Updated January 2025
The Atomic Grog is loaded with cocktail recipes, from old-school classics to modern standards to our own concoctions. They’re not always easy to find, so we’ve compiled this comprehensive list of every recipe on the site. It incorporates all the recipes from The Mai-Kai cocktail guide, plus those we’ve posted in stories, along with our old “cocktail of the week” feature. Below the A-Z list, we’ve broken the same recipes down into categories and drink styles that we hope you’ll find interesting and useful.
Introduction: Recipe list created to mark eighth anniversary of blog
These are not merely cut-and-pasted recipes. As longtime followers know, we put every recipe to the test and include detailed instructions and photos, along with ingredient recommendations and reviews. We hope you enjoy this resource, which we plan to expand even more in the coming months and years. Coming next: An ingredient guide, plus ratings for every drink!
Jump to: Recipes A through Z
See below: Recipes by category
Don the Beachcomber
Trader Vic’s
The Mai-Kai (authentic)
The Mai-Kai (tributes)
Beachbum Berry
Martin Cate
Brian Miller
The Atomic Grog
Disney Parks
Drink styles: 151 Swizzle | Daiquiri | Hurricane | Mai Tai | Planters Punch | Zombie | Winter holidays
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NEW: The Dirty Banana by Mike Jones (Jetsetter Lounge, circa 2006)
Mike was a one-of-a-kind individual, from his mid-mod 1960s-themed Jetsetter Lounge to his eclectic DJ sets and parties at The Hukilau, the Mai-Kai and other hip venues. After we sadly lost him in November, he was featured as one of the top Tiki stories of 2024, along with the very simple but effective recipe for his signature drink.
NEW: Cocktail recipe: Set sail for a potent holiday adventure with the Atomic Navy Nog
What do you get when you mash up a classic eggnog with two Navy rums (both Planteray Mister Fogg and Hamilton Beachbum Berry’s Blend), an infused brandy from Smuggler’s Cove, plus two syrups from Don the Beachcomber?
>>> ATOMIC NAVY NOG RECIPE, BACK STORY
NEW: Hurricane Dunder by Hurricane Hayward of The Atomic Grog.
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NEW: One Way Ticket by Cory Starr, served at Tiki Tatsu-ya in Austin.
• Mai-Kai welcomes Cory Starr as new chief mixologist
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RECIPES A THROUGH Z
You’ll find many Tiki classics on this list, from traditional versions to 21st century reinterpretations. Don the Beachcomber and The Mai-Kai are the focus, but there are plenty of non-traditional and even some non-Tiki tipples that will appeal to the broader drinking public.
Total recipes: 270
• 151 Swizzle (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• 151 Swizzle (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• 151 Tribute Swizzle No. 5 (Vatos Who Tiki / Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient)
• 1862 Rhum Punch (Kern Mattei, The Mai-Kai / The Hukilau 2015)
• 2070 Swizzle (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove)
A
• Admiral Vernon’s Flagship (Grady Johnson / The Hukilau 2011 cocktail contest)
• Alloa Aloha (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Allspicy Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Altered State Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Appleton Reserve Daiquiri (Joy Spence / Appleton Estate Rum)
• Atomic Mai Tai Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Atomic Navy Nog (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Atomic Painkiller (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Atomic Zombie Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
B
• Backscratcher (Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort)
• Banana Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Barrel Before Christmas (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Barrel O’ Rum (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Barrel O’ Rum (The Mai-Kai / Beachbum Berry’s Taboo Table)
• Beachbum’s Special Daiquiri (Latitude 29 tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Beachcomber Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Sunny Sund: The Woman Behind Don the Beachcomber)
• Beachcomber’s Gold (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Beachcomber’s Rum Barrel (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Big Bamboo (The Mai-Kai / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Black Magic (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• The Black Magic Cocktail (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Blood Island Green Potion #2 (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Blood Orange & Sand (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / 2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Blue Bayou (Brian Miller / Rhum Barbancourt / Served at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2019)
• Blue Ricardo (Fairweather, San Diego)
• Bora Bora (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Broken Storm (Steve Yamada, New Orleans)
C
• Captain’s Blood (Traditional)
• Captivation (Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco / Served at The Hukilau 2016 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Cesar’s Rum Punch (Joseph Cesar, Grand Hotel Oloffson / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Chief Lapu Lapu (Traditional / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Chocolate Snowflake (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Christmas Creeper (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Christmas Eve of Destruction (Brad Smith of Latitude 29 for Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Santa / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Cobra Defanged (Luau Lads)
