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Wayfarer
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Posts: 326
From: Japan
|  Posted: 2012-09-27 1:13 pm Permalink
Just got back from my third Trader Vic's outing here, had a Suffering Bastard and a Wahine during dinner and a Coffee Diablo after. Enjoyed with a live Latin jazz band I'm fairly certain is Indian. Couldn't have asked for a more pleasant evening.
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1517
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2012-09-27 9:37 pm Permalink
a Navy Grog, Yeoman's Grog style...
except the rums are all dark- El Dorado 5, El Dorado dark, Gosling's Black Seal...
a Black Sea Fleet Grog??
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1517
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2012-09-30 12:58 pm Permalink
a Spanish Aviation (Fundador brandy instead of gin).
the resultant color is mud. perhaps a more apt nickname can be created for this drink.
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1517
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2012-09-30 1:39 pm Permalink
now a pumpkin ale Sangaree....
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Dagg
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Joined: Jun 26, 2012
Posts: 332
From: Van Isle BC CA
| Posted: 2012-09-30 2:38 pm Permalink
Sunday afternoons are all about caesars in our house.
drinking this one right now
and some from past Sundays
cheers!
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Wayfarer
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Joined: Jun 03, 2009
Posts: 326
From: Japan
| Posted: 2012-10-05 5:04 pm Permalink
What am I drinking right now? Good question. Well, Billy the Bartender (who I've known for years and since living on Diego) called it a "Mai Tai" but it involved Midori and other mystery liquors I can't identify, and it tasted like an alcoholic Pez but suffice to say it has gotten me properly drunk. Quite properly in fact.
Also, shawarma was involved.
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tikilongbeach
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Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 1616
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2012-10-05 5:07 pm Permalink
I'm drinking sake.
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The Blue Kahuna
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Joined: Jun 01, 2011
Posts: 380
From: Points East & West
| Posted: 2012-10-05 5:43 pm Permalink
Honing in on the soon to be signature drink of the Tahitian Chief Lounge, "Cannibal's Kiss":
lemon juice
pineapple juice
Vanilla Almond syrup
Kahlua
Shellback Silver
Meyers Dark
shaved ice
Club soda
Angostura bitters
fresh mint
edible orchid
. . . still tweaking, but likin' where we are heading!
What would taste good as a nosh to go with . . . any thoughts? I've got somethings sweet already in mind, but need something savory too.
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AceExplorer
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Joined: Apr 03, 2008
Posts: 2400
From: Deep in the Jacksonville Florida jungle.
| Posted: 2012-10-05 7:48 pm Permalink
Have recently been trying to finish off a few under-used bottles of stuff that I don't want to have collecting dust in my bar, cuz I need to make more room. What better way to make room than to drink? So tonight a fairly decent brand of vodka got my Fickle Finger of Fate --- I am drinking a vodka martini, dirty, with olives, stirred, and NOT shaken.
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1517
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2012-10-11 06:05 am Permalink
had an armagnac sazerac last night, very nice.
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Wayfarer
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Posts: 326
From: Japan
| Posted: 2012-10-11 1:06 pm Permalink
Fourth outing to the local Trader Vic's-
Toronga (meh)
Pogo Stick (nice)
White Cloud (good way to end a meal)
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LoriLovesTiki
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Joined: Jul 03, 2011
Posts: 1315
From: NJ
| Posted: 2012-10-11 7:14 pm Permalink
A chocolate martini.
Not tiki in the least but hitting the spot after a craptastic day @ work.
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 4043
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2012-10-16 5:15 pm Permalink
Test Pilot Grog log
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz Falernum
3 tsp. Cointreau
Dash of Angostura bitters
1/8 oz Pernod
3/4 oz light Jamaican rum
1 1/2 oz dark Jamaican
by Don the Beachcomber 1941, how nice is that. He sure knew how to make a fabulous drink. There is no need to improve anything here.
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Wayfarer
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Posts: 326
From: Japan
| Posted: 2012-10-18 11:56 am Permalink
Went to a place called Bushido tonight, it does for Japan what Trader Vic does for Polynesia. All in all a great place. Had three drinks-
Mai Tai- Claims to follow Trader Vic's original recipe and lists all the proper ingredients. Has more bite to it than Trader Vic's Mai Tai so I'm assuming the proportions are different.
Singapore Sling- The Long Bar (where it's from) has the best period, followed closely by (not joking) an Irish sports pub in Singapore's Changi Airport. This one came close to the Long Bar flavor but used too much soda water, ruining the flavor.
Maori- One of the place's own cocktails. It has many, almost all are Japanese themed. This was a great sweet and smooth drink that tasted wonderful. Light and dark rums, cherry and pomegranate liqueurs, coco lopez, soy milk and passion fruit juice. Came in a mug shaped like a bamboo stock.
What I didn't get to drink-
Shot of J. Bally rum from 1929 that cost $437.25.
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7893
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-10-24 6:51 pm Permalink
OJ and vanilla rum
Listening to Aloha Hawaii, The Polynesians.
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