Tiki drinks have really become my favourite category of cocktails over the last couple of years, so I'm really glad you're doing a whole series on it^^. There are so many interesting and surprising flavour combinations and such a wide range of creamy, tart, light, strong, simple and complex drinks
Glad to see you do more tiki drinks! I have fallen in love with that subset of cockail drinks over the last year and enjoyed seeing you on Spike's Breezeway Cocktail Hour. Cheers!
This is awesome. Excited to see you go though the BBB Grog log. I get a lot from watching your channel. You and Marius are much appreciated. What’s funny is I have the book and all the ingredients(maybe gotta go get some grapefruit)and never tried this recipe. This will be my next cocktail for sure. Thanks again
I've had Jeff Berry's books AND his app for years now.. and somehow this gem escaped me. This truly IS one of the best "simple" tiki drink recipes I've ever had. Thank you for sharing
A belated thanks for this one Leandro. I made it this evening with Smith and Cross, El Dorado 12 year, and St. Elizabeth. It's so good it must be illegal. It's in my rotation now for sure.
Really got into Tiki at the start of the Covid lockdown last year. Smuggler's Cove was my first exposure (after various YT videos), and have added Beach Bum Berry books to the collection as well. My first cocktail with Allspice dram I didn't love it. My tastes have evolved since and I love it now. I've got quite the rum collection now and am looking forward to this new series!
Absolutely love the idea for this new series! Of course, some of the old recipes from Berry's books (not his originals) seem like stinkers from looking at the ingredients, but I'd love to know either way! Especially excited for when you get to the Pétion from Potions of the Caribbean, since I want to hear your spiel about Clairin.
Love your new fruit press. You mother in law is a smart shopper. Excellent gift for someone in your profession. Thanks for letting us all benefit from it by using it on your UA-cam videos. Love watching! I especially love watching the pebble ice cocktails you create and recreate. Keep up the great work.
Boss idea…..I am ready for this ride!!!! My Tiki game is weak ….. just so many ingredients….but I’m making all spice dram this weekend….Thanks for the videos love them all!!!
at the end of an extended visit to an incredible place in brooklyn, I asked the bartender for a Ti' Punch for a nitecap and left to use the restroom. no more than two minutes later I returned to my seat to be greeted by the most elegant presentation of a 'classic' Ti' Punch you might get in Martinique (replete with full bottle and swizzle, fancy glasswear, etc.). To top it all off was this intricately decorated lime that stopped me in my tracks. "How long did that take you?", I asked. "As long as it took you in the bathroom." she replied. Check-mate. Nearly two years later, I now know it's a 'tribal lime'. thanks Leandro.
Really looking foward to this series, I've made all the drinks in one of his books and there were a lot of really nice treats a few duds. Gonna be interesting once we get to a dud lol.
Tiki drinks FTW!!! I love experimenting with Tiki flavors and proportions. There's just so much that can be done, with a number of different flavors and liquors.
I really thought I'd hate tiki, but some of my favorite riffs on classics have been tiki inspired--most recently the Paloma. I'm looking forward to this series and may even get the book on my end!
So much I’d like to say here. It was fun to watch you at the breezeway. Great challenge (& it’s a big one) for the channel! I’m looking forward to the education on how complex rum actually is. And I liked the flow of the video! You guys are rawkin it! Patreon list was long..great job guys! 👍🏼
Just finished the Smuggler's Cove book 2 days ago:P. Waiting for you to test everything before i do i guess:). Great video, love seeing the recipes being correctly implemented.
woah! I haven't watched an episode in a long time after I left the industry during the initial Covid outbreak. The "new" set is incredible! my greatest compliments to you all.
Can't wait for more Tiki as someone who's also gone down the rabbit-hole recently! When you take on the Boo Loo I'd love to see options for juicing pineapple. As someone who is not blessed with a Trader Joe's within 100 miles, I always struggle with it or just settle for the canned stuff.
If you go through the entire book , then I will be here for each one! I have been fascinated with Tiki ever since my grandfather took me to Trader Vics in Chicago back in the 70's where I would drink virgin Bahias (Pina Coladas by any other name). Now if you could find someone to recreate those Cosmo Tibits to pair with those drinks.
