Tiki Central Canada

Hi Guys,
Just got back from Curacao and you are wondering where is this place? I'll fill you in and the cool cocktail we learned on our trip that is a great tropical drink for the summer or even now!
So Cam is still out looking for the perfect photo and so Mike and Dan are filling in for him.
Sunscape resort in Curacao is the perfect resort for us and highly recommended to go stay at for your vacation.
Here is the link to their site: http://www.sunscaperesorts.com/

The cocktail contains Blue Curacao which you do see in Blue Lagoons and Blue Hurricanes we know in tiki menus. This is the real deal not the sugar based liqueur we know on our North America's shelf at the liquor store. This is a orange liqueur which actually you can get in different colors such as blue, green, red, orange and even clear. These all them tastes the same by the way!!
BOLS company started its adventures in Curacao on liqueurs and how did they get the spices back to Amsterdam (West India Company) and who found this amazing island..Christopher?? (Columbus) ah no..his sidekick!!

Find out some cool facts about Curacao (Dutch island) including slavery from the 1600s, its exports and tourism that seems to fill the boat (You will need a bigger boat!!).
Why are the colorful buildings in Willemstad (capital) painted that way?? The story is beyond belief!!

In our new segment "Traveller's Tips": we talk about some helpful tips that will help you stay safe and enjoy your trip without a worry...listen if you dare!!
The maps.me app link: https://maps.me/

Our winner for the contest in February is Heidi Pawluk who won the $25 Visa Gift Card. Congrats!!
By the way the second part of this amazing facts and drinks from Curacao will be released within the week of this release for you!! Enjoy!!!

Hey guys,
This is our second show recorded from Algonquin College Bartending Program with special guests: Mike (covering for Cam as you noticed Cam is still looking for the perfect picture travelling the world), Spencer Proulx (a graduate of the bartending program), and finally return of Shelley Gibson (presently in the program).

Today, we will talk about "The Bacardi Cocktail" from the 1917 in Cuba which is not a "tiki" drink but has a cool history of the drink and was created in the Caribbean. It's the Daq's brother (spin off) which has a weird history. You wondering...well find out!!

This drink goes into a coupe glass and we will talk about my favorite glass and some of the history of the glass. Not what you think. Plus, we will talk about glassware (in general) which is also important to the drink.

We get into more information about the bartending course like what unique drinks they are creating, what course is Shelley's favorite. What can you get out of the course as Spencer explains. Wondering...listen to find out!

We talk about the upcoming event "Made with Love" which is a local competition for bartenders/mixologist. Some cool facts about the event.

In the "Did You Know?" segment, we will talk more about Prohibition. We cover the dates of the 18th amendment. We talk about "speak easy" bars and what does that mean? Listen to find out! You will need the password to get in!!

Woman actually started to got to the bars that before Prohibition was not allowed to go to. How did the bars survive during Prohibition and who was going to them?

In Mailbag segment: How do you become a bartender without experience. Curious...then listen to the answer.

Want to thank the Algonquin College Bartending Program including: Antonios Vitaliotis for making this show possible.

Check out some of the links below:
The Algonquin College Bartending Program link: https://www.algonquincollege.com/hospitalityandtourism/program/bartending/

YouTube video on the "Bacardi Cocktail": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDU_wrQQWk&t=128s

Recipe:
1.5 oz Rum
0.5 oz Lime Juice
0.25 oz Grenadine

Shake with ice. Strain into chilled coupe glass. Spare the garnish.

Our contest is still going on til February 28th...so go to our site and enter.
Next episode: all about my trip to Curacao and by the way that Blue Curacao you are using to making your tropical drinks is not the real deal..listen and find out!! Plus we will have a new segment for you travelers out there that may just save your life if not at least your vacation.

Hi guys! I hope everyone is enjoying the new year and so this episode we are recording live from the Bartending Program at Algonquin College in Ottawa (this part 1 of 2 at the college).

