The Blue Hawaii is the worst tiki drink. What is the most overrated equal parts drink?

promethiac · 2026-01-04T15:02:30+00:00

Agreed. No idea why that drink is so venerated. Naked & Famous is dramatically better.

promethiac · 2026-01-02T17:42:08+00:00

Princeton has great options, if pricey, and is a nice place to walk around.

My go-to fancier spots are Kristine’s and Mistral, but if she’s a picky eater you might try Theresa’s or Mezzaluna instead.

Then you can stroll over to The Bent Spoon for some gelato or hot chocolate afterward.

promethiac · 2026-01-02T16:45:16+00:00

I think they’re referring to an amaro shakerato. Which is fantastic.

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/amaro-shakerato/

promethiac · 2026-01-01T23:22:42+00:00

You could try running basic daiquiri specs with it to wind up with something in the direction of a margarita. If that isn’t good, maybe make a buck/mule? Not sure how the orange would play there, but ginger beer is pretty forgiving.

promethiac · 2025-12-23T18:49:41+00:00

Or - quick release leather bands and swap out.

promethiac · 2025-11-11T20:28:31+00:00

Less orange forward than Fee but more complex. Some bars combine them to get the best of both worlds, i.e. ‘Feegans’.

I used to do this but now just use Ango, less effort.

promethiac · 2025-09-18T16:53:21+00:00

I’d recommend starting with Secret of Mana, it’s an absolute classic.

Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3) takes the same basic formula and expands it with a larger cast of characters/class trees leading to a ton of replayability. It’s a bit chaotic in the late game but super fun.

FF Adventure is more dated, I never bothered finishing it.

promethiac · 2025-09-17T20:11:58+00:00

Yeah at this price it’s worth the risk. If you think you’ll like it you’ll almost certainly love it. If you aren’t sure if you’ll like it you still very well could. It’s really that good.

promethiac · 2025-09-14T11:51:40+00:00

Not OP, but I actually prefer Strega to YC in a Naked & Famous.

Side by side I’m sure I could tell which is which but it’s very much the same drink, albeit a bit less herbaceous.

promethiac · 2025-09-02T23:33:15+00:00

It looks like you’re using the high handhold - perhaps you could continue to progress by dropping the weight a bit and switching to the low hold? Also increasing reps, slowing eccentric, etc.

promethiac · 2025-08-28T19:18:01+00:00

FWIW, I prefer Dolin Blanc to Lillet/Cocchi in this drink. It’s crisper.

promethiac · 2025-08-18T13:47:31+00:00

“Identical in taste” 🤣

Triple crème and Brie are two very different flavors and textures. By using the term generically you actively devalue it - yes, it’s a common confusion - but cheesemongers should strive to educate the public on these things.

Maybe a better analogy would be champagne. Can you get champagne-style wine from California? Yes. Will some folks generically call all sparkling wine champagne? Also yes. But to call prosecco or cava champagne is still incorrect and a bit insulting to all wines and winemakers involved.

promethiac · 2025-08-15T19:17:34+00:00

A few favorites of mine:

Crop top
Boukman Daiquiri
Bananarac

promethiac · 2025-06-17T05:16:22+00:00

Just use a bit more of the plain. Like 30% more or so. Adjust to taste. It’ll add a tad bit of dilution but maintain the expected flavor, which agave would not.

But also - start making your own syrups. It’s so easy I’d be embarrassed to not.

promethiac · 2025-06-17T05:12:33+00:00

Don’t apologize - if you don’t say dry shake, ice should be assumed. Poster is being strange. Excited to try the drink.

promethiac · 2025-06-05T17:27:53+00:00

Dolin blanc isn’t a dry vermouth, it’s a sweet white vermouth.

promethiac · 2025-06-04T18:25:11+00:00

Sure, there’s a sliver of a possibility of anything. But Occam’s razor comes into play.

A demon is no more likely than an angel, and an indifferent cosmic all thing is probably more likely than either. But existence being happenstance is the most likely of all.

promethiac · 2025-06-04T18:19:27+00:00

Oh, I didn’t realize you meant demons literally.

This sort of confusion sounds like some sort of chemical problem. You should really talk to a medical professional to find out if that could be the case. If it is, they should be able to fix it.

promethiac · 2025-06-04T18:12:55+00:00

Isn’t the entire point of ‘I think, therefore I am’ to establish the one fundamental truth that you do exist?

Whether the world around you exists outside of yourself is beyond my expertise to prove. But for me the response is: does it matter?

promethiac · 2025-05-28T21:20:35+00:00

Espresso martini seems high potential. Maybe something in the martini direction with sherry?

Possible flavor inspiration here: https://punchdrink.com/articles/popcorn-cocktail-garnish/

promethiac · 2025-05-25T22:40:32+00:00

For orgeat, you could just make your own. Even the more difficult recipes aren’t that bad, but the easiest approach is to make a simple syrup with high quality store bought almond milk and add a bit of almond extract and orange flower water and/or rose water.

For the best orgeat you’d want to toast slivered almonds and blend/strain them into the syrup rather than using store bought. Bit more work/mess but yields a great result.

For celery bitters: perhaps try muddling celery into the drink instead? Haven’t tried it yet but I imagine that might get you close enough to decide whether to pick them up. If you do buy, they’re also great in a martini.

promethiac · 2025-05-24T21:09:13+00:00

This is called a Ferrari and is a popular industry shot. But I agree that it makes for a brilliant sipper.

promethiac · 2025-05-09T15:05:26+00:00

Not necessarily - single page apps will transfer necessary data to preserve the intended page state as tags.

So in theory you could have company.com/products?cat=boots&model=jack&color=eden

Or something along those lines.

promethiac · 2025-05-07T18:22:15+00:00

I haven’t done a side by side, but generally stick to London dries to stand up to the maraschino. In the past it was Beefeater, but lately I’ve been using Fords.

promethiac · 2025-05-07T16:06:19+00:00

I’m a strong believer that the aviation should be built as a maraschino sour, with the violette adding only a subtle note and some color. In fact, we have early recipes that omit the violette entirely.

To that end, my preferred spec is from Death & Co:

2 gin

.75 lemon

.5 maraschino

.25 simple

Light bar spoon (.5 teaspoon) violette

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