• Cobra’s Fang (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Cobra’s Kiss (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Coconut Rum (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Colonial Grog (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Cotton Mouth Killer (Trailer Happiness / Served at The Hukilau 2018 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Cuban Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
D
• Daiquiri (Traditional)
• Deep Sea Diver (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Demerara 80 Swizzle (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry of Latitude 29 in New Orleans / Served at The Hukilau 2015 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Demerara Cocktail (The Mai-Kai / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Demerara Cocktail (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Demerara Dry Float (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica)
• Demerara Flip (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Demerara Float (The Mai-Kai / Mr. Lemon Hart’s Tropical Treats)
• Demerara Float (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Derby Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
• Derby Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Devil’s Island Daiquiri (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Food & Wine)
• The Dirty Banana (Mike Jones / Jetsetter Lounge)
• Doctor Funk (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica)
• Doctor Funk (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Doctor Funk (Don the Beachcomber / Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Dr. Fong (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Donga Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Don Q Cocktail (The Mai-Kai / Served at Miami Rum Festival 2014 / Reinterpreted by The Atomic Grog)
• Don’s Beach Planter (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Don’s Own Planter’s (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Don’s Pearl (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Don’s Special Daiquiri (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
E
• El Dorado Mai Tai (Robert Krueger of Extra Fancy in Brooklyn)
• Escape Pod (Kahuna Kevin’s Tiki Cocktails, Vol. III)
F
• The Final (Destination) Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Five Island Fizz (David Delaney for Angostura Rum / Served at The Hukilau 2013)
• Floridita Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai / Cocktail.com)
• Formidable Dragon (Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco / Served at The Hukilau 2015 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Frankie’s Tiki Room Zombie (Liquid Vacation: 77 Refreshing Tropical Drinks from Frankie’s Tiki Room in Las Vegas)
G
• The Ghost Host (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Gill-Man Grog (James Masterson)
• Ginger Grant (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Good Head (Ian “Rum Ambassador” Burrell / Served at Miami Rum Festival 2014)
• Greedo in Paradise (Brian Miller / Tiki Mondays With Miller / Served at The Hukilau 2016)
• Guyanese Zombie (Helena Tiare Olsen, A Mountain of Crushed Ice / PKNY via Professor Cocktail’s Zombie Horde)
H
• Hamilton Navy Grog (The Mai-Kai / Hamilton Rum master class, February 2019)
• Hamilton Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Hanalei Bay (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Hapa Holidaze (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Haitian Frolic (Brian Miller / Tiki Mondays With Miller / Served at The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2016)
• Henry & John (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove)
• Hidden Pearl (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Hot Buttered Rum (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Hotel Nacional Special (Charles H. Baker / The Gentleman’s Companion and Erik Adkins, San Francisco / The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique by Jeffrey Morgenthaler)
• The Hukilau (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Hurricane Caesar (Joe Cammarata of Backbar, Sommerville, Mass. / For Tales of the Cocktail 2014)
• Hurricane Dunder (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
I
• Impatient Virgin (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Island of Martinique Cocktail (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Island Queen (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
J
• Jack Sparrow’s Rum Barrel (Pablus / The Hukilau 2011 cocktail contest)
• Jamaican Bad Decisions (Jeanie Grant of Pagan Idol / Iron TikiTender competition)
• Jet Pilot (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Jungle Bird (Traditional via Beachbum Berry Remixed / Variation by David Delaney for Angostura Rum)
• Jungle Fogg (David McCauley of Knoxville, Tenn. / The Hukilau 2013 cocktail contest)
K
• Kilauea Iki (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• K.O. Cooler (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Koko Kahuna (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Kona Coffee Grog (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Kulau Kapu (Lucky the Painproof Man of Pittsburgh / The Hukilau 2013 cocktail contest)
L
• La Floridita Daiquiri (Bar La Florida / Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails)
• La Guildive (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• The Last Fang (Oriol Elias / Minimalist Tiki)
• Last Rites (The Mai-Kai / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Last Rites (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Le Zombi (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Liquid Gold (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Lost Lake (Paul McGee / Lost Lake, Chicago)
• Lost Treasure (Syd Thomas / Tonga Hut, Los Angeles / Exotica Moderne magazine)
M
• The Mad Doctor’s Green Blood Potion (Jason Alexander / Devil’s Reef in Tacoma, Wash.)
