Announcing The Second Annual Tiki Oasis Drink Taste-Off! Arrr! - California Events

M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 11:53 AM Arrrrrr! Many a pirate has sailed the seven seas with his trusty cutlass, parrot, and peg leg. But of all his many accessories, none was as important as his grog! For what would a pirate be without a flagon of grog in one hand and a…well nothing in the other hand since it was a probably a hook. At any rate…Grog has a long history among the pirates and sailors of the world since it was first created by Admiral Vernon in 1740. Back then, it was simply rum & water, and maybe a little lime and sugar. Of course, Grogs also have a long history among the great tropical drinks of the world, and it is in the spirit of Tiki, Pirates, Rum, and Oasis that we proudly announce: The Second Annual Tiki Oasis Drink Taste-Off: The Grog! This year, we invite mixologists to step up the challenge and pour their own lethal Grog Recipe. It can be an original recipe (in the “grog” style, more or less) or from a published source (Grog Log, Intoxica, bartending guides, internet sites, etc.- see end of message for more ideas). The instructions and rules are the same as last year. -All those wishing to compete as mixologists MUST announce on this thread by Wednesday May 4th.. You must also tell us the name of the drink you are submitting. -Mixologists should be prepared to make enough drinks for about 40 small tastings. This is typically 8-10 drinks. You must supply all of the ingredients. Please have them premixed. A tip jar will be provided to offset the costs, as it was last year. We STRONGLY encourage hearty tipping, or ye will walk the plank! -Those wishing to taste/judge will be given slips of paper to rate each drink from 1-5, with the highest average drink score taking home the trophy! -We will once again be hosted by the gracious and generous Nelva, aka CheekyGirl, in her room. It will likely be 139 or 141. She will provide tasting cups, pencils, and ballots. -Winner gets the privilege of spending one year with the incredible Taste Off trophy to display proudly in their home. You may brag about it publicly. -Dr. Z and I, as co-winners of last year’s contest, now assume the title of “Mixologist Emeritus” and will step aside this year to allow some new blood to compete. We will be there to referee. -This is a TC event, by TC, for TC. Please don’t tell everyone on earth that there are free drinks in CheekyGirl’s room. Please show some discretion. We just don’t need this getting out of hand. The magic takes place: Friday Night at 11:30 PM So let’s get some contestants!!!!!! Please as usual, post all questions, comments, and concerns here. Other recipe ideas: There are several Grogs at http://www.cocktaildb.com Here is the list of sites posted by TikiHula last year that had Zombie recipes. I’m sure several of them have Grog recipes as well: From Digital Bartender: http://www.digitalbartender.com/ BarMeister.com: http://www.barmeister.com/ DrinkNation.com: http://www.drinknation.com/ Drinkalizer.com: http://www.drinkalizer.com/ ExtremeBartending.com: http://www.extremebartending.com/ DigsMagazine.com: http://www.digsmagazine.com/ DrinksMixer.com: http://www.drinksmixer.com/ DrinkStreet.com: http://www.drinkstreet.com/ SliceOfRomance.com: http://www.sliceofromance.com/ DrinkOfTheWeek.com http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/ BarSchool.com http://www.barschool.com/ HotWired.com: http://hotwired.wired.com/ Rox.com: http://rox.com DrinkBoy.com http://www.drinkboy.com/ ThatsTheSpirit.com: http://www.thatsthespirit.com [ Edited by: martiki on 2005-04-27 11:59 ]

Arrrrrr!

Many a pirate has sailed the seven seas with his trusty cutlass, parrot, and peg leg. But of all his many accessories, none was as important as his grog! For what would a pirate be without a flagon of grog in one hand and a…well nothing in the other hand since it was a probably a hook.

At any rate…Grog has a long history among the pirates and sailors of the world since it was first created by Admiral Vernon in 1740. Back then, it was simply rum & water, and maybe a little lime and sugar.

Of course, Grogs also have a long history among the great tropical drinks of the world, and it is in the spirit of Tiki, Pirates, Rum, and Oasis that we proudly announce:

The Second Annual Tiki Oasis Drink Taste-Off: The Grog!

This year, we invite mixologists to step up the challenge and pour their own lethal Grog Recipe. It can be an original recipe (in the “grog” style, more or less) or from a published source (Grog Log, Intoxica, bartending guides, internet sites, etc.- see end of message for more ideas). The instructions and rules are the same as last year.

-All those wishing to compete as mixologists MUST announce on this thread by Wednesday May 4th.. You must also tell us the name of the drink you are submitting.

-Mixologists should be prepared to make enough drinks for about 40 small tastings. This is typically 8-10 drinks. You must supply all of the ingredients. Please have them premixed. A tip jar will be provided to offset the costs, as it was last year. We STRONGLY encourage hearty tipping, or ye will walk the plank!

-Those wishing to taste/judge will be given slips of paper to rate each drink from 1-5, with the highest average drink score taking home the trophy!

-We will once again be hosted by the gracious and generous Nelva, aka CheekyGirl, in her room. It will likely be 139 or 141. She will provide tasting cups, pencils, and ballots.

-Winner gets the privilege of spending one year with the incredible Taste Off trophy to display proudly in their home. You may brag about it publicly.

-Dr. Z and I, as co-winners of last year’s contest, now assume the title of “Mixologist Emeritus” and will step aside this year to allow some new blood to compete. We will be there to referee.

-This is a TC event, by TC, for TC. Please don’t tell everyone on earth that there are free drinks in CheekyGirl’s room. Please show some discretion. We just don’t need this getting out of hand.

The magic takes place: Friday Night at 11:30 PM

So let’s get some contestants!!!!!!

Please as usual, post all questions, comments, and concerns here.

Other recipe ideas:

There are several Grogs at http://www.cocktaildb.com

Here is the list of sites posted by TikiHula last year that had Zombie recipes. I’m sure several of them have Grog recipes as well:

From Digital Bartender:
http://www.digitalbartender.com/

BarMeister.com:
http://www.barmeister.com/

DrinkNation.com:
http://www.drinknation.com/

Drinkalizer.com:
http://www.drinkalizer.com/

ExtremeBartending.com:
http://www.extremebartending.com/

DigsMagazine.com:
http://www.digsmagazine.com/