We will be covering the Hurricane cocktail from New Orleans which was created just after prohibition times.

We go over the history of the Hurricane cocktail and how did this unique glass become into play?

We have Shelley Gibson and Kristy Proulx (present students of the course) joining us and talk about the Bartending program.

We go over who Robert Hess is? Curious? Listen and find out!

We ask Shelley and Kristy questions concerning what is involved about the program and the fun they have making drinks.

In "Did you Know?" segment, we cover some cool details how prohibition started and we all know with not great results. Where's the rum?

Oh I almost forgot...we have a February contest going on til February 28th and so go to our website: www.tikicentralcanada.ca and apply! You may just win!!

Here are some cool links for the episode:

Robert Hess YouTube Video on the Hurricane cocktail:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBdYJXS-Kgo

Algonquin college bartending program information: https://www.algonquincollege.com/hospitalityandtourism/program/bartending/

Recipe: 4 oz black blended rum (Gosling rum from Bermuda), 2 oz fresh lemon juice, 2 oz passion fruit syrup or juice (shake in a shaker and strain into a hurricane glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish is a tiki umbrella speared into a lemon wedge.

Hey guys,
Welcome to 2019. A new year and new episode. Cam is not on this episode as he is skiing the slops of Vancouver (Cam..don't break a leg). We have a few of my regular guests from Earl of Sussex that are filling in for Cam.

This episode we talk about Trader Vic's famous cocktail: Scorpion Bowl (His third best seller).

Congrats to Shelley Price for winning our December contest!!

We talk about this bowl that a group of guests can share and came from the Polynesian traditional tribal bowl (was known as Kava Bowl). It was originally in their culture made from a plant called Kava which like Cannabis which has medical qualities such as boosting your immune system and fight of inflammations, help sleeping and mental awareness. But like every drug, there are some bad side effects such as dry flaky skin; yellowness of skin, finger nails and hair; lung problems; not able to process protein and losing weight.

We talk about how tribe's men would consume this drink which would be offered to visiting tribe's men and the custom to enjoy this drink.

We go over Trader Vic's, Steve Crane's and Smuggler Cove's recipe as well. Why does Trader Vic's bowl are offered with 20 inch straws to the table? Find out! Mike get the the fire extinguisher!!

Who is Steve Crane?? Find out!!!

The bowl we are using the "Indiana Jones: Last Crusade" holy grail gold bowl...yes we are worthy!!

We figure out some food to go with this amazing drink with our French Chef that has Rum baked bananas...yummy! (recipe will be on our website: www.tikicentralcanada.ca)

Trader Vic's recipe: 6 oz light rum, 1 oz brandy, 1.5 oz orgeat syrup, 4 oz lemon juice, 6 oz OJ, 2 cups of crushed ice : BLEND FOR 10 SEC. pour into a ceramic bowl (scorpion bowl)

Steve Crane's recipe: 2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum, 2 oz gin, 1 oz brandy or Cognac, 2 oz orange juice, 1 oz fresh lime juice, 1 oz sugar syrup, ¾ oz orgeat syrup, 8 oz (1 cup) ice, Put everything in a blender. Blend at high speed for 5 seconds

Smuggler's Cove: 2 oz fresh lime juice, 4 oz fresh orange juice, 1 ½ oz SC Demerara syrup, 2 oz Orgeat, 2 oz brandy, 4 oz London Dry Gin, 4 oz blended lightly aged rum

Rum Baked banana recipe:
Ingredients: Firm bananas about 4, ½ cup fresh orange juice, 3 TBLS dark spiced rum, 2 TBLS brown sugar, ½ TEASP ground ginger, ½ TEASP ground cinnamon, 2 TBLS organic coconut oil
Instructions: Preheat the oven to 350°F., Slice the bananas into 1/2 inch slices, Place them in a baking dish, Spoon the orange juice and rum over the bananas. Sprinkle bananas with the ginger, cinnamon and brown sugar. Sprinkle small pieces of the coconut oil all over the bananas, Cover the baking dish with tinfoil and bake for about 15 – 17 minutes, Remove from heat and allow bananas to sit for about one minute, You can have over ice cream or eat them by themselves