Great stuff as always, looking forward to the series. It’d be a really cool episode to explore all the different Zombies that Beachbum includes (1934, Aku Aku, especially the Jet Pilot, etc). Besides providing multiple drinks to encourage people to buy the various requisite (expensive) rums, it’d be a cool lesson on how different ratios can completely change the feel of the same ingredients :)
I've made most of the drinks from berry's books and the ones you have to watch out for are the ones that are in either the Grog Log or Intoxica! but NOT in his remixed book. He dropped a lot of bad drinks from them when making remix. There is a very good reason for this.
Yes, please please PLEASE... do a video on making your own allspice dram! I live in the UK and I can't seem to get it at all... Drink sounds great, so it's a shame I can't try it! :'(
Tried this tonight. A few takeaways: My wife prefers Jet Pilots which is kinda similar... Just a few extra ingredients and cinnamon syrup instead of allspice dram (ok, a completely different drink). My fresh squeezed lime juice overpowered the drink so I had to scale back on lime. I also felt like I needed to increase the amount of simple syrup and allspice dram to balance it to my liking. The only demerara rum I have ready access to is Hamilton 151 so I went with .75 oz of that and 1.25 oz of Appleton Signature. Ancient Mariner is a great drink that reminds me of grogs I've made. Fun to tweak!
I'll def give this a try. I just need to reload my allspice dram. The last tiki drink I made was the Skater On Crack. Loved it. Reminded me of mai tais I've had before. Not sure if you've done that one.
If you don't want to make all of these yourself you could go to Tonga Hut in North Hollywood. They have every drink on the Grog Log and the bar tenders/owners are super knowledgable. If you do the entire Grog Log in a year you become a member of the League of Drooling Bastards. :D I'm an honorary member
Love your videos and content. Excited to try this one! Tiki cocktail question. If you have 15oz Tiki glasses (Christmas Present) do you make Ancient Mariner for example same as your recipe calls for and just add more ice to fill space OR do you increase ingredients to match the glass (double the drink)? Thanks for the guidance! Happy 2023 to you!
First measure the volume of the cocktail and how much ice displacement fills the glass fyi the glass I use in this video is a 15oz double old fashioned glass so on this case you won’t need to do anything but sometimes the volume of a glass would call for doubling specs.
Love the concept of an indepth tiki series to follow👍🏽 What would be a good substitute for St Elizabeth allspice dram? It is not available where I live overseas
I agree the ruby red grapefruit juice is a better option for this drink. I’ve done it with white grapefruit juice as well, and the red just works so much better. Also, try the Hamilton pimento dram, it pwns the St Elizabeth 😬
Hi Leandro, great video! Just one thing that I think needs more attention. Appleton Estate, whilst being really great rum, isn't quite Jamaican Rum. Yeah, it is made in Jamaica, but it is more British (talking rum-wise) than French. It is not Funky, very mild and not offensive, like for example Doorley's (by R.L Sea aka Foursquare). A true Jamaica rum, with high esters that resembles banana and grilled pineapple, as well as bit of acetone and asphalt would be Hampden 8, or even Habitation Velier Worthy Park. The rum world nowadays is on its way to be one of the greatest beverages markets, and even now you can find a lot of great examples. Keep up the great job!
As a tiki lover, I hope you’ll try this drink and let me know what you think. To me, it is a mescal-based tiki which is unique. I got the ingredient recipe from a DC restaurant called Le Diplomate. The drink was called Green Revolution though I do not see it on their menu online today. I had to come up with the volumes myself. It is equal parts (3/4 oz) green chartreuse, mescal, Falernum (I use velvet), lime juice, and pineapple juice. Cheers!
This was the first tiki drink I started with when I began my deep dive into tiki 4 years ago. Hardly anyone has heard of this drink. I make my own pimento dram (ie allspice dram) and often play with different combos of rum - my fav is an ounce of Demerara (usually Lemon Hart) and an ounce of Plantation Original Dark.
