421 Annual Holiday Tiki Bar Spectacular With Jeff Ballard And TikiComber App

421 Annual Holiday Tiki Bar Spectacular With Jeff Ballard And TikiComber App

Aloooooooha! it was hard for us to believe that this was our 14th annual Holiday Spectacular. Sunshine, Pumpkin, Starshine and Kalani are in the Zen Tiki Lounge behind the microphone sharing some fun memories while sipping on a myriad of our favorite winter concoctions. Use the links below to get the recipes and mix things up for yourself. You will have to listen to the entire episode to hear the music, fun and ridiculousness. A highlight of this years show is our visit with Jeff Ballard who created the TikiComber app and has been bringing us his travels via TikiTrail for the past few years. There is plenty of holiday tiki themed goodness in this podcast so read below and listen to get it all.

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420 Island Fruitcake: Featuring New Music from Jill Martini and The Shrunken Heads

420 Island Fruitcake: Featuring New Music from Jill Martini and The Shrunken Heads

As we approach the full swing of the holiday season you will need a few cocktail recipes to show off with friends and family. One of our favorites is Island Fruitcake. If you attended Circa Caliente this past October you may have had the chance to hear Jill Martini and the Shrunken Heads. The group played Sunday afternoon and served as the whip cream on a weekend full great live performances. Jill, a good friend of the podcast sent us the album and Sunshine was more than happy to play tracks on this episode.

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403 Hot Buttered Rum Perfection And Peppermint Scented Toilet Paper

403 Hot Buttered Rum Perfection And Peppermint Scented Toilet Paper

Our annual holiday spectacular is one of our most popular episodes. Join the entire Zen Tiki Lounge podcast crew inside the lounge for hot buttered rum, listener mail, audio gift exchange and the inebriated conversation you’d expect.

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401 Norwegian Bliss Recap, T-shirt giveaway and New Cocktails With Scotch and Rum

401 Norwegian Bliss Recap, T-shirt giveaway and New Cocktails With Scotch and Rum

Can you forgive us? We took 6 weeks off since the last podcast, mostly due to scheduling conflicts. But, Sunshine has also been under the weather. On this episode Sunshine and Kalani are in the lounge sipping on two of our newest cocktail. Click here for recipes and make Seven Stars or Shattered Pony to enhance your enjoyment of this podcast.

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392 All We're Getting For Christmas Is Collusion

392 All We're Getting For Christmas Is Collusion

Only two or three times a year do we get all four ZTL hosts behind the bar for an episode.  Christmas is one of those magical moments and this episode is for those of you who enjoy the chaos.  Sunshine, Pumpkin, Starshine and Kalani are all here sharing their 11 years of holiday memories along with ample music from Tiki Joe's Ocean.

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367 Trapped On A Cruise Ship With Realtors And Vegetarians

367 Trapped On A Cruise Ship With Realtors And Vegetarians

Sunshine has just returned from another cruise and can't help but discuss his thoughts on the pros and cons of the various lines.  Certainly not a pro cruiser but not a beginner anymore either, Sunshine recommends cruise lines based on how well they shake a cocktail and the service that goes with it.  Plus: See us all at the next Tiki Mâkeke at Don the Beachcomber, political banter (nothing too ugly), Christmas gift giving ideas and a brand spanking new cocktail for the winter blues.  

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344 Keeping the X in Xmas

344 Keeping the X in Xmas

Nothing is more fun that listening to other people drink, eat and be merry for the holidays.  Join Sunshine, Starshine, Pumpkin and Kalani in the Zen Tiki Lounge for their 8th annual Christmas Spectacular.  We share a super simple holiday cocktail recipe called Xmas Helper along with an appetizer that only men seem to enjoy and some surprises.  Look for the creepy baby doll and her minions of Christmas joy. 

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