This weekend was Tiki Oasis in San Diego, the 13th edition of an annual gathering that brings together tiki fans from all over the world. Four days of tiki music, creative tiki outfits, a super relaxed atmosphere, and of course fabulous tiki drinks. These included a couple of cocktails at the Bali Hai opening night party with a classic Navy Grog and their take on the Zombie. We had a few drinks at the vendors’ booths: an excellent ti punch riff at the rhum Clement booth, as well as a refreshing punch at the Denizen booth with grapefruit and Aperol. We also sampled three delicious drinks featuring Boy Drinks World cocktail bitters at a preview of the BDW room party (disclaimer – he is a friend). Lastly, we had a chance to attend a seminar by Martin Cate during which he served several cocktails by Stephen Crane, who was not only one of Lana Turner’s many husbands (he actually married her not once but twice!), but also the owner of Polynesian-theme restaurant the Luau in Beverly Hills, and the Kon Tiki chain of restaurants.
After attending Martin Cate’s lively seminar about this unsung hero of tikiness, I could not wait to dust off my Kon Tiki bowl and prepare something for this month’s MxMo theme, Fire. Sometimes a solid classic is best, and I selected Don the Beachcomber’s Volcano Bowl. Four different rums, with a refreshing mix of grapefruit juice and lime juice, and maple syrup as the sweetener. For my rum mix I went with El Dorado 5 for the Demerara rum, Appleton 12 for the gold Jamaican rum, and Plantation 5 Barbados as a substitute for the gold Puerto Rican rum. I also used a touch of Lemon Hart 151 for my fire element, which I extinguished after the photo to enjoy the rum with the rest of the drink. A wonderful way to conclude a fun weekend.
6 oz grapefruit juice | 2 oz lime juice | 3/4 oz maple syrup | 1/2 oz simple syrup | 3 oz Demerara rum | 2 oz gold Jamaican rum | 1 oz gold Puerto Rican rum | shake with crushed ice | pour unstrained into tiki bowl filled with ice cubes | add spent lime shell filled with small amount of 151 rum | set on fire
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Tiki Oasis is done for another year and it was a blast! Before I can write about it, I need to recover, so in the meantime, take a look at this recap (and kind words about BDW) from the lovely Tartines to Tikis (which you should already be reading if you have a passion for cocktails or cuisine).
Thanks again Ram for sharing your wonderful cocktails with us!
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As a tiki/rum fan, I just want you to know that the bottles in your picture above is like a wet dream.
I am glad you like it! There are a few of my favorite rums in the picture.
Yeah, I don’t hesitate to say that Appleton 12 is in my top 3.
Tiki was my gateway into cocktails. Check out some of my tiki posts: http://spiritedremix.blogspot.com/search/label/tiki
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