@@robertwatson4840 I’ve stopped watching most of the Barfly vids at release because they got me to crave drinks at 7 AM in the morning 😂. I like The Ancient Mariner very much and have at least one weekly. Besides a great flavor it is one of the simpler tikis to make.
You often reference "whip shaking", but not how it differs to normal shaking or a METALSHAKE 🤘, So a little vid explaining/demonstrating the differences would be great. Also, yes to the DIY allspice dram please. Cheers.
I was just about to ask if you worked at Cole’s!! I used to come in for lunch and you made me the absolute best penicillin I’ve ever had every single time. We’d discussed that I’d never had a gin martini I liked. You were going to change my mind…but we never got around to it. Anyway I’m glad you’re doing well!
@@TheEducatedBarfly I've been following your channel for a while and just kept thinking I was crazy, that it couldn't possibly be you. I'll have to give the martini a go! I use your whisky sour recipe all the time and if I can brave the egg I think I can tackle a martini...although I'm sure it would be much better made by you paired with a french dip ;)
Just curious, have you or would you do a eppisode on black rum. I love black rum with dr peper or sometimes a cherry variation of a dark soda. But im wondering if theres any actual cocktails involving black rum or not?
The 2 minute tangent talking about tribal tattoos had me weak lmao
Lmao I just kept going when I thought it was going to be over
This is a great idea for a series, I can't wait to see how it turns out.
Love that you are doing more tiki!
Tiki drinks have really become my favourite category of cocktails over the last couple of years, so I'm really glad you're doing a whole series on it^^. There are so many interesting and surprising flavour combinations and such a wide range of creamy, tart, light, strong, simple and complex drinks
Oh man this new series has me pumped! Master the Classics was great, and I'm always referencing those videos. Now a tiki cocktail series? Hell yeah!
I keep returning to this cocktail. The allspice dram really kicks this one up to the next level. Thanks for sharing! Great work as always!
Glad to see you do more tiki drinks! I have fallen in love with that subset of cockail drinks over the last year and enjoyed seeing you on Spike's Breezeway Cocktail Hour. Cheers!
As with so many of your tutorials, tried it, loved it. Thank you. In my top 5 now.
This is awesome. Excited to see you go though the BBB Grog log. I get a lot from watching your channel. You and Marius are much appreciated. What’s funny is I have the book and all the ingredients(maybe gotta go get some grapefruit)and never tried this recipe. This will be my next cocktail for sure. Thanks again
I've had Jeff Berry's books AND his app for years now.. and somehow this gem escaped me. This truly IS one of the best "simple" tiki drink recipes I've ever had. Thank you for sharing
Hells yes. Getting into Tiki now and love seeing I have every bottle on hand.
the best feeling when seeing cocktail recipes
This is great! I’m plugging along making all of Dale Degroff’s cocktails in his The New Craft of the Cocktail
I went down that rabbit hole as well thanks to smugglers cove. Cant wait to follow along with your beachbum series!
A belated thanks for this one Leandro. I made it this evening with Smith and Cross, El Dorado 12 year, and St. Elizabeth. It's so good it must be illegal. It's in my rotation now for sure.
Really got into Tiki at the start of the Covid lockdown last year. Smuggler's Cove was my first exposure (after various YT videos), and have added Beach Bum Berry books to the collection as well. My first cocktail with Allspice dram I didn't love it. My tastes have evolved since and I love it now. I've got quite the rum collection now and am looking forward to this new series!
Absolutely love the idea for this new series! Of course, some of the old recipes from Berry's books (not his originals) seem like stinkers from looking at the ingredients, but I'd love to know either way! Especially excited for when you get to the Pétion from Potions of the Caribbean, since I want to hear your spiel about Clairin.
we are going to find out together LOL 😂
This is great! I also like how you're releasing more videos per week. BOSH
YESSSSS. You just talked me into getting a face tattoo!!!! Great job.... The cocktail looks delish as well....
Excited for this series!