Hey guys!
This is our final episode of the year and what a year it has been (being our first year). We start the show off with a lovely Christmas story for you to enjoy!
In this episode, we will be covering cocktails from tiki bars in North America (yes, they gave up the recipes).
The first bar we will cover is the Shameful Tiki Room in Toronto, Ontario Canada with their cocktail: Mai’a Keko (remember the recipes are on our website for you to make at home).
The next bar is the Tiki Underground in Hudson, Ohio, USA with their cool spin on a Mai Tai cocktail.
We follow that with the Test Pilot Bar from Santa Barbara, California, USA that has a cocktail named: Oaxacan Dead (thinking a spin off of a Zombie which it packs a wallop).
Next one, Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco, USA covers their drink called the Captain's Grog (I think a spin off of Navy Grog) and by the way Smuggler's is the creators of "Smuggler's Cove" tiki bible.
And finally we have: The Tiki Room in Vancouver, BC, Canada with their cocktail Bermuda's Triangle (this drink won't disappear too quick).

So on the "Did you know" segment, we give you some cool facts about rum and different names it has been called like "Nelson's Blood" (yes there is a story to this), Kill-Devil, Demon's Water, Grog, and Pirate's drink.

We do "Word Translation" segment for some phrases to use when you travel.

Mailbag we get asked where would we go for vacation..want to know where? Find out!!!

We want to thank all of listeners for their support for us and we look forward to next year. Lots coming up!!!

Oh, don't forget to participate in our contest that ends December 31st, 2018 and the winner will be announced on our next episode.

On this episode, we go to Bermuda to get the famous Rum Swizzle cocktail. It's made at the Swizzle Inn of course in Bailey's Bay, Bermuda. We got this recipe from the family that runs this amazing location since the 1960's and has been open since the 1930's. Jay Correia and his family have the drink featured in their bar. Where did the swizzle stick come from? Well, listen and find out!

Learn also about the Bermuda Triangle and some of its history. Christopher Columbus had his issues in the triangle but why? Find out!

Pusser's Rum is in this lovely cocktail but where does it come from?

On the "Where did it come from?" segment, we talk about Bermuda's Gosling "Black Seal" rum and all about this unique rum.

Don't forget our December contest giveaway through our website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. The prize is a $25 Visa gift card and a bartender's starter kit. The winner will be announced in January.

Stay tune for our last episode of the year. This episode will feature tiki bars around North America and their favorite cocktail. Should be fun!!

Recipe: 4oz. black rum (Gosling rum),4oz. gold rum (Barbados rum) Mount Gay, Pusser’s, 2 oz triple sec, Juice of 2 lemons, 5oz. pineapple juice, 5oz orange juice, 2oz. Bermuda falernum (simple syrup), 4 dashes Angostura Bitters

YouTube video from Swizzle Inn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgjkdkNwLc

Here is another great episode on tiki cocktails with this one featuring a classic: Three Dots and a Dash. This cocktail is a Don the Beachcomber's original (who is Don the Beachcomber?...well listen and we will go through his career and what he has done for tiki culture).

The cocktail: 3 dots and a dash was made during World War II and was a Morse code for "V". What is the significance of the "V"?

It meant victory and was also used by Winston Churchill who popularized the symbol and eventually converted into a sign for peace.

When making a cocktail using the "grandma pasta sauce process", you might have to tweak it to your liking. How do you do that? The "Straw" test is the answer. We'll go through this process and why is the bartender sucking on a straw when he makes my drink...well you will find out.

This drink has a cool garnish: 3 cherries and a pineapple spear.

How do I make crushed ice for cocktails? Find out. There is a cool tool with link on the website to buy one. I want one LOL.

