Exotic alcoholic beverages
This weekend, I finally got an opportunity (and the ingredients) to make one of the Zombie recipes in Beachbum Berry’s excellent Sippin’ Safari book (it is also published in Intoxica). Specifically, the 1950 version published by Louis Spievak in a barbeque recipe book, allegedly provided for him by Don the Beachcomber.
As Sippin’ Safari reveals, the [...]
I’ve been working my way through Jeff Berry’s excellent cocktail recipe books for a number of years and have been hitting a couple of road blocks when it comes to finding ingredients. #1 on my “Most Wanted” list is falernum — a Jamacian sweetener that consists of sugar water, lime juice, rum, cloves, and other [...]
Woe is the day when you’re ready to mix a Mai Tai but have neither the energy or the ingredients. Mai Tai mix to the rescue! Trader Vic’s, the originator of the drink, sells a pre-made mix online, but recently I’ve read lots of good things about Dave & Anna’s Signature Blends Mai Tai Mix.
Dave [...]
Beachbum Berry, alcohol archeologist and author of The Grog Log & Intoxica has just come out with a new book recounting the origins of classic tiki drinks.
Sippin’ Safari: In Search of the Great “Lost” Tropical Drink Recipes… and the People Behind Them packs 184 full-color pages with vintage photos and graphics, accompanied by 69 exotic [...]
Cutting a pineapple with the Vacu Vin pineapple slicer takes less than a minute — the fruit is ready to cut into rings or smaller slices, and you end up with a hollowed out pineapple — perfect for pouring drinks into!
U.S. and Thai researchers have found that adding alcohol to colored fruit boosts its natural antioxidant level. According to a Reuter’s story, the scientists “accidentally” discovered the effects while trying different ways to preserve strawberries for shipment.
Ethanol, a type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila, and other spirits, boosted the antioxident levels in strawberries [...]
As a big fan of Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log and Intoxica drink recipie books, I had never seen the need to own Trader Vic’s Tiki Party, despite the obvious tie-in to one of the most famous tiki restaurant chains and the inventor of the Mai Tai and other classic cocktails. As fate would have it, [...]