• Mai-Kai Blizzard (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• The Mai-Kai Hurricane (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Mai-Kai Moai (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Mai-Kai Special (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Mai-Kai Swizzle (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Miami Swizzle (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / Served at Miami Rum Festival 2014)
• Mai Tai (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Mai Tai (Traditional / Adapted by Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove)
• Mai Ta-IPA (By Jacob Grier, Cocktails on Tap: The Art of Mixing Spirits and Beer / Adapted by 5 Minutes of Rum and The Atomic Grog)
• Makani Pahili (Skipper Mickey of Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto / Iron TikiTender competition)
• Mara-Amu (The Mai-Kai)
• Martiki’s Merchant Daiquiri (Smuggler’s Cove tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Martin Cate’s Punch (Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove / Created for the 10th anniversary of Tiki Oasis)
• Martinique Milk Punch (Saveur magazine)
• Martinique Milk Punch (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• The Master Ninja (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry of Latitude 29 in New Orleans / Served at The Hukilau 2016)
• Merchant’s Mai Tai (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Mission Valley Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Missionary’s Downfall (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Molokai Mike (Trader Vic’s)
• Molokai Swizzle (The Mai-Kai / The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2015)
• Mona Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient)
• The Monaco (Mount Gay Rum)
• Montego Bay (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Moon Barrel (Joe Desmond / The Hukilau 2011 cocktail contest)
• Moonkist Coconut (The Mai-Kai / Esquire magazine)
• The Morning After (Yani Frye / Angostura Rum)
• Mutiny (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Mystery Gardenia (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
N-O
• Navy Grog (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Navy Grog (The Ancient Mariner) (Trader Vic’s / Adapted by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry)
• Navy Grog (Latitude 29 / Jeff “Beachbum” Berry)
• Never Say Die (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Nu Nui Nui (Daniele Dalla Pola / Nu Lounge Bar in Bologna, Italy)
• Nutty Old Fashioned (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Oh Mai Darling (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Oh So Deadly (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Once A Villager ( Doc Parks / Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient)
• One Way Ticket (Cory Starr / Tiki Tatsu-ya)
P
• Painkiller (Pusser’s Rum)
• Pain Reliever (Brian Miller / Tiki Mondays With Miller / The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2015 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Pampanito (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove)
• Papeete Paralyzer (Damon Bolte / Served at The Hukilau 2010)
• Paradise City (Rhum Barbancourt / The Hukilau 2016)
• Passport to Martinique (VenTiki in Ventura, Calif. / Served at The Hukilau 2022)
• Passion Fontaine (Freddy Diaz and Julio Cabrera of AlambiQ Mixology / Served at Miami Rum Festival 2014)
• Passion Fruit West Indies (Pagan Idol)
• Pearl Diver’s Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Penang Afrididi (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Pieces of Eight (Pieces of Eight in Marina Del Rey, Calif. / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Piña Colada (Traditional variation)
• Piña Colada (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Piña Passion (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Pineapple Express (Jim Kearns of The Happiest Hour in New York City / InStyle)
• Pineapple Paradise (The Hawaiian Room in the Hotel Lexington, New York City / Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica)
• Pineapple Surprise (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Pi Yi (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Plantation Mai Tai (Julie Reiner / Lani Kai and Clover Club, New York City)
• Planters Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Planter’s Punch (Jasper LeFranc of the Bay Roc Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica / Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails)
• Planter’s Punch (Traditional / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Playboy (Tiki Underground)
• Pooch Punch (Joe Everett of Driftwood / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• The Powderkeg (Blair Frodelius / The Hukilau 2011 cocktail contest)
• Puka-Puka Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Pupule Punch (The Mai-Kai / The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2016)
Q
• Q.B. Cooler (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log)
• Q.B. Cooler (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Queen’s Road Cocktail (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
R
• The Rain Barrel (George Jenkins / The Hukilau 2011 cocktail contest)
• Ray’s Mystique (Ã la Ray’s Mistake) (Garret Richard / Tropical Standard)
• Rebel With a Cause (Denizen Rum)
• Red Tide (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Restless Native (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Revenge of the Atomic Zombie Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Rudolph’s Red Rum Swizzle (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Return of the Zombie Dolphin (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Rum Julep (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Rum Julep (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Rum Pot (Traditional / Adapted by Beachbum Berry)
• Rum Rat Pack Punch (Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove / Served at The Hukilau 2011)
S
• Samoan Grog (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Santero’s Elixir (Kern Mattei, The Mai-Kai / 2016 Miami Rum Festival party)
• Scorpion Bowl (Trader Vic’s)
• Secret Santa Flip (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Shark Bite (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Shark’s Tooth (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Shark’s Tooth (Based on Tiger Shark by Tony Ramos of the China Trader via Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari / Variation by PKNY, New York City)
• Shrunken Pumpkin Head (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Shrunken Skull (The Mai-Kai / Mr. Lemon Hart’s Tropical Treats / Beachbum Berry Remixed and Sippin’ Safari)
• Shrunken Skull (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Sidewinder’s Fang (Lanai in San Mateo, Calif. / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Sidewinder’s Fang (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Singapore Sling (2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Singapore Sling (The Essential Bartender’s Guide by Robert Hess)
• Singapore Sling (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / 2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Skull & Bones (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• S.O.S. (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Special Daiquiri No. 1 (Garret Richard / Tropical Standard)
• Special Planters Punch (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Special Reserve Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Spicy Hula Girl (Kern Mattei, The Mai-Kai / Served at The Hukilau 2016)
• Stephen Remsberg’s Planter’s Punch (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Strawberry Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Suffering Bastard (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Suffering Bastard (Trader Vic’s)
• Sumatra Kula (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Sunakora (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Sunakora Zombie (Don the Beachcomber / Sunny Sund: The Woman Behind Don the Beachcomber)
• Sweet Micky (The Broken Shaker, Miami Beach / Served at The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2016 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
T
• Tahitian (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log)
• Tahitian Breeze (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Tahitian Coffee (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Tahitian Rum Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Tahitian Rum Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Test Pilot (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Test Pilot (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Three Dots and a Dash (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Three Dots and a Dash (Paul McGee for Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago / Punch)
• Three Dots and a Dash (Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago / Served at The Hukilau 2017)
• The Tiki Lover (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Tiki Swizzle (The Mai-Kai)
• Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Rum (Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar)
• Tiki Trail Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Trader’s Polynesian Aloha Grog (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Tropical Itch (Harry Yee / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Tropical Messiah (VenTiki in Ventura, Calif. / Served at The Hukilau 2024)
• Tropical Thunder Express (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Tukupi’s Cup (John Tremain and Matt Anderson of Seattle / The Hukilau 2013 cocktail contest)
• Tutu Rum Punch (Trader Vic’s)
U
• Uh Oa! (Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Uncle Ed’s Elixir (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Undead Gentleman (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove)
• The Underground Cardamom Daiquiri (Tiki Underground tribute / Mark Hooper, The Pith Crew)
• Unisphere (Thomas Mario / Playboy’s Host & Bar Book)
• The Urban Archaeologist (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
V
• Val’s Daiquiri (Valentin González, New York City / The New York Times)
• Vicious Virgin (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Vicious Virgin #2 and #3 (Beachbum Berry Remixed and The Atomic Grog)
• Virgin Island Kula (Ray Buhen of the Tiki-Ti in Los Angeles / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Vodou Zonbi (Haitian Zombie) (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
W
• White Cloud (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Wicked Wahine (Brice Ginardi of Hawaii and California / Imbibe)
• Witch Doctor (Jasper LeFranc of the Bay Roc Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica)
• Winter Daiquiri (Mindy Kucan of Hale Pele in Portland / Cocktail Virgin)
X-Y-Z
• Xanté Pear Sidecar (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / 2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Yeoman’s Grog (Mai-Kai tribute / Steve Wahlin)
• Zacapa Hurricane (Danny Valdez / Ron Zacapa Rum)
• Zombie (1934) (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Zombie (1950) (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Zombie (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Zula #1 and #2 (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
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RECIPES BY CATEGORY
Don the Beachcomber (49)
A former rum-runner and Hollywood hanger-on named Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt changed the way the world approached rum and tropical cocktails when he opened the first Don the Beachcomber in 1932 as a speakeasy during Prohibition. This South Seas paradise was no mere marketing ploy. The wildly creative barkeep went all-in, later changing his name to Donn Beach and creating a template for exotic cocktails and themed tropical establishments that influenced everyone who followed. Donn’s legend, along with his complex cocktails, were cloaked in secrecy for decades until author and influential Tiki revivalist Jeff “Beachbum” Berry unearthed and decoded his recipes. Donn’s influence can still be felt today, from The Mai-Kai (where many of his secret recipes have been painstakingly preserved for 60+ years) to a new generation of bars that continue to serve the classics with reverence. The only remnants of the worldwide Beachcomber empire are at the Royal Kona Resort in Hawaii, where Donn moved in 1946 (he died in 1989). A restaurant with the U.S. rights to the Don the Beachcomber name was a cornerstone of the Southern California scene until it closed its Huntington Beach location in 2018. A Tampa-based hospitality company bought the rights to the name and announced plans on Donn Beach’s birthday in 2023 for a new chain of Don the Beachcomber restaurants and bars. The first two locations opened on Florida’s Gulf Coast in 2024. Also that year, The Donn of Tiki documentary was released to the film festival circuit, garnering rave reviews. In 2025, look for a new book, Searching for Don the Beachcomber by Tim “Swanky” Glazner.
