This week's entry is a Planter's Punch recipe originally from Beachbum Berry Remixed found at Serious Eats: 3 ounces Coruba dark Jamaican rum (if you can't find Coruba, substitute another dark, heavy rum) 1 ounce simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water, mixed until dissolved) 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice 3 dashes Angostura bitters...
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Rum Punch Recipe Showdown, Entry 2
Rum Punch Recipe Showdown, Entry 1
Did you know that there are a truly absurd number of recipes for rum punch? Go ahead and do a Google search, I’ll wait. … There, see? Crazy. Something needs to be done. We need a definitive guide to rum punch! In the interest of helping humanity, I have decided to apply myself to...
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Warm Weather Cocktail of the Week: the Gingersnap
Not a rum drink this week, I hope you’ll forgive me. I’m still aching for better weather, though, and trying to capture the spirit of a nicer season through festive cocktails. Credit for the development of this drink is shared with my dear friend F.V. Fill a highball glass with ice, and add 1.5...
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Rum Drink of the Week: The Black Mojito
Apparently I’m still in the mood for tiki drinks, probably having something to do with it being Thursday and me desperately wanting it to be Friday. Here’s another tasty one for you to try, recently suggested to me by my dad and taste-tested last weekend (it was quite good!) I’ve seen other drinks called...
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Rum Drink of the Week: Cuba Libre
It’s Friday and it’s cold here, so I want tropical cocktails. One of my absolute favorite rum drinks of all time is the Cuba Libre — it’s simple, it’s classic, and it works for just about any occasion (just like a fine Panama hat! Ha ha!), consisting of ice, rum, cola, and lime. The...
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Tips for Tiki-ing
I’m a tiki enthusiast: I’m developing an almost embarrassing collection of truly horrendous Aloha wear, I love going to tiki bars in my home town and when on vacation, and my liquor cabinet (and associated accessories) takes up an astonishing portion of my kitchen. Tiki culture is just plain fun, and the drinks are...
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Hawaii’s Most Expensive Home
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Hawaii makes surfing an official high school sport
Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing, so it’s only right that it should be the first state to officially sanction surfing as a high school sport. Seriously, this is AWESOME — I can’t wait to see what comes of this!
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