Maui Time: Essential Maui Bartenders

Aloha everybody and dig this list of Bartenders on Maui -pretty good company

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Tommy Bahama Ambassador of Rum Culture

Aloha everybody, this was a video we made at the Monkeypod Kitchen on Maui for the Tommy Bahama Rumologist search. The camera picked up some kind of lighting error and (as you can see) caused lines across the screen. I posted this 'cause it's a good testimonial to my feelings on Rum and you know, we had a fun time shootin' it -Hana Hou !

Don the Beachcomber Maui Mix Off

Aloha everybody and by popular demand, the recipe for my award-winning Spirit of Don Beach Mai Tai -Hana Hou

1 oz Bacardi gold rum

1/2 oz Bacardi 8

1/2 oz Maui Preserved citron syrup

1/2 oz Orgeat

Fresh Maui Gold pineapple

Fresh lime

Fresh mint

In a pint glass muddle 3 pineapple chunks with 1/2 squeezed fresh lime

Add ice, gold rum, syrup & Orgeat

Shake vigorously and strain over crushed ice in a large bucket glass

Float Bacardi 8 and garnish w/ lime wheel & fresh mint sprig

Celeb U Tard Cocktails

Aloha everybody and I know its been a while but we've had Hurrican Fleicia around our throats like a belt on David Carradine (what -too soon ?) so I give you Celeb u tard Cocktails for your next Mad Men cocktail party, hell you'll be as hot & relevant as a breast-feeding statue of Angelina Jolie (what -too late ?)

The Angelina Jolie
2 oz Speyside single-malt Scotch such as Glenfiddich

1 oz St-Germain (elderflower liqueur)
• Pour Scotch and St-Germain over ice cubes in a cocktail shaker
Stir to chill, strain into a Martini glass.
GARNISH: thin slices of kumquat

The Brad Pitt
2 oz Crop Organic cucumber vodka

Seltzer water
2 wedges of organic lime

2 thin slices fresh organic cucumber

Sprig of organic mint
• Lightly muddle lime, cucumber & mint in bucket-style glass
Add ice & vodka, finish with seltzer water
Give a little stir & garnish with cucumber wheel

The Mickey Rourke
2 oz silver tequila

1 dash Angostura bitters

2 to 3 oz fresh blood-orange juice

• Add tequila and bitters to an 8-oz highball glass full of ice cubes

Top off with juice and stir

The Meryl Streep
1 tsp Goldschläger, including some gold flecks

1 tsp Benedictine Well-chilled Champagne or Prosecco

• Combine Goldschläger and Benedictine in a Champagne flute,

then top off with Champagne.

Summer Cocktails

Aloha everybody and you know, I love me some Summer Cocktails. A nice Gin & Juice served in a mayonnaise jar and sittin on the roof in a rainstorm with a nine iron. Here's a couple of fine summer cocktails for ya'll -nine iron optional:

Key Lime Freeze

1 oz. Licor 43 1 oz. Absolut Vanilla
1/2 muddled fresh limeSplash of simple syrup ½ oz. half-and-half
Finish with Cream Soda
Muddle ½ lime in Collins glass -add ice, vodka, Licor 43, simple syrup, half/half
Finish with Cream soda and give a little stir
Garnish with plastic monkey

Grapefruit Rum Cooler
1.5 oz Maui light rum 1/3 cup fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice 1 oz. fresh lemon juice 1 oz. simple syrup 4 mint sprigs3 dash Angostura bitters
In a cocktail shaker, muddle mint, simple syrup, lemon juice and grapefruit juice. Add 1-1/2 oz. rum and ice. Shake and strain into a highball or Collins glass over new ice. Top with club soda and a splash of bitters. Stir and garnish with grapefruit and mint.

Sangre de Fresa
1 oz Cachaca
½ oz Cointreau
4 to 5 leaves basil, plus 1 for garnish
2 strawberries, quartered and tops removed, plus 1 for garnish1/2 oz. balsamic syrup 1/4 oz. fresh lime juice Soda water
In a mixing glass, muddle the strawberries and basil with the balsamic syrup into a pulp. Top with ice and remaining ingredients, and shake until cold. Strain into an ice-filled Pilsner or Collins glass and top with soda water. Garnish with a strawberry and basil leaf.

Happy Father's Day

Aloha everybody from the middle of the Pacific Ocean and Happy Father's day to all the Tiki Dads out there -remember, you're Grandparents weren't exactly on board for your Dad when he was dating your Mom. With that in mind, here's some Bourbon / Whiskey cocktails for Dad to remind him of "the good ol'days" before we all came around and ruined his life -Cheers!

Dry Rye Cherry Sling
2 oz Old Overholdt rye whiskey
½ oz fresh lime juice
½ oz simple syrup
1 oz black cherry soda
Shake rye, lime juice and syrup with ice
Pour over ice and finish with black cherry soda
Garnish with fresh cherries on vine

Bobtail Nag
2 oz Michter’s Single Barrel rye
½ oz Cocchi Borolo Chinato
Angostura bitters
Combine liquors with 3 dash bitters over ice
Stir to chill and serve up
Garnish with lemon twist

Ginger and Mary Ann
2 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon
Apple Cider
Fresh ginger root
Muddle sliced ginger
Add ice and combine bourbon & apple cider
Shake to chill and pour over ice
Garnish with lemon wedge

Bama Breeze lyrics by Jimmy Buffet

"Jimmy got caught, smoking a joint out behind the bar, sittin' in his car and they took him to jail - the tip jar paid his bail In 1984 Mick Jagger passed through town, bought the house a round, signed his name on the wall, in the ladies' bathroom stall

At the Bama Breeze, you're one of our own down there, you'll never drink alone down there, good god I feel at home down there"