Top Tiki stories of 2024: Don the Beachcomber brand resurrected in Florida
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• 151 Swizzle (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Beachcomber Punch (Sunny Sund: The Woman Behind Don the Beachcomber)
• Beachcomber’s Gold (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Beachcomber’s Rum Barrel (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Cobra’s Fang (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Coconut Rum (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Colonial Grog (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Demerara Dry Float (Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica)
• Donga Punch (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Don’s Beach Planter (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Don’s Own Planter’s (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Don’s Pearl (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Don’s Special Daiquiri (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Doctor Funk (Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica)
• Doctor Funk (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Doctor Funk (Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Island of Martinique Cocktail (Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Kona Coffee Grog (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Missionary’s Downfall (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Mona Punch (Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient)
• Montego Bay (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Mystery Gardenia (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Navy Grog (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Never Say Die (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Pearl Diver’s Punch (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Penang Afrididi (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Pineapple Surprise (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Pi Yi (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Planters Punch (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Puka-Puka Punch (Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Q.B. Cooler (Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log)
• Q.B. Cooler (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Queen’s Road Cocktail (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Rum Julep (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Shark’s Tooth (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Skull & Bones (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Sumatra Kula (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Sunakora (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Sunakora Zombie (Sunny Sund: The Woman Behind Don the Beachcomber)
• Tahitian Coffee (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Tahitian Rum Punch (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Tahitian Rum Punch (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Test Pilot ( Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Test Pilot ( Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Three Dots and a Dash (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Vicious Virgin (Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• White Cloud (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Zombie (1934) (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Zombie (1950) (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
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Trader Vic’s (5)
Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron (1902-1984) was one of many restaurateurs who took the ball from Don the Beachcomber and ran with it in the 1930s. Unlike most who fell by the wayside, Vic stood the test of time, and his brand still boasts 25 locations around the world. Most of the new bars and restaurants are in the Middle East, but classic Trader Vic’s restaurants still exist in Tokyo, Munich, Atlanta and the flagship in Emeryville, Calif. But there are signs of a new direction and U.S. expansion. A Trader Vic’s Outpost opend at San Jose International Airport in 2021, and the new Bamboo Room by Trader Vic’s concept launched in September 2024 in South Beach. In 2025 and beyond, we may also see another airport outpost (in Oakland), the first authentic Trader Vic’s in Hawaii, and a return to Los Angeles.
Top Tiki stories of 2024: Venerable brand marks 90 years with a return to its roots
Official site: TraderVics.com
Trader Vic’s blends pre-Tiki vibe with contemporary cocktails at new Bamboo Room in South Beach
the speakeasy-style bar is stylistically a throwback to the 1930s and the early days of Victor Bergeron, but the execution is pure 21st century craft and precision.
• Molokai Mike (Trader Vic’s Tiki Party)
• Navy Grog (The Ancient Mariner) (Adapted by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry)
• Scorpion Bowl (Trader Vic’s Tiki Party)
• Suffering Bastard (Atomic Gog interpretation of classic recipe)
• Tutu Rum Punch (Trader Vic’s Tiki Party)
• Bergeron’s most enduring creation is the Mai-Tai. Check out the separate list of Mai Tai recipes below.
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The Mai-Kai (authentic) (18)
When fledgling restaurateurs Bob and Jack Thornton opened the historic Fort Lauderdale restaurant in late December 1956, they took more than inspiration from the acclaimed Don the Beachcomber outpost in their native Chicago. They also found a general manger, a chef, and a head mixologist. Working with the Thorntons, veteran barman Mariano Licudine took Donn Beach’s recipes and perfected them over the next 20+ years, adding his own distinctive touch. After a four-year closing and $20 million restoration, the Mai-Kai is back and better than ever, faithfully following the high standards of their late owners and master mixologist.
Official sites: MaiKai.com | Instagram
Facebook: Official page | Friends of The Mai-Kai group
The food and drink menus now boast a vintage look and feel that dates back to the early days of the historic restaurant. The grand reopening also marks the return of the iconic cannibal trio, a Polynesian Pop symbol intrinsically linked to the founding owners.
• Deep dive into the design and history, plus news on what’s next
• The cocktail menu: Welcome back to paradise, 1950s style
Mai-Kai welcomes Cory Starr as new chief mixologist
The legendary back bar is in experienced and enthusiastic hands as the expansive cocktail program is rebooted.
Mai-Kai celebrates grand reopening
Latest news, photos and video coverage of the return of the historic landmark in South Florida.
EXCLUSIVE: Mai-Kai Restoration & Reopening Guide
Check out all past news, photos, video and deep details on the refurbishment and resurrection of the Polynesian palace.