Where did all these tiki cocktail recipes come from if there were secretive? Find out about Jeff the Beachbum Berry...we will list his books on the website as well.

Hey Do you know your Tiki? Let's see what cool facts we have about Don.

And hey if you haven't figured it out yet...there is a bonus outtake at the end of the show so now give it a listen.

and I almost forgot ...next episode we will announce our WINNER for the contest we ran during Oct/Nov and we will be running another in December as well...

Hey guys we are back! We want to welcome our new listeners to the show and please leave any comments you would like to leave for us.

The episode we talk about a classic tiki cocktail made by Don the Beachcomber and yes clones after such as Trader Vic's.

This drink was made during world war II and so aviation was a big deal during this time as "if you owned the skies, you owned the land". Several clones of this drink came after named things such as: Jet Pilot, Ace Pilot, Space Pilot and even Astronaut.

We finally give you guys the recipe for Falernum which is a tiki secret ingredient til lately thanks to Beachbum Berry's work on tiki recipes.

We do give you another recipe from Steve Crane's luau restaurant who was a famous bartender during the tiki first generation.

We give you some facts as why did tiki drop off the map so to speak during late 50's early 60's (i.e. Vietnam war, baby boomers, vodka introduction to USA, and disco).

And so what happened to Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber because of this shift in tiki culture? Listen and find out!!

and Oh!! I almost forgot we have an amazing contest going on til November 15th where you can win a $25 Visa gift card...check out our website,Twitter, and Facebook pages to get details and apply. Good Luck!!!

Recipes (including the recipe for Falernum) will be at:

http://tikicentralcanada.ca/recipes/

This is the season for pumpkin spice drinks! But wait..pumpkin belongs in a pie so we are going to do cinnamon spice rum drinks. These drinks follow the evolution of drinks from a basic recipe and add another element/ingredient and now a new recipe.

This show will cover 4 drinks today! Yes 4.

Well, we have one called the Flip from the 1700's, Hot toddy from 1786, Jerry Thomas's (1862) who was one of the first bartenders to publish his recipes to the world, and finally Martha Stewart. Yes, cooking with Craig and Cam.

We will talk about a special tool to make the Flip cocktail that was used back in the tavern days (1700's). Loggerhead ( and no not the turtle) that would be heated up and sear the drink to perfection. If a brawl broke out, you got a weapon to defend yourself as well.

Martha Stewart's recipe will have butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla ice cream. And of course, gold rum!!

On The "Where did it come from?": we will cover the Cruzan rum which is one of my favorite rums from the Caribbean. A cool airport story that will want you wait for luggage. All kinds of flavors to satisfy.

"Did you know" segment is all about National Vodka day (which was October 4th) that has medicinal properties besides getting comfortably numb. Who sells the most vodka in the world? Listen to find out! And cool fact that even NASA won't even try.

Sorry for the delay folks!
Arrrr...It's "Talk Like a Pirate" day on September 19th. So this episode, we will be covering some cool facts about pirates, and how did this holiday start and by who?

The drink we will cover is the Navy Grog that actually goes back to a process on British Navy Ships for rationing out rum. Yes rum!!

We will discuss who created it, and a few recipes for you as well. The cool garnish for this drink is the ice cone cube and below will be links to purchase one if you like and a video to make it correctly.

Pirate code and some myths that you never would think about being true. We will give you some cool words/phrases to talk like a pirate as well.

Recipe: (Don the beachcomber's):
1 oz white rum, 1 oz dark Jamaican rum, 1 oz Demarara rum, 1 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey to water), 0.75 lime juice, 0.75 grapefruit juice and 0.75 soda water. Garnish is the ice cone

Here is the link to purchase the ice cone:
https://www.cocktailkingdomcanada.com/signature/beachbum-berry/navy-grog-cone-kit
Here is the video and how to use it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBfkSqJtpSQ