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The Hukilau: The Drink, and THE EVENT NEXT WEEK!
Wow, seems like just yesterday we were at The Hukilau 2012, and here it is a few days before the kick-off of The Hukilau 2013! There are a TON of parties, events, entertainment and Tiki-tastic vendors...
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It’s National Rum Day! August 16, so here’s your weekend Tiki Bar Cocktails!
Yes, there is a “day” for everything…but when there’s a day for something as important as RUM, you know damned well there will be a post about it at The Tiki Lounge! A quick search of teh interwebs...
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Barbacoa Cocktail – Your Weekend Tiki Drink Recipe
Credit: Ariana Lindquist, from Saveur.com There are two sides to the exotic or “Tiki drink” story. One, which is most accepted, is that in order to be a true Tiki bar drink, the recipe must follow (as...
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Today is International Exotic Cocktail Day! Tiki Drink Recipes
It’s here! International Exotic Cocktail Day 2013! #IECD is a day to celebrate with our favorite Tiki drinks. It doesn’t matter where you are, whether at home or at a Tiki bar, just mix up some rum and...
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Your Weekend Exotic Cocktail – The HPNOTIQ Hurricane
Certainly not a traditional exotic cocktail, but this drink does have the makings of new favorite. It’s blue, it has rum, it has a pineapple garnish…what more could you want? 3 oz. HPNOTIQ 1-2 oz....
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Remembering Stan Kenton’s Eager Beaver: The Song & The Drink
“Let’s take it from Bar 46, just the saxes. 1, 2, 1-2-3-4…” Swing back to a rehearsal hall in New York City, 1943. Those words, or something close to them were very probably spoken by the young...
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Tiki Bandit of Frankie’s Tiki Room: Your Weekend Exotic Cocktail Recipe
I personally have yet to dig the scene at Frankie’s Tiki Room in Vegas, being a couple of thousand miles out of the area. But I’ve heard some swingin’ stories about this place, and one of its original...
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Doctor Who and the Daleks, 1965 for Mod Movie Monday
Been a while since I did a “Mod Movie Monday” post, mainly because I’ve been busy with doing some much-need restoration on my 1953 Chevy Bel Air Custom, writing a new paranormal murder mystery, and...
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International Exotic Cocktail Day is just a Week Away!
Mark your calenders! Get out your best Tiki mug! Friday, October 3rd will mark the third annual International Exotic Cocktail Day! What is International Exotic Cocktail Day? It’s a day to celebrate the...
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL EXOTIC COCKTAIL DAY!
Jet Pilot at The Mai-Kai It’s finally here! The day of days to celebrate your love of Tiki drinks. This year I’ve heard from people all over the world, including Madrid, Sydney, Germany, England,...
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Lychee Martini – Your Weekend Exotic Cocktail
There are exotic cocktails that live just on the edge of Tiki Lounge drink acceptability. These include more tropical/Caribbean drinks such as the Piña Colada and Dark and Stormy, and others that...
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Tiki-ish Margarita for Cinco De Mayo
Who says Mexican can’t be Tiki? Well, most people actually. But that doesn’t mean we can’t borrow from Mexico’s most famous cocktail to enjoy this drinking holiday at the Tiki bar. As they say, any...
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International Exotic Cocktail Day 2019 is almost here! Friday, October 4th
International Exotic Cocktail Day (#IECD) starts Friday, October 4th! …and since so many people have celebrated the day but couldn’t always do it Friday night, a few years ago I extended it to the...
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Today is International Exotic Cocktail Day! Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
Mai Tai a the Mai Kai, Fort Lauderdale International Exotic Cocktail Day is here, and man do we need it more than ever this year! Holy cow, what a year. Covid-19 had really hit the Tiki/Vintage...
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The Cherry Dickel Cocktail Recipe, Vintage-inspired recipes from the Tiki Bar
Inspired by liquors and liqueurs popular in the 1950s, I decided to try to balance the sweet with the strong with this concoction. Guess what? It worked. Mainly because Luxardo is not really as “sweet”...
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Is it OK to “Throw Together” Tiki Cocktails? Hmmm…
People who are “in the know” know that no, you can’t just “throw together” Tiki cocktails. True Tiki drinks are based on complexity, balance, and that mysterious special flavor that invokes the feeling...
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