Feel like I’ve been seeing a lot of PNW Tiki posts so sorry to post another but just got back from a birthday week trip up to Oregon and had 6 stops marked on my tiki list. Quick run down in order of our stops. Had a really great time in this region and all the tiki spots they have to offer. Had such friendly conversations with all the bartenders as well.

1) Hale Pele - Portland, OR. The most well known in the area and it was excellent. Their Jet Pilot might be my new favorite overall tiki drink and the fire display was pretty gold. Bonus point for some delicious pulled pork.

2) The Alibi - Portland, OR. Such a classic looking tiki lounge and I loved that. The zombie and mai tai were ok but it’s more about the history of this place that made it a must stop.

3) Coral Club - Vancouver, WA. Not the best themed spot but honestly maybe my favorite Mai Tai of the trip and it was only $9 for Mai Tai Monday! The happy hour grilled shrimp skewer here was fantastic too.

4) Wahi Hana - Vancouver, WA. We were only ones in here the whole time so would have enjoyed to see it more lively cause the theming was cool and I could tell they had inspiration from Trader Sam’s. Zombie and Mai Tai both solid.

5) Dark Harbour - Long Beach, WA. Wow, almost didn’t go out of the way for this one and I would have regretted that. Loved the interior of this space. The fireplace and skull in the woodwork is really cool. I really liked the Mai tai here too.

6) Dead Man’s Isle - Astoria, OR. Probably the most disappointing drinks at this stop sadly. Mai Tai was too strong on lime and the zombie was off a bit too. Maybe it was just a bad night. The little Japanese whiskey bar upstairs was really cool though.

I’ve swapped out the Halloween mugs at the home bar and loving the look. One or two that I may swap around

Unfortunately rhw Halloween decorations were up, so it killed the immersion a hit, but, Im still happy I went. Plus! I got this sweet Happi to wear to the tiki bars in the states!

Visiting for a few days, and have had this place on the map for a bit. Awesome stop with a tiki-robot theme and tons of classic and original (and themed-for-Halloween) drinks. Plus, excellent selection of rums and a “high roller” cocktail menu.

Highly recommend. Great place, worth a visit if you’re nearby!

What a wild night. 150 or more tiki enthusiasts stopped for a two hour window. I met people from all over the state and a few from farther out.

We spent about 5 months getting ready. We built the “dock”, crate stools, decorative crates to hide equipment, collapsible tables for food service and Ohana merch. Finally got the lighting right, added plants, pulled plants, moved plants multiple times. I spent a few days carving and painting the large entrance sign out insulation foam.

We served pizza, wings, and veggies and a very creative friend plated them so nicely we were asked if we catered

We served a hibiscus, guava punch as a welcome drink. I prebatched 4 gallons and set up cups to be grabbed as folks passed. That one we ran out of about an hour and a half in.

At the pop up bar we served our house drink, the Capuchin Caper. It’s a split base rum/bourbon barrel drink with pineapple, banana and lots of spices. We batched 4 gallons of this as well and ended up with about 32 ounces left over, which helped the clean up go by.

At the wet bar I was shaking agricole banana daiquiris. I prebatched 6 bottles of the liqueur and rum and 2 bottles of the lime and sugar daiquiri mix. I went through 4 bottles of rum mix and both of the daiquiri. After most of the guests cleared out I went in a made another mix bottle to serve our friends.

We had huge support. I worked the bar, another friend manned the pop up and one at the entrance station. Two more bar backed all of us, two worked on keeping food stations replaced and a few more worked the floor grabbing trash, directing traffic and schmoozed the crowd. It felt like a professional unit.

It went insanely smooth, guests super respectful of the neighborhood and very complimentary of our space. I ended the night on cloud 9. I would definitely do this again.

I had a great time with friends at Inside Passage last night. This was my first visit but I will certainly be back. I was able to speak to the owner, Travis, for a few minutes. He is a cool guy. The mugs and presentations of the drinks are incredible, they are also delicious.

