Orgeat is a cocktail ingredient that perplexes. For starters, it’s mispronounced more often than many of us care to admit: or-GEE-at, rather than the correct, French-inflected or-ZHAT. In the cocktail world, orgeat is considered to be in the pantheon of “classic” mixers. Yet how many cocktails actually call for the syrup? So is orgeat a classic, an ...
Mai Tai Wisdom with Jeff “Beachbum” Berry – A Sugarcane Press Q&A
To rum fans, Jeff “Beachbum” Berry needs no introduction. One of Imbibe magazine’s “25 Most Influential Cocktail Personalities of the Past Century,” Jeff is the author of six books on vintage Tiki drinks and cuisine, which Los Angeles magazine dubbed “the keys to the tropical kingdom.” Esquire calls him “one of the instigators of the ...
Chairman’s Reserve Mai Tai by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry
Happy International Mai Tai Day! To kick off the Chairman's Reserve Mai Tai Competition, we looked to tiki expert Jeff "Beachbum" Berry for his take on the timeless recipe. In this recipe, Berry calls for a blend of English-style rum (Chairman's Reserve) and Martinique rhum agricole for a trans-Caribbean classic. Chairman's Reserve Mai Tai by Jeff "Beachbum" ...
The Mai Tai: A Tiki Classic
Indianapolis Monthly presents to us Chris Coy's variation on the Mai Tai - a tiki classic. Black Market beverage director and The Inferno Room's co-owner, Chris Coy says, “The fun of a Mai Tai is finding the blend of rums that works for you. This recipe calls for an ounce of dark Jamaican rum (Plantation O.F.T.D. ...