...and then I went to the site and blew a hole in my wallet lol My 20th 21st birthday is next week so this is my gift from me to me.

WHO WANTS MAI TAIS?!

Wife and I got burnt out on our standard house margarita and decided to jump into tiki. Just getting started with this pickup of a few foundational bottles. Any gaps that could use filling or recommendations?

Does this work in both categories?

I'm korean and going to make tiki cocktails this summer. I want to select rums for making cocktails whatever i want. I would like price under 50$.

I did not try this but enjoyed the typo

Just really getting into tiki and rum, and it appears I've fallen into the rabbit hole. About a month ago I had Bacardi Superior and some bitters. Just got a shipment from K&L today with Worthy Park 109, Rum Fire, and Rhum JM Terroir Volcanique.

Check out the pictures. Just keep going.

That semi-annual sale email hit my inbox right after an email about a raise and damage was done! Excited to finally get my hands on some bottles not available in PA. If anyone has any recommendations for the Planetary coconut rum I’ll happily take them. 🤩

This is one of the few "specially" rums available where I live. I don't see it called out often in recipes. What drinks does it work well in?

My hope is that it's good enough to be a "workhorse" on my shelf that can replace some special-order-only bottles. If the consensus is that it kinda sucks I guess I'll keep plugging along with the high-price, hard-to-get bottles.

I feel like I still need a few rums

After what feels like a million hours of work, I finally reached the point where I felt comfortable sharing my home tiki bar.

It's still very much a work in progress. The structure is finally where I wanted it: faux rock walls, lauhala matting, a jungle ceiling, custom cabinetry, and enough room to function as both my home office during the day and tiki bar at night.

Now comes the fun part - filling the shelves, dialing in the lighting, adding artifacts, building the menu, and slowly layering in all the little details that make a tiki space feel lived in, which all can be done with rum in-hand.

This project has definitely consumed more time (and money) than I ever planned, but seeing it finally come together has made it worth it.

Looking forward to hearing what you all think, and I'm always open to ideas for the finishing touches.

Cheers!

• 1/2oz lime
• 1/2oz grapefruit
• 1/2oz cinnamon syrup
• 1/2oz falernum
• 1oz Lemonhart 151
• 3/4oz Appleton 12
• 3/4oz Planteray 5 Year
• 1 dash Elamakule tiki bitters
• 1 dash Pernod
• 5 drops saline

The wash line isn't great, these glasses are huge 😅

I really loved this mai tai made with their pecan rum. They have the recipe online so I will try to recreate it at home!

My wife bought me this vintage Aloha shirt from a vintage clothes shop in Liverpool! What do you think?

Ideally they’d be new or flawless condition. Either way if not maybe some of use just want a few and one of us buys them and sells/ships the rest to members…

2oz Charanda Uruapan Blanco
.5oz Daytrip Strawberry Amaro (my addition)
.75oz Lime Juice
1 tablespoon “sugar mix” (equal parts raw and white sugar by weight)
60g frozen strawberries (I’d probably do 90g next time)
170 grams crushed ice
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum (cut it to 1/8th)

Overall pretty good, maybe my strawberries are super flavorful so i wanted a little more but I enjoy it. 1/4 xanthan gum i find is a little too much for one drink it sorta gets a little gummy.

Sometimes it seems like just yesterday, but OFTD was revealed to the world ten years ago today. To remember the occasion and the rum's place in the modern tiki landscape, all seven OFTD Brothers shared their thoughts for my Rum Wonk article.