Drink up with us at the last Tiki Sunday, tomorrow (11/8) at our favorite watering hole, Drink (348 Congress St., Boston). John Gertsen, Sam Treadway, Misty Kalkofen, and others will be serving up some of our favorite tiki cocktails—like the Zombie, Natatorium, Helen The Pacific, Jet Pilot, Wai Tai, and others. Enjoy some great exotica and the company of friends like us!
We’re finally posting a recipe for a cocktail Sam Treadway concocted for us back in June at Drink Fort Point. Story behind this one: Randy challenged Sam to make a gin drink that combines espresso beans and black peppercorns. The result was smooth and creamy—but with the subtle kick of black pepper. A classy drink, not to be trifled with.
Muddle espresso beans & black pepper
1/4 oz cinnamon syrup
1/4 oz cherry heering
1/4 oz benedictine
1/2 oz dark creme de cacao
1/2 oz cream
1 1/2 oz Aviator gin
Shake & double strain.
The recipe initially used Beefeater, but was refined this November with the use of Aviator gin. It’s a much better match, too, given that Gin Wong is an aviator.
Our friends at the stellar mixology pad DRINK (348 Congress St., Boston, MA) are helping us celebrate the release of our new CD. This Sunday, 8/23, DRINK will be serving tiki cocktails off the famed WAITIKI International Drink Menu, as well as spinning choice hits of classic and modern exotica. The party starts at 4 p.m.. As a ‘thank you’ to those who purchase (or have already bought) copies of the CD, John Gertsen will serve a specially-concocted “Adventures in Paradise” punch. This is a no-host event.
The Root Canal: a tiki-style scotch cocktail. Concocted by Sam Treadway of DRINK for Randy Wong of The WAITIKI 7
When WAITIKI 7 music director Randy Wong found himself with a nasty toothache last week, it seemed there was only one cure—a root canal. Following an intense two-part procedure lasting over four hours, the pain finally subsided, and just in time for Wong to meet up with fellow WAITIKI 7 bandmate and Adventures In Paradise co-producer Tim Mayer for a drink at Drink (348 Congress St., Boston).
While Mayer and Wong each consumed a Natatorium, Wong shared the toils of his root canal pain. Fortunately, Drink bartender Sam Treadway was conducting a ‘procedure’ of his own, the result of which is a delicious tiki-style scotch cocktail called The Root Canal.
Though not dentists ourselves, we would informally prescribe Treadway’s Root Canal to anyone seeking successful and painless post-endodontic recovery!
1 oz Ardberg
3/4 oz Cognac
3/4 oz Famous Grouse
1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon
1/2 oz fresh squeezed grapefruit
1/2 oz honey syrup
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 oz yellow Chartreuse
Shake over crushed ice. Float Chartreuse.
