Today i’m going to talk about a cocktail of one of the fathers of the tiki drinks: Victor Bergeron, also known as Trader Vic. I chugged this drink for the first time at Tahití Bar in Barcelona…
Coca-Cola VS Fentimans Curiosity Cola
In the actual market we can find a lot of new and premium mixers for our drinks, and if we think in rum, the most popular mixer in which we think is cola. The most popular…
Colonel Beach’s Plantation Punch
Searching something to drink in my small library of tiki drinks books, I took the Beachbum Berry Remixed of the master Jeff Berry, the real bible of tiki recipes. I was looking for a drink…
Corn & Oil
The Corn & Oil is one of my favourite rummy drinks. It’s a typical Bajan drink made with rum, falernum, bitters and fresh lime juice, but the proportions of each and the exact ingredients are…
Authentic Caribbean Rum Certification Programme – Part 2
In the practice session we first taste the rums neat, and later we taste how it works in some cocktails.
Authentic Caribbean Rum Certification Programme – Part 1
The past Sunday 18th of May in The Cocktail Shop in Barcelona, the Authentic Caribbean Rum Marque and the WIRSPA give us a formation about his Marque and rums. The formation was imparted by the…
Ron Montero Festival 2014
The Ron Montero Festival is an annual event commemorating what was once the end of the harvest season, and celebrating the history, culture, gastronomy and local rum cocktail traditions. It takes place in Motril (Granada,…
Barcelona Sling
Barcelona Sling is the purpose of Mauri Jimenez for the competition of Cherry Heering about make a version of the Raffles Hotel’s recipe of the Singapore Sling.
Zacapa Room Barcelona
From May 12 to June 8 in the garden of the hotel Alma Barcelona we can enjoy the space Zacapa Room, open from 15 to 24h. Zacapa Room Barcelona will host sensory guided tastes, free…
Rich Cinnamon Syrup
In tiki drinks, some syrups are often used. Some of these are hard to find in a lot of places of the world, and others that can’t offer the same quality and flavor in their…