Yesss tiki series! Sooo many great drinks to be made
Love your new fruit press. You mother in law is a smart shopper. Excellent gift for someone in your profession. Thanks for letting us all benefit from it by using it on your UA-cam videos. Love watching! I especially love watching the pebble ice cocktails you create and recreate. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
This is flippin’ excellent! Thank you
Boss idea…..I am ready for this ride!!!! My Tiki game is weak ….. just so many ingredients….but I’m making all spice dram this weekend….Thanks for the videos love them all!!!
at the end of an extended visit to an incredible place in brooklyn, I asked the bartender for a Ti' Punch for a nitecap and left to use the restroom. no more than two minutes later I returned to my seat to be greeted by the most elegant presentation of a 'classic' Ti' Punch you might get in Martinique (replete with full bottle and swizzle, fancy glasswear, etc.). To top it all off was this intricately decorated lime that stopped me in my tracks.
"How long did that take you?", I asked.
"As long as it took you in the bathroom." she replied.
Check-mate.
Nearly two years later, I now know it's a 'tribal lime'. thanks Leandro.
I must ask, what place was it? I live in Brooklyn and have an inkling I might know the place.
@@word42069 MP
Really looking foward to this series, I've made all the drinks in one of his books and there were a lot of really nice treats a few duds. Gonna be interesting once we get to a dud lol.
Working your way through the corpus of tiki cocktails is a noble quest.
Yes looking forward to this series
I'm excited about this series and I would definitely appreciate an allspice dram recipe
This is some tropical goodness in a glass indeed, Leandro!!
Tiki drinks FTW!!!
I love experimenting with Tiki flavors and proportions. There's just so much that can be done, with a number of different flavors and liquors.
I would love a homemade allspice dram video
Perfect, I was just looking for a reason to use my homemade allspice dram.
Omg I want to try this so bad. From a Leandro to another Leandro: awesome videos, mate. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks Leandro!
-Leandro
Arf!
This sounds right up my alley.
My personal fave is a Mai Tai but with 2oz added juice of apple, pineapple or passionfruit. It makes the drink fit perfectly in a large rocks glass.
I really thought I'd hate tiki, but some of my favorite riffs on classics have been tiki inspired--most recently the Paloma. I'm looking forward to this series and may even get the book on my end!
So much I’d like to say here. It was fun to watch you at the breezeway. Great challenge (& it’s a big one) for the channel! I’m looking forward to the education on how complex rum actually is. And I liked the flow of the video! You guys are rawkin it! Patreon list was long..great job guys! 👍🏼
Thanks Ann!
Just finished the Smuggler's Cove book 2 days ago:P. Waiting for you to test everything before i do i guess:).
Great video, love seeing the recipes being correctly implemented.
woah! I haven't watched an episode in a long time after I left the industry during the initial Covid outbreak. The "new" set is incredible! my greatest compliments to you all.
Welcome back.
Awesome, love rum and tiki. 👍
Please do a video on allspice dram. I haven't been able to find it here in Sweden and that is too bad, this cocktail looks amazing!
Made this not too long ago and it is delicious! Not quite a Mai Tai, but still very tasty and the combination of the two rums is great!
Can't wait for more Tiki as someone who's also gone down the rabbit-hole recently! When you take on the Boo Loo I'd love to see options for juicing pineapple. As someone who is not blessed with a Trader Joe's within 100 miles, I always struggle with it or just settle for the canned stuff.
Awesome! Love it!
This was an early favorite of mine, Allspice Dram was one of the first liqueurs I got, and this is a great use for it. cheers.
I usually prefer using Hamilton's Pimento Dram when a recipe calls for Allspice.
@@djstephanysays9708 I haven't had a chance to try it. One bottle of allspice dram is all I can handle :)
Subbed specifically for this tiki project!
Delicious! Also, I'm all for a homemade dram video
The Bums book's are the great white whale of Tiki; many have tried, few have succeeded! Great series concept. Good luck.
You weren't kidding. This drink is amazing!
I have never seen tropical drinks as something I would have in my lineup, but this particular cocktail looks quite tempting to my palate.