More from The Atomic Grog
• Mai-Kai timeline, 1956-2024: Iconic restaurant marks 68 years of Polynesian Pop history
• Mai-Kai tropical drink family tree
• Heeeeeeere’s the rich history and lost stories of The Mai-Kai
• 1862 Rhum Punch (The Hukilau 2015)
• Banana Daiquiri (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Barrel O’ Rum (Beachbum Berry’s Taboo Table)
• Big Bamboo (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Demerara Cocktail (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Demerara Float (Mr. Lemon Hart’s Tropical Treats)
• Derby Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
• Floridita Daiquiri (Cocktail.com)
• Hamilton Navy Grog (Hamilton Rum master class, February 2019)
• Last Rites (Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari)
• Mara-Amu (The Mai-Kai)
• Molokai Swizzle (The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2015)
• Moonkist Coconut (1950s published recipe / Atomic Grog reinterpretation)
• Pupule Punch (The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2016)
• Santero’s Elixir (2016 Miami Rum Festival party)
• Shrunken Skull (Mr. Lemon Hart’s Tropical Treats / Beachbum Berry Remixed and Sippin’ Safari)
• Spicy Hula Girl (Served at The Hukilau 2016)
• Tiki Swizzle
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The Mai-Kai (tributes) (50)
The Mai-Kai’s original head bartender, Mariano Licudine, kept his recipes secret and his staff hidden from view in back bars, just like his longtime boss, Don the Beachcomber. Nearly 70 years after opening in Fort Lauderdale, this historic restaurant still maintains the same mid-century standards and commitment to secrecy. Aided by the research of Beachbum Berry, The Atomic Grog has taken many of Donn Beach’s original classics and tweaked them to fit the flavor profile of The Mai-Kai. When no “ancestor recipe” was available, we reverse engineered the recipes based on our extensive experience imbibing and rating every cocktail on the menu. Home bartenders across the globe joined the party, and over the years the popularity of these “tribute recipes” has continued to grow.
Okole Maluna Society: The Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide
Below you will find extensive reviews, recipes and deep dives into Mai-Kai cocktails as they existed prior to the November 2024 grand reopening. While most of the drinks are still available, the menu has been updated and includes many new creations by new beverage director Cory Starr.
Please continue to refer to the links below for history and over-arching reviews and recipes and check out the story on the new menu:
NEW: Is it 1956 or 2024? Forward-thinking Mai-Kai menus sport retro flair
Coming soon: A deep dive into the menu along with Starr’s take on how he’s honoring and enhancing the historic cocktails.
• 2024 Mai-Kai menu online
More on The Atomic Grog
• Demerara Rum: The Mai-Kai’s secret weapon
• The rums of The Mai-Kai: Potent, funky flavors from Guyana and Jamaica
• 151 Swizzle
• Barrel Before Christmas
• Barrel O’ Rum
• Black Magic
• The Black Magic Cocktail
• Blood Island Green Potion #2
• Bora Bora
• Chocolate Snowflake
• Cobra’s Kiss
• Deep Sea Diver
• Demerara Cocktail
• Demerara Float
• Derby Daiquiri
• Don Q Cocktail
• Dr. Fong
• Hanalei Bay
• Hidden Pearl
• Hot Buttered Rum
• The Hukilau
• Impatient Virgin
• Island Queen
• Jet Pilot
• K.O. Cooler
• Last Rites
• Liquid Gold
• Mai-Kai Blizzard
• Mai-Kai Special
• Mai-Kai Swizzle
• Mai Tai
• Martinique Milk Punch
• Mutiny
• Oh So Deadly
• Piña Colada
• Piña Passion
• Rum Julep
• Samoan Grog
• Shark Bite
• Shrunken Skull
• Sidewinder’s Fang
• S.O.S.
• Special Planters Punch
• Special Reserve Daiquiri
• Strawberry Daiquiri
• Suffering Bastard
• Tahitian Breeze
• Yeoman’s Grog
• Zombie
• Zula #1 and #2
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Jeff “Beachbum” Berry (61)
This list includes recipes from the Tiki cocktail archaeologist and author’s many books, plus some served at special events, his New Orleans bar (Latitude 29) and his growing Sippin’ Santa holiday pop-up concept. Berry’s research was instrumental in not only the modern Tiki cocktail revival, but the creation of this blog’s Mai-Kai cocktail guide. It’s safe to say that a majority of the recipes on this entire list would not exist if it were not for the man we lovingly call “the Bum.”
