Tag: Cocktail
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Navy Grog
So, I’m a relatively simple guy with relatively simple tastes, and it should be known that if a cocktail’s name includes the word Grog you can count me in. Gets me back to my pirate roots, you know. So, when I ran across a reference to Navy Grog while researching Tiki cocktails I knew I…
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The Hurricane
So, we live in Colorado which is, without question, a semi-arid region of the US. So when it rains for two days straight, as it did on Friday and Saturday, it’s not a typical occurrence. Therefore, it seems exceedingly fitting that I should celebrate this rain by making a Hurricane cocktail. The Hurricane cocktail arose…
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The Zombie
The Zombie was created by Donn Beach in the late 1930s. Legend has it that Donn concocted the Zombie for a friend, a friend on his way to San Francisco. After consuming three of the delicious drinks, the man left for his trip. Upon his return, he reported that the cocktail had turned him into…
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The Scorpion
No, not the stingy ones, the tasty ones. The Scorpion is truly an exemplar of the Tiki cocktail. This drink has an almost excessive amount of alcohol, fruit juice, and the aforementioned Orgeat. The combination of which results is a truly delightful cocktail that you would never guess has as much punch as it does.…
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Tiki Legends
Every good story has its legendary heroes. In the case of Tiki Culture these legends are Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic. Their stories are similar in many ways and although they were competitors for many years it was always a pleasant rivalry. Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt better known as Donn Beach AKA Don the…