Hey Folks,
I hope everyone is being safe and doing well! We will always have shows and information for you to educated and entertain you as well in these times. And oh...like our new look...logos and headers are new so don't get confused!!! Besides, I'm sure you wanted to see our smiley faces!!!
On today’s show, we will be talking about a legend Don the Beachcomber and his Cobra’s Fang cocktail. This was not as famous as the Zombie or the Three Dots and a Dash cocktails but it was on his 1941 menu and was priced for a $1 (today's world that is like $8-9). This unique tiki drink contains over-proofed rum, Falernum, Absinthe, bitters and even an ingredient called Fassionola. What is Absinthe? Listen to find out!!
Another recipe: The Sidewinder's Fang was The Lanai restaurant's version of a Cobra's Fang cooler. The video for the Sidewinder’s Fang and the garnish video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdE4UWG8vMM
Fassionola is a tiki ingredient that through time has lost its popularity for several reasons: 1) it was seasonal so it was only and still is available on certain times of the year; 2) costs as passion fruit juice and syrups were much cheaper and easier to find on the market to make the drink. Fassionola also was in the original Hurricane cocktail but through time passion fruit replaced it.
Here are the links to Fassionola recipe: https://www.thrillist.com/how-to/how-to-make-fassionola-the-lost-tiki-ingredient
Here is the link to make Falernum (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4upubVlZYk
The recipe from the book Hawai'i: Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine By Don the Beachcomber and also Tiki Drinks: Tropical Cocktails For The Modern Bar Hardcover written by Nicole Weston and Robert Sharp (this is a great starter book to tiki drinks as it shows a full photos of the drink, menu and even tips such as the cobra fang garnish). The book can be found on our cool links page: https://tikicentralcanada.ca/cool-links/
We also discuss just what is over-proofed rum and how did it start? We give you a few samples of brands to look for and also keep as its value grows (Bacardi 151 uncracked).
On “Mailbag” segment: we are asked just where someone can find the secret or special ingredients needed to make tiki drinks. Online shopping currently is a great way to do so and we have several locations for you to find things:
Monins syrups: www.monin.com (this is for any kind of syrups suck as orgeat, cream of coconut, passion fruit,etc.)
Awesome Drinks Inc.: https://awesomedrinks.com/ (this is where you can get some nice bar tools, syrups, and mixes)
Cocktail Emporium: https://www.cocktailemporium.com/ This is a Canada site that supplies bar tools, glassware, syrups and mixes as well.
Jeff “Beachbum” Berry’s site: https://beachbumberry.com/ This is USA only and they have books, recipes and syrups like orgeat and falernum to order online.
Don’t forget our #Hashtag competition which ends on every last day of the month, winner will be selected on the 1st of each month to be the “Drink of the Month”.
