Don't Lose Your Head.

Don't lose your head.

The latest recipe from tSfT's 13 Nights of Tiki Frights:

Mix #81 Headless Horseman

1oz Plantation Barbados 5 Year rum 1 oz Plantation OFTD rum 1/2oz cinnamon syrup 1/4oz Allspice dram 3/4oz Lime Juice

Shake with ice and pour into Mai Tai glass.

Between the cinnamon/allspice burn and the OFTD,this has plenty of kick. If you're looking for spicy and strong,here's the drink for you.

Until next time….

I did it!

Well,here it is folks,the completion of my first century of Tiki mixings. I picked a special drink for this,it's not only potent,but is also served in a pineapple. It's called the Boo Loo,and was created by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry,the famous Tiki drink expert.

To properly make the drink,you need to core out a pineapple to serve it in. I borrowed a corer from a friend,but you can find them online or in grocery stores for under ten bucks. To core the pineapple,follow the directions that come with it. Do not core all the way down,however,leave about two to three inches intact so you won't have to worry about leakage. You will also want to make sure you cut the top parallel to the ground so that it will sit flat and not slide off while drinking from it,and cut a small slot in the edge of the top for your straw. Finally,you'll want to freeze the pineapple overnight. This will not only keep the drink colder,but it makes the shell rigid so it's a better mug. Save at least two pineapple rings for the recipe,you can use the rest for garnish or eating,or squeeze it for the juice.

Now that you have your drinking vessel,let's get to the recipe.

Mix #100 Boo Loo

1.5oz gold Puerto Rican rum 1.5oz Demerara rum 3/4oz Lemon Hart 151 Demerara rum 3/4oz dark Jamaican rum 2.5oz pineapple juice 1.5oz lime juice 1.25oz honey syrup 1.5oz club soda 2 pineapple rings

Put everything except soda into blender and blend until smooth. Pour into pineapple shell and top with club soda and ice. Put top back on and insert straw.

So Beachbum is a mad genius. Despite all that rum,you barely taste it,you just taste pineapple. But you will feel it. In fact,I only drank about half the drink,and stored the rest for the next day. This will mess you up,and all that sugar and rum will give you a hangover if you're not careful. This really should be a drink you share with at least one other person. It is absolutely delicious though,which is why it can get you into trouble as it goes down so easy that you won't feel it until it's too late. This drink is like a firecracker in that it's fun as long as you're careful.

Well there you go folks,one hundred mixings. Stay tuned as I go for two hundred. Aloha and mahalo!

I still know how you Tiki'd last October.

Here's a sequel you'll like: Last year's 13 Nights of Tiki Frights part II.

Mix #76 Headhunter's Trophy

2oz Plantation Isle of Fiji rum 1oz lemon juice 3/4oz grenadine 1/4oz passionfruit syrup 1 dash absinthe 1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake with ice and pour into glass.

This was a nice light,fruity drink. Despite being made for Halloween,it would do well as a summer drink.

Mix #77 Necromancer's Potion

1.5oz Plantation Original Dark rum 1oz Plantation OFTD rum 1oz pineapple juice 3/4oz lime juice 1/2oz passionfruit syrup 1/4oz ginger syrup 1 dash absinthe 1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake with plenty of ice and pour into tall glass.

A 'light' loaded Zombie. Very ginger forward with a touch of sweet and some absinthe. For when the standard Zombie is a bit too much.

Mix # 78 Shambling Skeleton

2.5oz Plantation Xaymaca rum 1.5oz Don's mix 1oz orgeat 1/2oz Pierre Ferrand dry curacao 1/2oz lime juice

Shake with ice and pour into mug.

This is basically a sweet Mai Tai with a cinnamon finish. A neat twist on the classic.

Mix #79 Vampire's Fang

1.5oz Plantation OFTD rum 3/4oz grapefruit juice 1/2oz lime juice 1/2oz grenadine 1/4oz allspice dram 1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake with plenty of ice and pour into glass.

Citrus-y with a touch of spice. Lives up to its namesake thanks to the overproof rum,it will bite you.

Of course there will be plenty more sequels as this year's Halloween season is just getting started. Stand by for more spooky drinking fun.

Chop chop.

The latest in tSfT's 13 Nights of Tiki Frights(I've skipped two).

Mix #92 Double Bladed Axe

2oz Plantation 3 Star rum 1/2oz Mathilde Peche 1/2oz grenadine 1/2oz lime juice 1/2oz lemon juice* 2 dashes orange bitters

Combine everything except grenadine and shake with ice. Pour into glass and float grenadine on top.

*The pic on the site says 1.2oz,but I confirmed it's only supposed to be 1/2.

Very tart with a peach finish. I wound up adding more grenadine to finish. If you like sour drinks,this is for you.

Well,Halloween is almost here,so gotta drop the Elvira gifs while I can.

Let's be careful out there.

Unfortunately,you can't always trust every Tiki recipe out there. If fact,many are pretty bad. But fear not,you can trust your Uncle Giltron. I'm willing to risk my sanity and rum to bring you mixes you can trust.

I use Fee Brothers orgeat for most of my mixings. It's pretty good. Too bad the 'Mai-Tai' recipe on the bottle is just plain wrong:

2oz light rum 1/2oz lime juice 1/4oz orgeat 1/4oz curacao

Just for funnsies,I gave this a try. Yeah,it sucked. Too lime-y and tart. Fortunately,I was able to fix it by adding simple and upping the lime,orgeat,and curacao to where they should be. So I was able to make it a white rum Mai Tai and not completely waste my rum. Once fixed,it was ok,but Mai Tais really need to be made with dark rum. At least I was able to finish it.

So listen to your Uncle Giltron,follow my mixings and you won't have any regrets....other than a hangover.

Boo!

Time for a couple more spooky Tiki drinks to enhance your Halloween season.

Mix #90 Rum & Bones

1oz Appleton Estate 8yr rum 1oz Plantation OFTD rum 1oz lime juice 1/2oz Averna* 1/2oz fassionola red 1/2oz Demerara syrup

Shake with ice and pour into double old fashion glass.

*I used homemade Amaro di Angostura.

This was created by Nathan Robinson for the Mixel Cocktails app. A sweet drink with a slight bitter finish. Be careful with this one,it's easy to drink and the OFTD will catch up with you.

Mix #91 Innsmouth Fogcutter

2oz light rum 1/2oz gin 1oz blackberry brandy 2oz lemon juice 1oz orange juice 1/2oz orgeat 1/2oz spiced rum

Shake everything except spiced rum with ice and pour into mug. Float spiced rum on top.

This was created by Horror in Clay for their Tiki mug of the same name. Their recipe called for Broken Heart spiced rum,but that stuff's expensive,so I used Sugar Island. The brandy and lemon juice really come forward to give it a strong berry-lemonade taste. A good drink for Lovecraft enthusiasts.

Boo! Happy Halloween.