Well get on it! 🍹
If you go through the entire book , then I will be here for each one! I have been fascinated with Tiki ever since my grandfather took me to Trader Vics in Chicago back in the 70's where I would drink virgin Bahias (Pina Coladas by any other name). Now if you could find someone to recreate those Cosmo Tibits to pair with those drinks.
Great stuff as always, looking forward to the series. It’d be a really cool episode to explore all the different Zombies that Beachbum includes (1934, Aku Aku, especially the Jet Pilot, etc). Besides providing multiple drinks to encourage people to buy the various requisite (expensive) rums, it’d be a cool lesson on how different ratios can completely change the feel of the same ingredients :)
We'll get there...
@@TheEducatedBarfly Haha no doubt, keep up the great work gents :)
Would be great to see a video on homemade allspice dram and Falernum!
I've made most of the drinks from berry's books and the ones you have to watch out for are the ones that are in either the Grog Log or Intoxica! but NOT in his remixed book. He dropped a lot of bad drinks from them when making remix. There is a very good reason for this.
Would you recommend just getting remixed, then? If the other two have both good and bad recipes?
And thus begins The Educated Barfly - Tales of the Tiki.
I love this!!!
Also I'd love to see a video on how to make your own allspice dram
Right there with you allspice dram!
Yes, please please PLEASE... do a video on making your own allspice dram! I live in the UK and I can't seem to get it at all... Drink sounds great, so it's a shame I can't try it! :'(
Thank you, thank you very much!
Tried this tonight. A few takeaways:
My wife prefers Jet Pilots which is kinda similar... Just a few extra ingredients and cinnamon syrup instead of allspice dram (ok, a completely different drink).
My fresh squeezed lime juice overpowered the drink so I had to scale back on lime.
I also felt like I needed to increase the amount of simple syrup and allspice dram to balance it to my liking.
The only demerara rum I have ready access to is Hamilton 151 so I went with .75 oz of that and 1.25 oz of Appleton Signature.
Ancient Mariner is a great drink that reminds me of grogs I've made. Fun to tweak!
Yay! Saw my name. That was cool Leandro. ❤️
I'll def give this a try. I just need to reload my allspice dram. The last tiki drink I made was the Skater On Crack. Loved it. Reminded me of mai tais I've had before. Not sure if you've done that one.
Adding grapefruit to the shopping list and trying this tonight.
If you don't want to make all of these yourself you could go to Tonga Hut in North Hollywood. They have every drink on the Grog Log and the bar tenders/owners are super knowledgable. If you do the entire Grog Log in a year you become a member of the League of Drooling Bastards. :D I'm an honorary member
FYI. In Quebec, Canada, we don't have All Spice Dram or Falernum available at the liquor store. We need to make our own ;)
Couldn't be happier. Tikis rule all (except the Manhattan and maybe Aviation). The Ancient Mariner and Fat Sailor are two of my absolute favorites.
Would love to see the Allspice Dram Infusion video!
I cannot wait for more tiki videos!
Love your videos and content. Excited to try this one! Tiki cocktail question. If you have 15oz Tiki glasses (Christmas Present) do you make Ancient Mariner for example same as your recipe calls for and just add more ice to fill space OR do you increase ingredients to match the glass (double the drink)? Thanks for the guidance! Happy 2023 to you!
First measure the volume of the cocktail and how much ice displacement fills the glass fyi the glass I use in this video is a 15oz double old fashioned glass so on this case you won’t need to do anything but sometimes the volume of a glass would call for doubling specs.
This cocktail is even better with Hamilton Florida Rum Society Blend (already has Demerara and some light funk Jamaican rums blended for you!)
First time watching. Saw Buzz Lightyear in the background, subscribed immediately. Buzz is my childhood hero lol.
Me too :)
You mentioned doing a vid on making your own allspice dram. I'd like to see that :)
Same here - allspice 🙌🏼
"Mike Tyson, do you regret that tattoo?"
"Yeth, yeth I do."
Allsipice dram is one of those unique liqueurs with no substitutes. vital for tiki collections.
EXCITED!!!!!!! I am going to go buy some Allspice Dram unless you do the recipe video....hint hint. Hee hee
Yassssss! More tiki!!!
