VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Raised among the retro culture of Los Angeles and a tiki enthusiast before he was old enough to drink — he came to the culture via exotica music in high school — Richard ditched his focus on a radio career to get into bartending. A year later he started a “Tiki Takeover” series at Prime Meats in Brooklyn.

Bartending 101

Bartending Bartender Tiki Club 101

VinePair

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

By the time the tiki craze was underway in the ‘30s and ‘40s, it was par for the course to see drinks containing over seven ingredients and multiple expressions of rum layered on top of one another. If you introduce an esoteric ingredient or infusion just to be different or change up the menu, that’s fine.

Bartending 98

Bartending Bartender Tiki Cocktail Culture 98

PubClub

APRIL 6, 2024

Hosted by Rustic Root, Swing Social and Tiki Annex, the street will be blocked off from Market Street to Island Avenue, from 2-5 p.m. But not just any cocktail party, it’s a block party cocktail party. It is the San Diego Cocktail Championship and it is taking place on Fifth Ave., in the Gaslamp Quarter on Sunday, April 28.

Simple Syrup 52

Simple Syrup Muddling Infusions Gin 52

VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Their take on the classic features the usual suspects — bourbon , sweet vermouth , Campari — plus two Japanese plum liqueurs. A savory and spiced take on a Manhattan, the drink’s fiery heat arrives from a combination of molé-infused tequila , bourbon, and ancho chili liqueur.

Happy Hour 84

Happy Hour Gin Wine Tiki 84

PubClub

AUGUST 14, 2024

Other rum-centric cocktail favorites include the Negroni Tropicale with coconut oil washed pineapple infused rum, bananarol, and cocchi di torino, and the Caribe Welcome with house rum blend, apricot brandy, lime, fresh coconut water, and coconut cream, served in fresh young coconut.

Rum 52

Rum Bar Simple Syrup Tiki 52

Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

No dozen-ingredient tiki drinks. No sous-vide infused, barrel-aged, fat-washed, clarified whatevers. The strangest bottle involved in any of these recipes is Bénédictine, a surprisingly useful herbal-sweet liqueur that should be on every cocktail enthusiast’s bar cart. This means no juice! Most involve whiskey.

Zero-Proof 59

Zero-Proof Whiskey Tiki Liqueur 59

A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Chocolate Raspberry Martini Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Raspberry Vanilla Infused Vodka 3/4 oz Dark Chocolate Liqueur 1/4 oz Raspberry Syrup 2 dashes of Vanilla Bitters Directions: Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker tin, add ice, and shake well for 10secs. Strain into Martini or coupe glass.

Simple Syrup 130

Simple Syrup Vodka Bitters Liqueur 130

Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

Mai Tai The story of the Mai Tai is the story of tiki, one of the most iconic drinks – if not the most iconic drink – to come out of ‘40s rum culture. Designed by Trader Vic himself in 1944 in his Oakland watering hole, it’s a deceptively simple drink that, nonetheless, is invariably bastardized outside of high-end and tiki bars. (If

Simple Syrup 103

Simple Syrup Gin Rum Tequila 103

VinePair

MARCH 31, 2024

Fritsch’s “Nouveau Traite de la Fabrication des Liqueurs.” Of the dozen original creations, I opted for a Strawberry Oolong featuring Milky Oolong tea, Prosecco , and two Italian bitters blended and infused with strawberries to account for its lack of Campari-produced products.

Aperitif 73

Aperitif Bitters Liqueur Tiki 73

Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

There are no elaborate infusions or production methods. 1 Sure, if you’re a tiki geek you might have a bottle of Rhum J.M. VSOP rhum agricole ¼ ounce Singani 63 ¾ ounce Dolin dry vermouth ½ ounce Antica Torino Amaro Della Sacra ½ teaspoon Strega liqueur INSTRUCTIONS Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass.

Tiki 59

Tiki Bartender Bartending Gin 59

Advanced Mixology

MAY 14, 2024

P arty Theme: Set the scene with tropical decorations such as tiki torches, floral leis, and bamboo accents. Create a signature cocktail, such as the Ghoul's Grog, featuring layers of green and red liqueurs. Offer a Popcorn Martini with buttered popcorn-infused vodka for a fun, thematic cocktail.

Mocktails 76

Mocktails Signature Cocktails Tiki Alcohol 76

VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

The funky spirit works extremely well with the intense, tropical flavors in tiki-style cocktails and also makes for a great accompaniment to other strong beverages like amaro, Chartreuse , Aperol , and even mezcal. Sandhaus says yes. Baijiu needs to be discussed in the context of strong flavors in relation to other strong flavors,” he says.

Liquor 105

Liquor Bar Bitters Liqueur 105

VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

to learn about classic cocktails, dig deeper into somewhat esoteric spirits and liqueurs, and to be amazed by the spectacle of a speakeasy inside a hot dog joint or a 17-touch craft drink. You went to places like Please Don’t Tell , Amor y Amargo , or Death & Co. Superbueno’s a celebration of warm, upbeat Mexican-American hospitality.

Vodka 103

Vodka Highball Bar Hospitality 103

Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Most bars pair the theme of the booth to the cocktail they serve, like Highball Cocktail bar’s alien-themed booth served a Close Encounters cocktail (apple tea-infused Wheatley, Pomp and Whimsy liqueur, sherry, yuzu, orgeat, ginger and Amargo Chuncho bitters).

Tiki 210

Tiki Happy Hour Bartender Bartending 210

VinePair

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The vodka -based drink also contains orange liqueur, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and simple syrup. Though it’s rare that they follow the rest of Vic’s original recipe that included lime juice, orgeat syrup, orange liqueur, and mint, as many modern bars opt for a basic blend of orange juice and rum.

Rum 105

Rum Liqueur Bartender Bartending 105