rose it screams, um… apple! We make a pot and build a solera of spice and brandy additions each day. Winter cocktails don’t have to adhere to the rules of rich reds, big bourbons , or brandy drinks.

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The Cocktail College Podcast: The Fog Cutter (Live From Sunken Harbor Club)

VinePair

In the famous words of tiki godfather Donn Beach, “What one rum can’t do, three rums can.” Light up the tiki torches and tune in for more. For Don the Beachcomber’s version, replace brandy with pisco.) The bottle looks great, the liquid tastes great, and it’s got a really unique story you can share with friends.

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Review: Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey Pineau des Charentes Finish 33 Years Old

Drinkhacker

Pineau des Charentes — grape juice tempered with young brandy, basically — has been on the rise both as a stand-alone aperitif and as an ingredient in spirit finishing. There’s a real tiki quality here that I have to say is not something I would ever expect from anything out of Dublin.

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