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TIKI DRINKS
All of my Favorite Drinks in Tikidom
Bamboo Sam
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Jungle Bird
A 1970's drink with a Tiki soul. The Jungle Bird is one of those drinks that is so ubiquitous that I assumed it was one of the original...
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Bamboo Sam
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
The Beatles Are Overrated
A great drink from, "Everyone Has a F*cking Cocktail Book" by Chad Austin
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Bamboo Sam
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Christmas Eve of Destruction
A Favorite Drink from Sippin' Santa 2021!
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Bamboo Sam
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29
A look at Latitude 29 during Sippin' Santa 2021! I've made no secret of the fact that Jeff "Beachbum" Berry is partially responsible for...
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Bamboo Sam
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
Pango Daiquiri
The Pango Daiquiri - another Bamboo Sam original!
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Bamboo Sam
- Aug 13, 2021
- 3 min
Planet of the Apes
A great drink with multiple outcomes
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Bamboo Sam
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
Clarified Milk Punch #1
An old punch methodology that will remake familiar drinks!
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Bamboo Sam
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
Toucan Dance
A drink from Pagan Idol that's lighter tasting than its ingredients suggest.
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Bamboo Sam
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Hot Buttered Rum
Hot buttered rum was originally just that, rum, hot water, and a pat of butter. We can do better...
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Bamboo Sam
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Port Light
A look into the Port Light, a bourbon based Tiki Classic
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Bamboo Sam
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Pearl Diver
The Pearl Diver is another one of those drinks that would have been lost to time were it not for the dogged pursuit of Jeff "Beachbum" Berry
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Bamboo Sam
- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
Elusive Dreams
The Patterson House (Nashville) is known for classic cocktails. The Elusive Dreams is their riff on the classic Hotel Nacional Special.
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Bamboo Sam
- Jan 12, 2021
- 3 min
Volcano Cooler
Trader Tom's take on the Lei Lani Volcano? Over the holidays I had the good fortune of procuring a bottle of blood orange syrup. As a...
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Bamboo Sam
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Siboney
Another drink where we have an original and an update! One of the advantages of being an adult with a well publicized hobby is that any...
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Bamboo Sam
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Jezebel's Blush
A great use of sparkling wine from London's Trailer Happiness bar While I've posted a couple of holiday themed drinks over the years such...
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Bamboo Sam
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
Coquito
The Puerto Rican Egg Nog As the holidays approached I was greeted with an offer to buy some "Coquito" from a Puerto Rican family in my...
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Bamboo Sam
- Dec 8, 2020
- 2 min
Kick in the Coconuts
...seems like a good drink for toasting the last month of 2020! Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm a big fan of all things coconut. While there...
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Bamboo Sam
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Dharma Bum
A great drink for the holiday season. When we think of Tiki and tropical drinks we most often conjure visions of tropical locations and...
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Bamboo Sam
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Rain Killer
A lesser known cocktail from Tiki's Golden Age. While I often write about Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic, there was a third pillar of...
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Bamboo Sam
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
The Zombie
The dangerous drink that launched the tropical drinks craze I'm really not sure how I made it this far without doing a post on the...
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Bamboo Sam
- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
Pineapple Paralysis
A modern take on the Polynesian Paralysis Given that my liquor of choice prior to my Tiki conversion was bourbon, the Polynesian...
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Bamboo Sam
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
Black Sand, Blue Sea
A Hiphipahula dedication to the Tikiyaki Orchestra After my Blue Curaçao epiphany with the Cherry Blossom, I've been going back through...
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Bamboo Sam
- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
The Saturn
An award winner from a giant in the Tiki-mixology world. Despite my knowing better (this being written in what we currently consider to...
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Bamboo Sam
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
Cherry Blossom
Another instant classic from the Minimalist Tiki. As I continue to work my way through Minimalist Tiki, an interesting confluence of a...
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Bamboo Sam
- Sep 15, 2020
- 1 min
BVLOS
A twist on the Planter's Punch for my drone flying friends.
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Bamboo Sam
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
Second Rummer Up
A great Tiki Revival Cocktail from Brian Maxwell via Minimalist Tiki.
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Bamboo Sam
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Foul Weather
An attempt to recreate a drink I never knew existed!
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Bamboo Sam
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Golden Gun
A Tiki Revival drink from Martin Cate's Smugglers Cove!
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Bamboo Sam
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Kon-Tiki Rain
The Kon-Tiki Rain, a great Tiki revival drink from Kelly "Hiphipahula" Reilly & "Trader" Tom Morgan.
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Bamboo Sam
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
Rum Runner
A quick look at the Rum Runner in two different forms.
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Bamboo Sam
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
Kill Devyl Reef
My latest discovered riff on the Planter's Punch - the Kill Devyl Reef
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Bamboo Sam
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min
Navy Grog
An ode to Black Tot Day on its 50th anniversary.
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Bamboo Sam
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Coco H'Tó
A Bamboo Sam original. Nashville in July is like Florida but without the ocean breeze - in a word, HotAndSticky. It's around this time of...
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Bamboo Sam
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Colonel Beach's Plantation Punch
The Colonel Beach's Plantation Punch by Don the Beachcomber.
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Bamboo Sam
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Lorikeet
The Lorikeet is a riff on the Jungle Bird by Shannon Mustipher.
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Bamboo Sam
- May 29, 2020
- 3 min
The Golden Barnacle
The Golden Barnacle cocktail is a Tiki revival drink that adheres closely to what made Tiki drinks great in the first place.
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Bamboo Sam
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Trader Vic's PB2Y2
A WWII era drink from Vic's original Oakland location. There are a few images that loom large in my romantic notions of the South...
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Bamboo Sam
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Halekulani
The Halekulani, a classic Hawaiian cocktail from the 1930's.
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Bamboo Sam
- May 8, 2020
- 3 min
The Boo Loo
It doesn't get much more tropical... Before I knew what a Tiki mug was I was awed by two types of drinks I remember my mom getting when I...
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Bamboo Sam
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
Trader Sam's Shipwreck on the Rocks
Trader Sam's Shipwreck on the Rocks
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Bamboo Sam
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
Kelbo's Guava Daiquiri
Kelbo's twist on the standard daiquiri.
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Bamboo Sam
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
Corn & Oil
A Traditional Cocktail from 3 ingredients! I realize that in these times of pandemic related "shelter in place" orders, that some of us...
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Bamboo Sam
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Monk-ey Nut
The Monk-ey Nut, one of the most unique tropical drinks I've had in a long while.
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