Dirty Christmas Punch

Dirty Christmas Punch

When you make this punch correctly it will a a slightly yellow brown color, hence "Dirty Christmas Punch."  The cinnamon and peppermint bring out hints of the holiday season without being overbearing.  This is also a great drink to put in a crock pot on low and serve warm with whip cream.

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GroundWork Ginger Cloud

GroundWork Ginger Cloud

Refreshing, zesty and perfect for a day at the beach or after a long day at work.  Fresh citrus, aged rum and amaretto are perfect together in this anytime drink.  Mix this one in large batches, pour and top with ginger beer.  You will keep your friends and family cool and tipsy with little work.  Mahalo to the team at GroundWork for requesting this cocktail and supporting the ZTL podcast.  

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Foolproof Holiday Cocktails

Foolproof Holiday Cocktails

The Holidays are wonderful.  Your friends and family are fun.  But both are better when liquid refreshment is stirred into the mix.  What to serve that will keep everyone schnockered and happy?  The Idiot Proof Cocktail.  Just three ingredients, shake, pour, sip.  You can interchange flavors and liquors forever and still never try them all.  

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Kalanis' Punani

Kalanis' Punani

Once upon a time during a holiday party many many years ago, Kalani asked Sunshine for a cocktail.  Normally Sunshine is happy to oblige and quickly fashions a cocktail for anyone who asks. But on this occasion Sunshine was well into a drunken conversation with another partygoer.  Kalani wandered into the kitchen to make herself a beverage.  She looked around and assessed what was available on the makeshift bar and tossed a few ingredients into a glass with ice.  After a few sips she realized that she might be onto something.  Her drink was passed around from lip to lip and sip to sip.  What a wonderful holiday beverage she had created.  This was the birth of Kalanis' Punani.  

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Floridan Sinkhole

Floridan Sinkhole

We stopped imagining what it would be like if a Pina Colada and a Mai Tai made love.  After returning from Tiki Caliente 5 we had just a little too much mix left.  And with all the people being swallowed by sinkholes in Florida....it all came together.  

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