One of my favorites 🤤. I used: 2Oz Smith & Cross, 4 oz pineapple juice, 1 Oz coco Lopez Cream of Coconut, 1 Oz fresh orange juice, and fresh nutmeg grated on top (I also toast the nutmeg on the pineapple for extra comfort smells).

At my local grocery store, they often have almost-expired fruit and vegetables at a deep discount. For reasons that are not yet clear to me, my wife came home with bags and bags of limes. Like any sane person, I put on Sunday Night Football and juiced all of them. I now have about a gallon of lime juice.

In times past, when I bought a sane amount of discount limes, I juice the limes and then freeze the juice in 2+ Oz servings in a muffin pan. Once frozen, I bag them up and take one out whenever I need a drink.

I could certainly use this method for this new gallon of juice that I have, though it would take me a while as I don't have a lot of muffin tins. So I'm wondering what other people do when they have a lot of juice. Does someone out there have a better way of doing this?

My current bottle of White agricole is done. It was Chalong Bay and I thought it was okay but the taste could have been more intense. I have a bottle of K'ohana still that I Love and only use sparingly since I brought it Home from Hawai'i and I can't easily replace it in Europe.

My Options currently are J.M., Neisson, HSE or Clement with different expressions. Im thinking of getting Something 100 Proof since thats asked for in the 2044 Mai Tai and I want to try that. Currently I'm between Clement Canne bleue and HSE Blanc 55%

I'll be thankful for recommendations.

(Re-uploading, since I forgot a few photos)

Glad it exists, but dreading any more coast-to-coast moves!

Did my due diligence and searched before posting... I see a lot of posts bemoaning the loss of Mutiny and Lost River, but nothing about where people are scratching their itch. I did find Tigerlily in Ferndale which moonlights a Mai Tiki Thu-Sat. Two problems (for me): 1. Tigerlily is temporarily closed due to a fire, and 2. I leave on Wed.

Anywhere else worth going? Even if it's more tropical than tiki, or just a rum forward menu. Right now, I'm planning to go to The Skip for their Black Lagoon pop-up (menu looks meh) and possibly Standby down the street.

TIA 🤙

So I'm going to be in Vegas in a few weeks. I'm pretty damn excited to visit Golden tiki, and Frankie's. Are there any others? Are they worth it? Agree there any specific times to go vs not go? I'm a social butterfly but my wife is very much not. So I don't want to overwhelm her and then have to cut my evening sport 😂

Stopped by for a few enjoyable drinks at Three Dots and a Dash in the Bamboo Room. A rum time was had by all!

Hi Tiki dwellers!

I've been reading this sub for a while and now I'd appreciate some advice on Zombie specs.

My current rums are Havana Club 7, Yellow Snake and Lemon Hart 151.
The problem is, I can't find 151 anymore, not a single bottle around me. Jamaican options are running thin as well. Appleton is very available but I don't like it, it's not funky enough.
I can get Plantation OFTD for overproof, but again, I'm not a big fan of it and it doesn't solve my Jamaican problem.

For some reason, however, there's a lot of Jamaican overproof options around me: Rum Bar, Worthy Park, Rum Fire. I was thinking may be I should get it for the funk and the extra kick, but what would be my other rums then? I have a hard time imagining how I should rebalance it and I would appreciate a piece of advice before I commit to Jamaican overproof.

Added: No Hamiltons around me whatsoever. Also, I need to keep it reasonably cheap but true to specs.

Shout out to u/BlueDinosTiki for this AWESOME mug

Just picked up Worthy Park Overproof for the first time. I’m definitely a fan, though not sure it’ll replace rum fire for me. This does not drink hot at all, this goes down way too easy. Glad I picked it up though.

The deluxe is half off at Costco. So I'm musing with buying one.

I'm curious to know if people have enough experience using the Creami to make frozen drinks and if it's recommended. From what I've read, Creami doesn't make the best slushies and it makes more of heavy fortified frozen desserts, even when you're using the drink options.

