Oahu Gin Sling

2 oz Gin
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Cassis
2 bsp Simple syrup
3 oz Club soda
Instructions

Shake without soda, add soda and stir, pour unstrained into a pilsner glass, garnish with a lime spiral.

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Year
1970
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Thomas Mario, Playboy Magazine.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Intoxica, p. 60.

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Jamoca

1 oz Puerto Rican Rum (gold)
1 oz Jamaican rum (gold)
1 oz Coffee (chilled)
1⁄2 oz Brown sugar coffee syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
4 oz Crushed ice
Instructions

Blend for no more than 5 seconds, pouring without straining into a pilsner or specialty glass, add more crushed ice to top, serve with straw.

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Year
1930s
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Don the Beachcomber
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari, p. 144.

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Hikihoho

1 1⁄2 oz Martinique Rum, Rhum JM Blanc
1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Triple sec
1⁄2 oz Coconut liqueur
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1 oz Lime juice
1 oz Pineapple juice (Unsweetened)
1⁄2 oz Parfait Amour
5 dr Vanilla extract (Optional)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients except Parfait d’Amour. Pour in hurricane glass fillled with cracked ice. Float Parfait d’Amour. Garnish with a fruit stick.

Notes

Tested with Rhum JM Blanc, Don Fernando Tequila Blanco, Cointreau, MB Coconut, MB Parfait d’Amour.

History

This faux tiki punch was inspired by Jack London's story called "The Pearls of Parlay" and utilizes punchy rhum agricole blanc, tequila and coconut liqueur with a hint of vanilla.

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Darkest Manhattan

2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Averna
1⁄4 oz Virgin Islands Rum, Cruzan Blackstrap
2 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Chocolate
1 twst Orange peel (expressed, as garnish, or 1 dr orange oil)
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice and pour into old fashioned glass. Garnish with orange peel or one drop of orange essential oil if no orange in your fridge.

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Unknown
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Kindred Cocktails commented on 1/23/2015:

Curated to remove unneeded ingredient notes and add brand of bitters. Your instructions imply a stir-and-dump into an OF glass. Do you mean this to be strained?

Sundowner

1 1⁄4 oz Cognac
1 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Galliano
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1 wdg Lime (lime wheel, as garnish)
4 oz Crushed ice
Instructions

Shake with crushed ice, pour unstrained into a double rocks glass, garnish.

Notes

A fascinating Tiki-era Corpse Reviver twist that, with light modifications, deserves a place on contemporary menus.

Yields Drink
Year
1960s
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Kon-Tiki restaurant, Sheraton Waikiki.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Intoxica, p. 81.

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  • A little too tart?
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Plantation Daze

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Galliano
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

Notes

Sort of a vanilla and anise Sidecar, notable both for its unusual ingredients in a tropical setting and for its early use of Galliano.

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Year
1954
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Lagoon Cocktail Terrace at the Coco Palms resort, Kauai.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Intoxica, p. 70.

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  • As others have said, it's an anise forward side car. Float a star anise as garnish. Solid drink!
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Lani-Honi

1 1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 oz Puerto Rican Rum (light)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain into a small goblet over crushed ice.

Notes

An unusual tiki-era punch with a liqueur base.

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Year
1962
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
as served aboard the Matson Line's SS Mariposa on its 42-day South Seas cruise.
Source reference

Jeff Berry & Annene Kaye, Beachbum Berry's Grog Log, p. 48.

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  • Used El Dorado 3 yr rum. Punches way above its weight in terms of simplicity/deliciousness ratio.
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Caribbean Punch

1 oz Puerto Rican Rum (gold)
1 oz Jamaican rum, Appleton Estate V/X
1 1⁄2 oz Sarsaparilla soda (or root beer)
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 ds Grenadine
3 ds Bitters, Angostura
6 dr Herbal liqueur, Pernod (or absinthe)
3 dr Almond syrup
8 oz Crushed ice
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Blend at high speed for 5 seconds or under, pour unstrained into something tall and add ice to top. Garnish.

Notes

Martin Doudoroff, in his Tiki+ app, speculates that the sarsaparilla may be a nod to the soda fountains of Don's youth. I think they may be inspired by the mauby (sometimes "mavi") tree bark-based sodas popular throughout the Caribbean, which share flavor notes in common with sarsaparillas and root beers.

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Year
1937
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Don the Beachcomber.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari, p. 36.

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  • 6/13/20: Made as written except omitted grenadine (didn't have) and simple syrup (sweet enough without). Quite tasty. Might increase lime to 0.75 oz and/or reduce root beer to 1 oz.
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DrunkLab commented on 1/23/2015:

KC still won't let me input "almond extract" as an ingredient--it automatically adds "syrup" after I type "almond."

Lady in Blue

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Beefeater
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
2 dr Orange flower water
1⁄4 oz Crème de Violette
1 bsp Blue Curaçao (as float)
Instructions

Shake everything except the curacao and double strain into a coupe, "float" curacao, which will sink to the bottom and layer.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Eron Plevon, The Oakroom, Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, KY
Source reference

http://liquor.com/recipes/the-lady-in-blue/#Xcsav3WBjhh6zS4x.97

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Zachary Pearson commented on 1/22/2015:

Curated this. To avoid copyright issues, rewrote the instructions and removed edible flower garnish (which was in the instructions, but not in the recipe). Removed the teaser that it's a White Lady variation - it's not. 

Thanks,

Zachary

Hope Cocktail

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
1⁄2 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Amaro Montenegro
1 t Mandarin orange liqueur, Mandarine Napoleon
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir. Straight up. Cocktail glass. Add a mandarine (or orange) twist.

Notes

I prefer here standard-proof bourbon like Buffalo Trace, Cognac VS, Angostura orange bitters or Bitter Truth orange bitters. Feel free to try this with Rye whiskey or other grape brandy.

History

Just an outcome of my passion for mixing whiskey and amari. Please let me know if you find this cocktail similar to any another one.

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
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Biff Malibu commented on 12/03/2024:

Increase orange liqueur to 0.25 oz, to round the edge off the bourbon.

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