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  • Don’t lose your head. The latest recipe from tSfT’s 13 Nights of Tiki Frights: Mix #81 Headless Horseman 1oz Plantation Barbados 5 Year rum1 oz Plantation OFTD rum1/2oz cinnamon syrup1/4oz Allspice dram3/4oz Lime Juice Shake with ice and pour into Mai Tai glass. Between the cinnamon/allspice burn and the OFTD,this has plenty of kick. If…

  • Ride the Nightmare Finally picked up some cassis,so here’s the latest in tSfT’s 13 Nights of Halloween Frights. Mix #80 The Black Steed 1oz Plantation OFTD rum1oz Plantation Original Dark rum1oz lime juice1/2oz cassis1/2oz Demerara syrup Shake with ice and pour into Tiki mug. This has a very nice sweet/tart flavor,and the OFTD gives it…

  • I still know how you Tiki’d last October. Here’s a sequel you’ll like: Last year’s 13 Nights of Tiki Frights part II. Mix #76 Headhunter’s Trophy 2oz Plantation Isle of Fiji rum1oz lemon juice3/4oz grenadine1/4oz passionfruit syrup1 dash absinthe1 dash Angostura bitters Shake with ice and pour into glass. This was a nice light,fruity drink.…

  • A sign of Tiki to come…. So the third of tSfT’s thirteen recipes has dropped,and once again I missed winning the mug. Also missing is the second recipe,which I’m skipping because I don’t have any cassis. Mix #75 Sigil of Protection 2oz Plantation 3 Star rum3/4oz lime juice1/2oz Mathilde Peche liqueur*1/2oz honey syrup6 fresh mint…

  • Here we go again! So it’s that time of year again folks. The weather is turning cooler,the leaves are changing color,and the Search for Tiki is doing another round of their 13 Nights of Tiki Frights. Be sure to check out their site to enter to win mugs,watch cool podcasts,and try new Halloween-themed Tiki drinks.…

  • In Memoriam Let’s take a moment to remember pineapple molasses syrup. Devil’s Reef Tiki bar in Tacoma, Washington uses it to make their signature cocktail,created by co-owner Jason Alexander. BGR dropped it from their line because it wasn’t very popular,but I picked up a bottle before they were all gone and went through their roster…

  • Boo! It’s that time of year again folks,when the days get shorter,the weather turns cooler,and we start watching our favorite spooky movies again. Halloween season. Last year,the Search For Tiki did a 13 Nights of Tiki Frights where for thirteen days in a row they did a podcast with a prominent figure in the Tiki…

  • G&T = Gin and Tiki? So Milk & Cheese aren’t the only gin fans out there,there’s a good number of Tiki drinks that use gin instead of rum. So in keeping with the gin roll I’m on,here’s some more to pleasure your pallet. Mix #60 Passion Cocktail 2oz gin3/4oz passionfruit syrup3/4oz lime juice Shake with…

  • Let’s be careful out there. Unfortunately,you can’t always trust every Tiki recipe out there. If fact,many are pretty bad. But fear not,you can trust your Uncle Giltron. I’m willing to risk my sanity and rum to bring you mixes you can trust. I use Fee Brothers orgeat for most of my mixings. It’s pretty good.…

  • Indeed,why not both? I’ve previously posted gin drinks and apricot brandy drinks,so here’s a pair of recipes that use both. Mix #58 Paradise Cocktail 1.25oz gin3/4oz apricot brandy1/2oz orange juice Shake with ice. This didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped. Very tart. If I were to make it again I would switch to…