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FINALLY! Results of the Official Tiki Central Drink Contest! |
hanford_lemoore
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Mar 23, 2002
Posts: 1864
From: Tiki Central
|  Posted: 2003-09-19 2:10 pm Permalink
Aloha everyone:
It took us a while but I finally have the results! We have a winner!
http://www.tikiroom.com/drinks/drinkcontest.htm
Special thanks to go the judges, and Martiki for hosting the event, and to:
Drew Brophy ( www.drewbrophy.com )
Tiki Farm ( www.tikifarm.com )
Tiki Freaks ( www.tikifreaks.com )
for providing prizes!
~Hanford
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Jungle Trader
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3691
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2003-09-19 5:56 pm Permalink
Congratulations Kick The Reverberations, Cabernet, and Jab. I can't wait to try these, you are gonna be famous for this........at least on TC anyway. oops,....arrrrr, that's the best I can do for the pirate day.
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DawnTiki
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Sep 01, 2002
Posts: 1673
From: next stop Hulaville!
| Posted: 2003-09-19 6:10 pm Permalink
That's so great! Congratulations everyone! I think I'll have my own taste test this weekend. They all sound yummy!
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GECKO
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 1049
From: South Sea Arts Honolulu
| Posted: 2003-09-19 6:13 pm Permalink
yes, congrats! I gotta try these drinks now. "Da Reverb Crash" sounds good right now!
Aloha
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kick_the_reverb
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 17, 2002
Posts: 573
From: Originally Israel, now Oceanside, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-20 11:42 am Permalink
Wow...my cheeks hurt from smiling (I stole this expression from my wife...)
I'm floored...
Judd wrote me long ago that he and some of his freinds tried my drink and really liked it, but I did not think that had anything to do with the actual judging...
I'm honored..what a great surprise to come from military reserve duty and find this.
Thanks a lot for choosing me, Weird Uncle Tiki, TheJab, Robin, MarTiki, Rebecca, Mig and of course, Hanford.
Also, congrats Caber-Net and TheJab for winning, too.
I wasn't expecting any prizes, but this is really great.. thanks a lot Drew, Tiki Farm and Tiki Freaks.
Finally - When I was celebrating International Tiki Day with my friends (sorry- no pics), my band's bass player (who doesn't like sweet drinks) asked for something strong..so I swapped the Myers's with Lemon Hart 151 Demerara (courtesy of Caber-Net), and floated some more of it on top...needless to say, that version should be called the Reverb Kick.
Mahalo
Ran
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Traitor Vic
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 02, 2003
Posts: 428
From: Greenville, SC
| Posted: 2003-09-20 11:46 pm Permalink
Congrats All! Excellent Choices! I think we're all winners in this one. Don't you all think this should be an Annual Competition? I mean... Hell! There's not really that much that's Competitive About It! Everybody Gets Good Recipes from it, don't they? Whooooo-Hooooo!
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Humuhumu
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2003-09-21 09:36 am Permalink
Wow! These drinks look really great. Congratulations to all, but especially kick_the-reverb -- your win doubly impresses me, because we've been able to hear about the challenge you have finding ingredients. I also love that you used grapefruit juice -- my favorite simple drink of the moment is a Salty Dog. I'm looking forward to trying out all of these drinks.
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thejab
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2984
From: Forbidden Island, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-22 3:00 pm Permalink
I just got back from a bachelor party in Reno and saw this. Congratulations to kick-the-reverb and caber-net! Thanks Martin and Rebecca for being wonderful hosts - Martin's hands were a blur making the drinks quickly so we wouldn't be up all night judging. Thanks also to the prize contributors, and to Hanford for ending my suspense waiting for the results!
A suggestion for my Knockout Punch recipe: Double or triple the recipe for a drink, or better yet make a volcano bowl full - red drinks always look great in a volcano bowl!
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Kava King
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 20, 2002
Posts: 217
From: Kensington-on-Avondale
| Posted: 2003-09-23 6:36 pm Permalink
Nice work everybody- now I'm off to the store for some of the more elusive ingredients. And of course, I totally agree that there is "no substitute for Kava"!
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MTKahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 477
From: LB to LA, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-25 12:58 am Permalink
Congrats to the winners
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bamzeno
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 106
From: Los Gatos, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-25 09:20 am Permalink
Congratulations Mixologists!
Your neck charms are on the way.
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thejab
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2984
From: Forbidden Island, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-25 12:21 pm Permalink
I wanted to add a comment that all of the entries were good. There was not one drink that was truly bad. Some were sweeter than others, and may appeal to those who like sweeter drinks, while others (including the 3 winning entries) were more tart. So in many cases the judges gave mixed scores because of different preferences. Only the top 2 winners were given unanimously high scores.
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finkdaddy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 11, 2004
Posts: 2050
From: Wisconsin
| Posted: 2004-12-07 10:03 am Permalink
Is there any chance of there being another drink recipe contest?
Sorry if this has been discussed before, I couldn't find any info on it.
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*Fourcrows*
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jun 21, 2005
Posts: 38 | Posted: 2005-06-25 2:49 pm Permalink
I'm bumping this with the hope that there will be another contest....
I think I just came up with a killer!
(now, let the buzz wear off, and I may rethink this, but man...it's been a great day!)
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mbanu
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 02, 2005
Posts: 84 | Posted: 2005-12-05 05:42 am Permalink
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On 2005-06-25 14:49, *Fourcrows* wrote:
I'm bumping this with the hope that there will be another contest....
I think I just came up with a killer!
(now, let the buzz wear off, and I may rethink this, but man...it's been a great day!)
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That's a good point. It's been a few years... any chance for some hungry newcomers to take the Reverb Crash's crown? 
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