Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean, released Dec. 2013 - Tiki Drinks and Food

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1872	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 9:51 AM TikiSan, I'm sure I'll share my ratings at some point, most likely in a book review. I'm not sure the drinks will be coming to the Grogalizer or not. I'll have to check with Swanky. Or maybe he can chime in here. Like the appendixes of Remixed, many of the drinks in Potions don't fit into the Grogalier's classic Tiki drink format. But there are still a good percentage that do. The difficult thing with the drinks in "Potions" is that more than any other of the Bum's books, these are cocktails that are meant to embellish the stories. With Sippin' Safari, you can still enjoy most of the drinks separately and not lose anything. But with the exception of some of the Don Beach and Trader Vic drinks that we all love anyway, taking a lot of the "Potions" drinks out of the context of the book doesn't do them justice. So I'm trying to my best to sample them as I read a particular chapter. All that being said, my favorites so far that can stand alone (and that haven't already appeared in previous books): Daiquiri (improved), p. 83 Hitler's Jitters, p. 116 La Florida Daiquiri No. 1, p. 137 Night Cap, p. 155 (I'd give them all a 7 out of 10) There are quite a few classics in Chapter 5 that I plan to address with separate reviews TBA. I'm sure these will float up to the top of the heap.

TikiSan,

I'm sure I'll share my ratings at some point, most likely in a book review. I'm not sure the drinks will be coming to the Grogalizer or not. I'll have to check with Swanky. Or maybe he can chime in here. Like the appendixes of Remixed, many of the drinks in Potions don't fit into the Grogalier's classic Tiki drink format. But there are still a good percentage that do.

The difficult thing with the drinks in "Potions" is that more than any other of the Bum's books, these are cocktails that are meant to embellish the stories. With Sippin' Safari, you can still enjoy most of the drinks separately and not lose anything. But with the exception of some of the Don Beach and Trader Vic drinks that we all love anyway, taking a lot of the "Potions" drinks out of the context of the book doesn't do them justice. So I'm trying to my best to sample them as I read a particular chapter.

All that being said, my favorites so far that can stand alone (and that haven't already appeared in previous books):
Daiquiri (improved), p. 83
Hitler's Jitters, p. 116
La Florida Daiquiri No. 1, p. 137
Night Cap, p. 155
(I'd give them all a 7 out of 10)

There are quite a few classics in Chapter 5 that I plan to address with separate reviews TBA. I'm sure these will float up to the top of the heap.

Post #708837 by Hurricane Hayward on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 9:51 AM