Tag: tropical drink ideas
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Margarita Cocktail – all in Pictures
Was speaking with Tom, one of the good people running our local Hickory, NC, ABC store and a big Margarita fan, about the need to use quality ingredients to make a Margarita cocktail the full-on flavorful way it was meant to be made. Though no one agrees on that exact origin of this wildly popular…
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Fresh Mai Tai: Full-On Tropical Holiday Flavor – All in Pictures
All right, the winter holidays – every one of ‘em – is right here and now, and I sure wish you Happy Holidays! The other day while I was in downtown Boston, a good friend of mine, Andrea, mentioned that she and her family were going to have a luau Christmas this year. Terrific! It…
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Papa’s Pilar Mai Tai – All in Pictures
How much more fun could it be than to write about my favorite spirit, a writing hero and an inspiring drink-making legend – all at once? First, the rum. Papa’s Pilar is a tribute to Ernest “Papa” Hemingway and his “never a spectator” love for life – a love he shared with friends aboard…
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“Out of This World” Mai Tai Cocktail – All in Pictures
Mai Tai is Tahitian for “out of this world”. Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron created his signature drink in Oakland, California in 1944 and is remembered for saying, “Anybody who says I didn’t create the Mai Tai is a dirty rotten stinker!” That full-on attitude matches the rich citrus, almond and rum “out of this world”…