Classical Tropicals

After years of research, the Bum presents these "lost" vintage drink recipes. Once famous, long forgotten, now resurrected for your enjoyment...

MR. BALI HAI

They call him "Mister" for a reason. This brawny blend of West Indies rums and flavored brandy commands respect. As served at San Diego's Bali Hai restaurant in the 1950s. (Recipe in Intoxica!)

SCORPION BOWL

Next to the Mai Tai, Trader Vic's most famous creation. Invented in the 1940s — but the sting still smarts. (Recipe in the Grog Log)

HONOLULU COOLER

Southern Comfort meets pineapple, and they live happily ever after. From the Restaurant Of The Five Volcanos in the 1964 New York World's Fair's Hawaii Pavilion, where diners watched "lovely girls diving into a lagoon for oysters — each guaranteed to produce a pearl." (Recipe in Taboo Table)

RANGOON GIMLET

Plymouth gin, fresh lime, and the sure hand of master mixologist Tony Ramos made this a favorite at Burbank's China Trader restaurant in the 1960s. (Recipe in Taboo Table)

RUM BARREL

A 1960s recipe by Dean Short of Tuscon's Ports O' Call restaurant. Passion fruit, pineapple, orange and lime dance with dark Jamaican and 151 Puerto Rican rums. More fun than a barrel of monkeys — well, it tastes better anyway. (Recipe in the Grog Log)

ZOMBIE

After a decade of digging, we finally raised Don The Beachcomber's legendary recipe from the dead. So secret even his own bartenders didn't know what was in it: they poured the ingredients from bottles marked only by numbers and letters, and only Don knew the code. (Recipe in Intoxica!)

SATURN

J. "Popo" Galsini, of the Outrigger restaurant in Laguna Beach, won the 1967 International Bartenders' Association World Championship with this drink. One sip and you'll know why. (Recipe in Taboo Table)

Beachbum Berry's Originals

Inspired by the master mixologists of yore, the Bum has created these offerings for your pleasure....

BEACHBUM'S OWN

Fine Demerara rum, fresh fruit juices, and a whisper of vanilla make this the house favorite. Have one and you'll quit your job. Two and you'll jump the grid. Three and there's no turning back — you're a bum. (Recipe in Intoxica!)

KRAKATOA

A volcanic eruption of imported rums and tropical fruit nectars, blended with Caribbean spices and laced with Kona coffee. (Recipe in the Grog Log)

BUM'S RUSH

86 your cares with this bracing blend of tequila, lime, and imported liqueurs. Talk about a "vagrancy charge." (Recipe in Intoxica!)

RED TIDE

Pomegranate grenadine makes it red, aged Jamaican rum makes it great. (Recipe in the Grog Log)

COCONAUT

Send your worries into orbit with this rocket full of rum, coconut and lime, served flaming. Houston we have a party. (Recipe in the Grog Log)

VON TIKI

It's a riot on the Western Front when German liqueurs attack Mexican limes with a barrage of Barbados rum ... and the winner is you. (Recipe in the Grog Log)

MIEHANA

Created to appease mighty Miehana, god of the orange grove, so that he might spare the lives of Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily — two artists who broke tabu by sculpting this mug in his image. The mug is yours to take home. If you dare... (Recipe in Intoxica!)

SHRUNKEN BUM

In memory of Captain Bartholemew Bum (1816-58), who declared himself Emperor of Sawara Island after deposing the native chief. For his empress, only the High Priestess of Sawara would do. Her bride-price was high – the legendary Singing Skull Of Lolo. Captain Bum trekked deep into the jungle to relieve the Lolo Tribe of their treasure. Instead the Lolos relieved him of his life. The Priestess, who had never forgiven the Captain for usurping her chief, got the skull she wanted – the Captain’s. And, when the Trade Winds whistle through the shrunken jaw, you can hear it sing. (Click for recipe)