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If rum’s history is a sordid tale of sugar and slaves, then the Mai Tai is its steamy love child, complete with a questionable blood line. Every spirit has one. In August, Mai Tai-philes gather at the Royal Kona Resort for the annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival honoring the drink’s colorful contribution to cocktail lore by celebrating the many creative incarnations it will become during the accompanying competition.

Honu Seafood and Pizza is open!
It must be my birthday because restaurateurs Mark and Judy Ellman and their lovely daughters Arianna Guarnier and Michelle Ellman have given me a gift in the form of another fun and fabulous Westside restaurant: Honu Seafood and Pizza, where the views …

 
By an incredible turn of events that involved the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, three airports and 12 hours, I landed myself at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans on a mere 48 hours notice. Tales is an internationally acclaimed event for bartenders, spirit brands, booze media and …

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Pretty fascinating process to distill. Just got the skinny on Oxley Gins vacuum still. And how to bottle your own spirit. Basically u need a lot of cash.

Mai Tai’s are synonymous with Hawaii bars, so it makes sense that we host the biggest Mai Tai competition in the nation. People don’t realize what a craft beverage the Mai Tai can be, but 10 of Maui’s liquor slingers got on stage July 6 …

From MauiTime’s Bar Issue 2010

The Daiquiri

Recently, I have gained a new found affinity for rum. So, on a recent trip to Los Angeles, I headed for Hollywood’s La Descarga to seek out their infamous daiquiri, created by Pablo Moix. Moix is a Los Angeles convert from Queens, …