Sorry friends. I know it’s been a slow few days, but life-life has required too much of my attention to properly keep things in order here. There will be a return to normal next week.
A little insight into the Mai Tai
Posted on July 13th, 2010
The Pegu Blog posted a link to this article, Conor’s Mai Tai over at Lush Angeles that offers good insight into what’s actually going into a Mai Tai you order and why a good Mai Tai might be running you $20. A very good, quick read with a recipe to boot.
Photo courtesy Photos8.com
Posted in Rum
Cruzan is bringing us spiced rum with Cruzan 9
Posted on July 12th, 2010
I’ve always liked the Cruzan line (naysayers be damned). Affordable rum that’s also tasty? Blasphemy. And yet, there it is. And now Cruzan is going to be offering a new spiced rum to the market.
The rest of this post is all the product info from the press release so behind the cut it goes!
Posted in Rum
Seattle Seafair Pirates Landing 2010
Posted on July 12th, 2010
I am a lobster. No, this isn’t some stupid thing where I tell you I’m really an animal blogging under the guise of a human. I’m saying I’m red. Burned. Lobster colored. My skin has been licked by the sun. And it hurts.
But it was a small price to pay for Saturday.
Saturday was a good day. It was a day I’ve been waiting for since I moved up here and heard about it. Saturday was the day that the Seafair Pirates landed at Alki beach. And the weather was fantastic.
Fuck. Yeah!
Posted in Pirates
Alestorm – Keelhauled
Posted on July 12th, 2010
Just a little something to get my morning going.
Posted in Pirates
Monday Catch-up: Tanduay Rhum, the Future of Tiki, the World’s Most Expensive Cocktail…
Posted on July 12th, 2010
How is it Monday already? I had three days off and almost nothing to drink and time still seemed to fly right by…
Moving on.
4,532 Litres of rum are for sale. The port of Cartagena is auctioning off 22 barrels and 132 bottles of Quorhum rum on July 21st at a starting bid of 21,000 euros. Via The Leader
Tanduay Rhum is the second most popular rum in the world. Here in the U.S., though, you can hardly get it. But their growth is strong and there are rumors of it hitting our shores. Via Rum Connection
Yet another article about the Daiquiri. It’s short, but sweet. Via National Post
The World’s Most Expensive Cocktail is a Mai Tai. For $1300 you can get a Mai Tai using the near-impossible to find,original 17-year-old J Wray & Nephew Jamaican Rum… or you could if they were willing to sell you the last shot. Which they aren’t. Via Herald Sun
There’s a seminar being held for the Tiki lovers. Learn about the death of Tiki and it’s resurgence and enjoy some Tiki drinks while you’re at it. Via A Mountain Of Crushed Ice
Get your mixing started for another cocktail contest. About.com’s cocktail contest for July is all about the Light Rum, hopefully it will produce some interesting results. Via About.com
The image in this post has nothing to do with anything. It’s just a cool old saloon photo.
Posted in Random
