Summer reading list
"Potions of the Caribbean" by Jeff Berry
"Bitters" by Brad Thomas Parsons
"Liquid Vacation" by P Moss
"The Bar Book" by Jeffrey Morgenthaler
"The Drunken Botanist" by Amy Stewart
Up next: Barbancourt
Well, Val's sewing for The Hukilau, so I'm just going to talk a little about Haitian rhum.
Inside LA’s Tiki Underground →
Really great article - go read it.
“The low-ceilinged hut houses a ragtag collection of flowered furniture, random tiki mugs and a ridiculously small bar—you can practically feel the ghosts of countless tiki-fueled blackouts that have taken place within.”
Ok, yeah so the Rumpus Room has small bar. But it's where I first got to serve my drinks to the Tiki community (Thanks Kelly! Thanks Kirby!).
Wai'ale'ale
Tonight's cocktail: a Wai'ale'ale in a coconut by Jungle Modern ceramics. Get the recipe in episode 22.
A valuable award.
The Admiral's Grog took best overall cocktail at Tiki Caliente 6 this weekend and I took home this awesome artist proof of the event mug (designed by Doug Horne and brought to life by John Mulder). Thank you to the crawlers at TC 6. The recipe is available in episode 25. Enjoy!
