Yes, I love the pineapples. Every day I eat about a half of a fresh pineapple for breakfast. The other day, I was thinking about that I’ll drink a rum cola after dinner while I…
Date Archives July 2014
The Black Tot Day 2014
The 31st of July 1970 was the last day on which the Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration: the daily tot, for that reason, this day was known as The Black Tot…
Vanilla Syrup
Another syrup very used on tiki drinks is the Vanilla Syrup. This is a very easy syrup to make at home, you only need sugar, water and vanilla beans, and, of course, the homemade version is…
Rhum arrangé apple, vanilla and cinnamon
In a recent day trip to the south of France, I bought some rhum agricole of Martinique and I was tempted from the first moment to follow working on the rhum arrangés. My first experience…
Spicy Caribbean Sunset
My friend Mauri Jiménez send me a new cocktail creation to share with all the Three of Strong readers, there’s a very good drink with two Plantation rums, citrus juices and the caribbean touch of…
Tiki masterclass with Daniele Dalla Pola
The past 29th and 30th of June we received in Barcelona the visit of Daniele Dalla Pola making a Tiki Tour with Coco Rèal, in collaboration with Cocktail Shop Barcelona. They made on the 29th…
Jason Alexander wins the Iron TikiTender 2014!!!
Yes!!!He did!!!Our tiki friend Jason Alexander wins the Iron TikiTender 2014 the past 12th of July!!! After the four rounds of the competition (Make the most Mai Tais, Most Garish Garnish, Tropical Trivia!, Secret box…
Homemade Falernum
Looking inside of tiki cocktail books we could be surprised for some strange ingredients, and one of the most used is the Falernum. Falernum is a spiced syrup original from Barbados, flavored with lime, cloves,…
The Perfect Storm
Yes, this is really a Dark & Stormy, the Bermuda’s national drink…but because of the trademark of this recipe by Gosling’s, if we want to call it Dark & Stormy we have to make it with…
Rhum arrangé sugar cane, vanilla and raisins
One of my hobbies is make experiments related with the mixology. After a long time working on experiments about bitters, I tried a new thing: rhum arrangé.