Tonga Tonga

The Tonga Tonga is a recipe from Jeffrey Morgenthaler, author of The Bar Book and bar manager of Clyde Common in Portland Oregon. The recipe itself is from a printer flyer with multiple recipes that came with Trader Tiki (now BG Reynolds) syrups. The flyer itself is undated, but I estimate it's from 2009-2010 or so (there are a few more cocktails from this flyer to come in time). Smith & Cross, grapefruit, lime, orgeat, bitters, and a float of ginger beer. The vessel is a Tiki Farm bucket produced for the Hula Hula in Seattle, Washington (currently moving locations within Seattle).

Kaiteur Swizzle

From page 140 of the Smuggler's Cove book, this swizzle created by Martin Cate is named for the Kaiteur Falls in Guyana. Accordingly, it makes exclusive use of demerara rum. Along with a corn 'n oil, this is a recipe I like to deploy when there is new batch of falernum on hand.

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Escape Velocity

The Escape Velocity harkens back to episode 45 of this here show. While that episode featured Hamilton 86 (demerara) for discussion, this recipe opted for another Hamilton demerara rum. I reached for the bottle of Hamilton 151 as well as Smith & Cross, lime juice, cinnamon and demerara syrup, orange curaçao, Regan's orange bitters, and chocolate molé bitters. Standby for launch!

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Wisdom of Pelé

Flashing back to the Trader Tiki days with a TT logo old-fashioned glass, TT logo swizzle, and a TT cocktail recipe. This bracer has 4 rums, 2 types of citrus, 4 (spiced) sweeteners, and bitters, so proceed with caution. I like the retro gold-rimmed glassware -  maybe it's time to consider a 5 Minutes of Rum glassware run?

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Miehana

A crowd pleaser of a cocktail and a crowd pleaser of a tiki mug. The proportions make the Miehana an easy cocktail to memorize and an easy cocktail to measure. This liquid god of the orange grove is a Beachbum Berry cocktail from 1999 housed in a Kevin Kidney-designed tiki mug - one of my favorite mugs in my collection and an early purchase when the mug collection was just a half dozen mugs on a black IKEA shelf.

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