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The Best Way to Upgrade Tiki Cocktails? Turn East to Ming River

Chilled Magazine

So, where does the tiki fall into this? It’s perfect for tropical tiki-style drinks because it plays a lot like a high-ester rum or rhum agricole in a cocktail,” says Sandhaus. Certain ingredients that you’ll find in the tiki back bar do a good job of mellowing the funk without losing what makes baijiu special.

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How to Use Fall and Winter Produce in Cocktails, According to Bartenders

VinePair

Come summer, making a blackberry-infused Margarita or an Old Fashioned riff with peaches might seem like a no-brainer. And let’s face it: not every fruit or veggie takes well to juicing or infusions. They may not be the juiciest fruit in the world, but their rich, sticky-sweet flavors can be easily extracted through infusion.

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Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

VinePair

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.

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The Chilled 100 Bartenders Create Fall Inspired Cocktails Using El Mayor Tequila

Chilled Magazine

Each bartender has teamed up with El Mayor Tequila to infuse their unique flair into these creations, blending the rich, smooth essence of fine tequila with the vibrant tastes of the season. jalapeño-infused Blanco 1 oz. Tequila , Vodka Second Son by Zander Akilu - Denver, CO / @Zanthebarman Ingredients 1 ½ oz. matcha coconut* ¼ oz.

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5 Useful Tips to Elevate your Bar Menu and Drinks Program

Chilled Magazine

For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks. The use of homemade syrups, shrubs, infusions, and craft spirit-free spirits gives you a lot of options. What kind of drinking establishment are you?

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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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Toast To Love With These 8 Valentine’s Day Cocktails!

Chilled Magazine

An infusion of tropical paradise and berry bliss. Photo by Tucker + Hossler Photography Rum Tiki Affair by Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum Ingredients 1 ¼ oz. Tequila Aphrodite’s Arrow by Virgin Hotels NYC’s Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Patron Silver 3/4 oz. Raspberry Pure 1 oz. Coconut Milk 1/2 oz.