Giltron's Mixings
the mixing of exotic cocktails
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It’s that time of year again folks. Yes,it’s also Labor Day weekend,but this is much more important. August 30th is Mai Tai Day! The day we celebrate the creation of Tiki’s greatest concoction. For the correct 1944 Mai Tai,see below. Follow the proper recipe and use good rum and you will taste ambrosia. This year…
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I’ve moved the posts from my tumblr blog here so you can see them without having to create a login. I hope you enjoy them! And so you don’t have to scroll all the way to the beginning,here’s my first mixing,the original 1944 Trader Vic’s Mai Tai. Enjoy! Mix #1 Mai Tai ’44 2oz dark…
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You’re gonna need a bigger mug… Happy birthday to Bruce the Shark,who turns 50 today! It was on this date in 1975 that Jaws premiered in theaters and would go on to become an instant classic and the first film to make $100M. And in his honor,your Uncle Giltron has created a rum barrel riff…
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More mug fun. Mix number three hundred was from Kelly Merrell of Trader Sam’s. Well,I didn’t have the mug that drink came from,but I do have several other Tikiland Trading mugs,and they’ve also got drink card recipes from Kelly. So I decided to give a few more of his mixes a try. Enjoy! Mix #302…
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Easy breezy. Lately I’ve been dabbling in water enhancers. For years I’ve been drinking Mio because it has no calories or sugar or anything,it just flavors my water. A friend is diabetic,so he has to be careful what he drinks,and as a result he’s pretty limited in what Tiki cocktails he can have. So when…
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Tricentennial. Welcome to my tricentennial celebration,or to be more accurate,my tried-and-succeeded celebration. Three hundred mixings! When I started this blog,I set out to do a hundred mixings,and now I’ve tripled it. So without further ado,here’s number three-oh-oh. My three-hundredth mix comes from the Lead Bartender at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar at Disneyland,Kelly Merrell. I…
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Counting down… Well folks,we’re homing in on 300 mixings. Here’s the last five before the big three-oh. Enjoy! Mix #295 Tiki Tree Viper 1.5oz aged dark rum1/2oz 151 rum3/4oz Green Chartreuse1/4oz blue curacao1oz lime juice1/2oz orange juice1/2oz orgeat Shake with ice and pour into footed pilsner glass. The first of this quintet was created by…
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A spoonful of medicine helps the sugar go down. Your Uncle Giltron has been broadening his palette,and my latest mixer has been Fernet-Branca. I don’t generally go for bitter,but I wound up getting a bottle to try and found that it’s actually quite good when mixed properly. And I’m in good company on this. In…
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Fool me once…. Well,there’s no fool like an old fool,and your ol’ Uncle Giltron got punked by the master hisself. Don the Beachcomber. You see,I found this recipe on Facebook for Don’s ‘Mai Tai’. Now I am aware that there was controversy over who actually created the Mai Tai,whether it was Don or Trader Vic(spoiler…
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