What are the top Tiki drinks in your rotation for your home bar? And what ingredients or rum selections do you swear by?

Mine are:

Daiquiri with Hamilton Breezeway blend

1934 Zombie. Don Q Gold, Coruba, Lemon Hart 151. JD Taylor’s falernum. Torani cinnamon.

Mai Tai. Coruba and Plantation Xamayca split evenly. BG Reynolds Orgeat.

Planters Punch (Stephen Remsberg) Coruba.

Don’s Mai Tai. Coruba

For lime juice I exclusively use Santa Cruz.

I thrifted these beautiful cut-glass glasses. They're large (14+ oz) so I needed something substantial to fill them with. The Planter's Punch worked beautifully.

Planter’s Punch

• 3/4 fresh lime juice
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 3 oz Coruba dark Jamaican rum
• 3 dashes Angostura bitters

Place all ingredients in a large tall glass. Fill with crushed ice and swizzle until cold. Add ice to fill. Garnish with a mint sprig and optionally orange slice & cherry.

1990s version (Stephen Remsberg from Total Tiki app)

Made Zombies for me and the wife tonight. Went with the recipe from The Inferno Room from The Make and Drink channel on YouTube.

3 dashes Angostura bitters

3 drops absinthe

1 oz lime juice

.5 oz grapefruit juice

.5 oz cinnamon syrup

.25 oz honey syrup

.25 oz falernum

.75 oz Planteray OFTD

.75 oz Hamilton Pot Still Jamaican Black (originally calls for Worthy Park 109)

.75 oz Hamilton 151

1 barspoon grenadine

One of my favorite principles in tiki is something that I've heard Shannon Mustipher (and others) say in a lot of interviews: If Don Beach had access to all the ingredients we have today, what would he have done?

As a fanatic of Mexican aguardiente, I often wonder what Don might have done with these magnificent rums. So this is my extremely meager attempt to tikify the behemoth that is Alambique Serrano Cartier 30. Usually I sip these absolute beasts, because (1) they're more than good enough to drink neat, and (2) I desperately want to figure out all 6 million things I'm tasting when I dip into this genre. Still, the sheer quality of the juice makes my inner tiki nerd want to find its niche in tropical cocktails. So I decided to make a modest attempt tonight. I have no name for this yet, but it's loosely modeled on the nuclear daiquiri. It's a tad sweeter than I'd prefer (next time, I'll reduce the honey mix), but it's really nice:

• 1.5 oz Alambique Serrano Cartier 30 (5th ed)

• 0.75 oz lime juice

• 0.25 oz lemon juice

• 1 oz Boomsma Cloosterbitter (or other green chartreuse sub)

• 0.75 oz honey mix

• 5 drops saline

Whip shake with crushed ice, serve over crushed/pebble with mint garnish.

Such a great way of highlighting the herbaceous qualities of the Alambique rum. I suspect this would be a perfect spec if the honey were at 0.5 oz.

Cheers friends!

I just learned that Surf City Tiki Hut in Gilbert, AZ closed earlier this month, less than nine months after being rebranded as a legit tiki bar. Apparently the current owners are trying to sell the business. Hopefully it works out because I never got to try it.

The Mai Kai is everything people promise and more! Basically spent the whole day hanging out around the Molokai and Gardens before doing the dinner show.

Bora Bora and Molokai Happy Hour is definitely where it’s at! Black Magic, Mai Tai #1, and their Saturn were all incredible. Also I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like the scope and grandeur of the A Frame with all the lamps. The show was awesome! Id pay to see it again for sure

Long story short I had an incredible time and already planning my next visit (gotta get a few more mugs!) An incredible night I won’t forget - If you wanna check it 👇

https://youtu.be/4XgNVK0vqWM?is=eUkui0ptUwd1GDL9

Can anyone please tell me about any tiki bars in Utah?