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Loki-Tiki
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|  Posted: 2014-07-16 10:55 am Permalink
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djmont
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| Posted: 2014-07-24 10:51 am Permalink
I finally got some Kohala Bay. What would you say is the best cocktail to use it?
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2014-07-24 11:19 am Permalink
Had a Koloa Bay premixed Mai Tai on the plane to Hawaii (and maybe one on the way back too) Thought is was pretty good for a Hawaiian style Mai Tai.
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djmont
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| Posted: 2014-07-24 11:28 am Permalink
That's a different animal, Maddog. Koloa is a Hawaiian rum from Kauai. Kohala Bay is an obscure dark Jamaican rum.
I thought about buying some of the Koloa Mai Tai premix, just to give it a try. United serves the Trader Vic's RTD Mai Tai on their fights to Hawaii. If you added some dark rum to it, it wouldn't be half bad.
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tabuzak
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| Posted: 2014-07-24 11:38 am Permalink
Well, I guess the most well known connection to Koloha Rum is the Black Magic from the Mai Kai?
I believe there is a thread here on TC about making that one. 
I would use at as the Jamaican rum component in any good Tiki drink recipe and see how it goes. I was lucky enough to get a handle of that stuff in Florida a couple of years ago. I've been timid about using it up. I should play with that too.
Life is short.
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djmont
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| Posted: 2014-07-24 11:43 am Permalink
I tell myself that, but it can be hard to fight against the hoarder mentality. 
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djmont
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| Posted: 2014-07-24 11:45 am Permalink
I notice the Black Magic has 10 ingredients in it.
I needed a drink just reading over the list...
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Hurricane Hayward
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| Posted: 2014-08-19 12:25 am Permalink
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On 2014-07-24 11:45, djmont wrote:
I notice the Black Magic has 10 ingredients in it.
I needed a drink just reading over the list...
Hurricane Hayward is the man. He busts his ass for Tiki.
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Mahalo professor! But I think you need to blame Donn Beach for all those fancy complex drinks :>)
Re Kohala Bay, my favorites (all from The Mai-Kai) are:
Zombie
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/11/01/mai-kai-cocktail-review-the-theory-of-evolution-of-the-zombie/
151 Swizzle
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/08/03/mai-kai-cocktail-review-robust-flavors-and-potency-are-hallmark-of-151-swizzle/
Special Planters Punch
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/09/15/mai-kai-cocktail-review-special-planters-punch-is-tropical-drink-history-in-a-glass/
Barrel O’ Rum
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/06/27/the-rum-barrel-the-rodney-dangerfield-of-tropical-drinks/
Cobra’s Kiss
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/11/20/mai-kai-cocktail-review-cobra-kiss-is-an-exotic-taste-explosion-guaranteed-to-strike-your-fancy/
Mutiny
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/04/13/mai-kai-cocktail-review-the-mutiny-is-a-worthy-foe-in-the-battle-of-the-tropical-titans/
And that doesn't even include the Jet Pilot or the Black Magic. The list goes on ...
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/05/08/rums-of-the-mai-kai-legendary-lemon-hart-returns-to-the-promised-land/#dagger
Okole maluna!
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