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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8258
From: Anaheim,Ca.
|  Posted: 2010-07-08 10:48 pm Permalink
John,
step it up to the 21 year El Dorado.
you'll thank me, but your wallet will curse me.
I just had a corona with lime wedge squeezed in it of course.
with my dinner of 2 corndogs.
Jeff(btd)
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 4018
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2010-07-08 11:43 pm Permalink
Hi Jeff!
I don't drink all the time, but tonight I just mixed up a Mai Tai!
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JOHN-O
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Joined: May 16, 2008
Posts: 2457
From: Dogtown, USA
| Posted: 2010-07-08 11:53 pm Permalink
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On 2010-07-08 22:48, bigtikidude wrote:
John,
step it up to the 21 year El Dorado.
you'll thank me, but your wallet will curse me.
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Hmmm... At $75 per bottle, the 21 would have to be twice as good as the 15 to justify the cost. Is that really the case ?
I like a good pour, but for me once you start paying more than $35 for a bottle of booze, it becomes the law of diminishing returns.
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8258
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2010-07-09 12:15 am Permalink
well I don't know about twice as good.
but it is pretty smooth.
I won't be buying or drinking it all the time,
but its nice for special occasions.
Jeff(btd)
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bigtikidude
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 8258
From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2010-07-09 12:16 am Permalink
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On 2010-07-08 23:43, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Hi Jeff!
I don't drink all the time, but tonight I just mixed up a Mai Tai!
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Hey Lance,
I don't always drink Beer all the time,
but on 4th of July, I drank a bunch of XX amber
Jeff(btd)
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swizzle
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Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 637
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2010-07-09 03:08 am Permalink
One of my most favourite cocktails, although not a Tiki drink, "The Avenue".
30ml Bourbon
30ml Calvados (you could use Applejack)
30ml Passion fruit syrup
dash of lemon juice
dash of orange flower water
I use Monin Passion fruit syrup and cut it back a little bit so that it's not too sweet.
It's from the Ted Haigh book Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails.
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2775
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2010-07-09 6:10 pm Permalink
I'm trying the Spindrift Jr, who I think is the son of Spindrift or maybe he is just a little shorter version of Spindrift Sr. Either way it is good.
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Shaun of theTiki
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Joined: Aug 25, 2008
Posts: 109 | Posted: 2010-07-09 8:12 pm Permalink
I had a slug of Zacapa 23 tonight at a Mexican restaurant - it's a decent dark rum that's rather too sweet. Speaking of sweet rums, would Oronoco make a good substitute for cachaca in a caiphirina?
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alohacurrent
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Joined: Jun 16, 2006
Posts: 238
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2010-07-09 8:42 pm Permalink
Gold Cup from the Grog Log. I added a bit more rum than what the recipe calls for cuz it's mo bettah that way. Aloha Friday!
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CucamongaChango
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Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 264
From: Denver, CO
| Posted: 2010-07-10 09:07 am Permalink
More rum fixes anything.
Every time.
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twitch
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Joined: May 12, 2006
Posts: 415
From: Vacant lot where T. Vic's, Van. was
| Posted: 2010-07-10 7:34 pm Permalink
To paraphrase Homer - "Ah rum: the cause of, and solution to, all of man's problems..."
Gin & Tonic right now,tho' I forgot how much I dislike tonic water. Then I gotta flip a coin between a Mango Cooler or a Skipper Kent Planter's Punch...
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CucamongaChango
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Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 264
From: Denver, CO
| Posted: 2010-07-10 11:23 pm Permalink
Whipped up a quickie with little to no thought given...
1oz Myers's Dark
1oz Appleton Estate Reserve
3oz Ceres Passion Fruit Juice
.5 oz Cherry Heering
Actually pretty tasty.
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CucamongaChango
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Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 264
From: Denver, CO
| Posted: 2010-07-11 10:32 pm Permalink
So, there was a drink in the Vic's book that I wanted to try, but couldn't remember what it was... so I pulled it out of the brain, but I probably got it wrong.
It's like equal parts rum, cherry brandy, and Benedictine.
I used Coruba and Cherry Heering along with the Benedictine.
Strangely delicious.
I say strangely because it's a little tamarind like... a little "tree bark-y", if that makes sense.
Interesting, and good.
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alohacurrent
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Joined: Jun 16, 2006
Posts: 238
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2010-07-13 5:00 pm Permalink
Sounds like a Singapore Sling with rum instead of gin.
Is it happy hour yet? Gene Rains on the stereo and a Ciro's Special pleeeze. It is flippin hot outside.
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2775
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2010-07-13 7:31 pm Permalink
Ciro's special happens to be one of my all time favorites. Usually I start with a ciro's and then go to a Mai tai. But I'm having a margarita now.
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