I'd love an Allspice Dram video!
Video on homemade allspice dram would be dope
Love the concept of an indepth tiki series to follow👍🏽 What would be a good substitute for St Elizabeth allspice dram? It is not available where I live overseas
Make your own! Not too difficult
I agree the ruby red grapefruit juice is a better option for this drink. I’ve done it with white grapefruit juice as well, and the red just works so much better.
Also, try the Hamilton pimento dram, it pwns the St Elizabeth 😬
Yeah I have a bottle of the Hamilton and it’s super good but for this particular drink it’s all about that St Elizabeth
an Allspice Dram video would be excellent
He's right, this is literally the best tiki drink I've ever had. Even edges out a Mai Tai for me on occasion...
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!
One of my favorite tiki drinks!
Hi Leandro, great video! Just one thing that I think needs more attention. Appleton Estate, whilst being really great rum, isn't quite Jamaican Rum. Yeah, it is made in Jamaica, but it is more British (talking rum-wise) than French. It is not Funky, very mild and not offensive, like for example Doorley's (by R.L Sea aka Foursquare). A true Jamaica rum, with high esters that resembles banana and grilled pineapple, as well as bit of acetone and asphalt would be Hampden 8, or even Habitation Velier Worthy Park.
The rum world nowadays is on its way to be one of the greatest beverages markets, and even now you can find a lot of great examples.
Keep up the great job!
As a tiki lover, I hope you’ll try this drink and let me know what you think. To me, it is a mescal-based tiki which is unique. I got the ingredient recipe from a DC restaurant called Le Diplomate. The drink was called Green Revolution though I do not see it on their menu online today. I had to come up with the volumes myself. It is equal parts (3/4 oz) green chartreuse, mescal, Falernum (I use velvet), lime juice, and pineapple juice. Cheers!
This was the first tiki drink I started with when I began my deep dive into tiki 4 years ago. Hardly anyone has heard of this drink. I make my own pimento dram (ie allspice dram) and often play with different combos of rum - my fav is an ounce of Demerara (usually Lemon Hart) and an ounce of Plantation Original Dark.
Oo I could legit make that version right now....hmmm
@@robertwatson4840 I’ve stopped watching most of the Barfly vids at release because they got me to crave drinks at 7 AM in the morning 😂. I like The Ancient Mariner very much and have at least one weekly. Besides a great flavor it is one of the simpler tikis to make.
You often reference "whip shaking", but not how it differs to normal shaking or a METALSHAKE 🤘, So a little vid explaining/demonstrating the differences would be great.
Also, yes to the DIY allspice dram please. Cheers.
Do a vid for allspice dram! I've been contemplating making one myself since St. Elizabeth's is going up in price in my area.
I second this. Would also like a comparison with St. Elizabeth, Hamilton, and homemade.
I was just about to ask if you worked at Cole’s!! I used to come in for lunch and you made me the absolute best penicillin I’ve ever had every single time. We’d discussed that I’d never had a gin martini I liked. You were going to change my mind…but we never got around to it. Anyway I’m glad you’re doing well!
Heeeey! You found me! The recipe for that Martini is on here! Just sayin’
@@TheEducatedBarfly I've been following your channel for a while and just kept thinking I was crazy, that it couldn't possibly be you. I'll have to give the martini a go! I use your whisky sour recipe all the time and if I can brave the egg I think I can tackle a martini...although I'm sure it would be much better made by you paired with a french dip ;)
Just curious, have you or would you do a eppisode on black rum. I love black rum with dr peper or sometimes a cherry variation of a dark soda. But im wondering if theres any actual cocktails involving black rum or not?
YUSSS!
He looks so much cooler than me using the shaker.
My all-time favorite tiki drink.
love tiki, and ancient mariner is one of my favorites. But you only think its the best because you haven't had a "reverb crash"
Allspice dram is amazing
If ever there was a title that spoke to my current drinks mindset
Im still waiting for the episode you said you would do your own allspice liqueur... salud🍻from mexico
I heard Berry made this while trying to decipher the Navy grog.