Official sites: BeachbumBerry.com | Latitude29NOLA.com | Sippin Santa
Buy the Bum’s books and more: Sippin’ Safari (10th anniversary edition) | Potions of the Caribbean | Remixed | Taboo Table | Total Tiki (iPhone and iPad) | Total Tiki Online | Syrups and rums
More: Barware from Cocktail Kingdom
On The Atomic Grog: Website of the week | Latitude 29 profile | Take 5 interview
• Zombie hunters: Beachbum Berry, Ed Hamilton join forces on rum blend
• Sippin’ Santa comes to town: Beachbum Berry interview
• Jeff Berry proves he’s never too busy to be a ‘Beachbum’
• ‘Potions of the Caribbean’ cruises back to the birthplace of Tiki cocktails
• Beachbum Berry digs deep to unearth vintage Zombies, more ‘Potions of the Caribbean’
• Beachbum Berry & David Wondrich present World War Tiki
• 151 Swizzle (Don the Beachcomber)
• Banana Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
• Barrel O’ Rum (The Mai-Kai)
• Beachcomber’s Gold (Don the Beachcomber)
• Beachcomber’s Rum Barrel (Don the Beachcomber)
• Big Bamboo (The Mai-Kai)
• Cesar’s Rum Punch (Joseph Cesar, Grand Hotel Oloffson)
• Chief Lapu Lapu (Traditional)
• Christmas Eve of Destruction (Brad Smith of Latitude 29 for Sippin’ Santa / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Colonial Grog (Don the Beachcomber)
• Demerara 80 Swizzle (The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Demerara Cocktail (The Mai-Kai)
• Demerara Dry Float (Don the Beachcomber)
• Derby Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
• Devil’s Island Daiquiri (Beachbum Berry original)
• Donga Punch (Don the Beachcomber)
• Don’s Beach Planter (Don the Beachcomber)
• Don’s Own Planter’s (Don the Beachcomber)
• Don’s Special Daiquiri (Don the Beachcomber)
• Doctor Funk (1937) (Don the Beachcomber)
• Doctor Funk (1953) (Don the Beachcomber)
• Island of Martinique Cocktail (Don the Beachcomber)
• Last Rites (The Mai-Kai)
• Mara-Amu (The Mai-Kai)
• Missionary’s Downfall (Don the Beachcomber)
• Montego Bay (Don the Beachcomber)
• Navy Grog (Don the Beachcomber)
• Navy Grog (The Ancient Mariner) (Trader Vic’s)
• Navy Grog (Latitude 29)
• Never Say Die (Don the Beachcomber)
• Pearl Diver’s Punch (Don the Beachcomber)
• Penang Afrididi (Don the Beachcomber)
• Pieces of Eight (Pieces of Eight in Marina Del Rey, Calif.)
• Pineapple Paradise (The Hawaiian Room in the Hotel Lexington, New York City)
• Planters Punch (Don the Beachcomber)
• Planter’s Punch (Traditional)
• Puka-Puka Punch (Don the Beachcomber)
• Q.B. Cooler (1937) (Don the Beachcomber)
• Q.B. Cooler (1941) (Don the Beachcomber)
• Queen’s Road Cocktail (Don the Beachcomber)
• Red Tide (Beachbum Berry original)
• Restless Native (Beachbum Berry original)
• Rum Pot (Traditional / Adapted by Beachbum Berry)
• Rum Julep (Don the Beachcomber)
• Shark’s Tooth (Don the Beachcomber)
• Shrunken Skull (The Mai-Kai / Mr. Lemon Hart’s Tropical Treats)
• Sidewinder’s Fang (Lanai in San Mateo, Calif.)
• Skull & Bones (Don the Beachcomber)
• Stephen Remsberg’s Planter’s Punch
• Sumatra Kula (Don the Beachcomber)
• Sunakora (Don the Beachcomber)
• Tahitian (Beachbum Berry original)
• Tahitian Rum Punch (Don the Beachcomber)
• Test Pilot (Don the Beachcomber)
• Three Dots and a Dash (Don the Beachcomber)
• Tropical Itch (Harry Yee of the Hawaiian Village in Waikiki)
• Vicious Virgin #2 (Pago Pago in Tucson)
• Virgin Island Kula (Ray Buhen of the Tiki-Ti in Los Angeles)
• White Cloud (Mariano Licudine)
• Zombie (1934) (Don the Beachcomber)
• Zombie (1950) (Don the Beachcomber)
See also: Beachbum’s Special Daiquiri (Latitude 29 tribute / The Atomic Grog)
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Martin Cate and Smuggler’s Cove (11)
An influential figure in both the Tiki and craft cocktail scenes, Cate raised tropical mixology to new heights with his San Francisco rum bar, which opened in 2009. The award-winning venue inspired an award-winning book that encapsulates the modern Tiki revival and elevates this under-appreciated genre to a science.
