Okolehao fans have been waiting for the return of Hawaii’s native whiskey, distilled from the root of the ti plant, for decades now. The Bum counts himself high among their number, along with his pal Sven Kirsten, author of Tiki Modern and fellow collector of vintage oke decanters (that’s Sven’s shelf pictured above). We started [...]
Poking around our local liquor store recently, we encountered two new products of interest.
Blurred as our vision usually is, sometimes even we can read between the lines. For example, if an elected official spouts moralistic homilies to influence government policy, it’s a sure bet he’s cheating on his wife. And if a bottled Zombie mix [...]
We’ve been hearing a lot lately from people who can’t find copies of the Grog Log, Intoxica!, or Taboo Table. Fear not, fellow fuddlers: Help is on the way.
Our publisher plans to reprint the Grog Log and Taboo Table this summer, and in November we’ll have a new book out, Beachbum Berry Remixed, a revised [...]
Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter, Yma Sumac, Bas Sheva, Korla Pandit — the gods and goddesses of midcentury exotica music have all gone to their eternal reward, but not before leaving us with a copious catalogue of Tiki tunage. With this genre, familiarity breeds content: we could listen to Denny’s “Afrodesia,” to take just [...]
Hallelujah, bothers and sisters: Our favorite drink ingredient, pimento liqueur, is now available domestically under the St. Elizabeth label.
Pimento liqueur is not made from that mysterious red substance stuffed into olives, but from the pimento berry, otherwise known as allspice — a case of mistaken identity that importer Haus Alpenz has solved by calling [...]