Official site: SmugglersCoveSF.com
Buy the book: Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki
On The Atomic Grog: Book release | Smuggler’s Cove profile | Take 5 interview
• ‘Rum Rat Pack’ starts a revolution at Hukilau 2011
• 2070 Swizzle (Circa 2013 / Updated in Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Captivation (Served at The Hukilau 2016 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Doctor Funk (Don the Beachcomber / Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Formidable Dragon (Served at The Hukilau 2015 / The Atomic Grog tribute / Official recipe in Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Henry & John (Wine Enthusiast)
• La Guildive (Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Mai Tai (Circa 2013 / Updated in Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Martin Cate’s Punch (Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove / Created for the 10th anniversary of Tiki Oasis)
• Pampanito (YouTube, circa 2012; later appeared in Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• The Undead Gentleman (From Professor Cocktail’s Zombie Horde, 2013 / Updated in Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki)
• Rum Rat Pack Punch (Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove / Served at The Hukilau 2011)
See also: Martiki’s Merchant Daiquiri (Smuggler’s Cove tribute / The Atomic Grog)
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Brian Miller (4)
Representing a new, freewheeling approach to Tiki cocktails, New York City’s Brian Miller has been influential in the recent history of craft and tropical cocktails on the East Coast. In 2011, he created arguably the first modern Tiki pop-up bar, Tiki Mondays With Miller, in New York City. Miller has represented Rhum Barbancourt and has been a regular at events such as The Hukilau and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where he won the inaugural Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown in 2015. When it came time to finally launch his own bar and restaurant, he did it in grand style, partnering with a major NYC restaurant group to open The Polynesian on the rooftop of The POD Hotel in Times Square in 2018.
On The Atomic Grog: The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown 2015
• Tiki Tower Takeover at The Hukilau: 2015 | 2016
• Blue Bayou (Served at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2019)
• Greedo in Paradise (Served at The Hukilau 2016)
• Haitian Frolic (Served at The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2016)
• Pain Reliever (The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at SoBeWFF 2015 / The Atomic Grog tribute)
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The Atomic Grog (89)
Humbly submitted, here are some of our original creations and a long list tribute recipes inspired by our little neighborhood Tiki bar, The Mai-Kai. The influence of the world’s most acclaimed mid-century Polynesian palace cannot be denied, but we’ve thrown in a few curveballs to keep things interesting.
• The Atomic Grog 10th anniversary: Beware! Deadly Zombies ahead
• 151 Swizzle (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Altered State Zombie (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Allspicy Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Alloa Aloha (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Atomic Mai Tai Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Atomic Navy Nog (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Atomic Painkiller (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Atomic Zombie Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Barrel Before Christmas (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Barrel O’ Rum(Mai-Kai tribute)
• Beachbum’s Special Daiquiri (Latitude 29 tribute)
• Black Magic (Mai-Kai tribute)
• The Black Magic Cocktail (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Blood Island Green Potion #2 (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Bora Bora (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Christmas Creeper (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Chocolate Snowflake (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Cobra’s Kiss (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Deep Sea Diver (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Demerara Cocktail (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Demerara Flip (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Demerara Float (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Derby Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Dr. Fong (Mai-Kai tribute)
• The Final (Destination) Zombie (Hurricane Hayward original)
• The Ghost Host (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Ginger Grant (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Habanero Lime Margarita (Walt Disney World / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Hamilton Zombie (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Hanalei Bay (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Hapa Holidaze (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Hidden Pearl (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Hot Buttered Rum (Mai-Kai tribute)
• The Hukilau (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Hurricane Dunder (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Impatient Virgin (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Island Queen (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Jet Pilot (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Kilauea Iki (Hurricane Hayward original)
• K.O. Cooler (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Koko Kahuna (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Last Rites (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Le Zombi (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Liquid Gold (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Mai-Kai Blizzard (Mai-Kai tribute)
• The Mai-Kai Hurricane (Hurricane Hayward original)
• The Mai-Kai Moai (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Mai-Kai Special (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Mai-Kai Swizzle (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Mai Tai (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Mai Ta-IPA (By Jacob Grier, Cocktails on Tap: The Art of Mixing Spirits and Beer / Adapted by Kevin Upthegrove and Hurricane Hayward)
• Martiki’s Merchant Daiquiri (Smuggler’s Cove tribute)
• Martinique Milk Punch (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Merchant’s Mai Tai (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Mission Valley Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Mutiny (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Nutty Old Fashioned (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Oh Mai Darling (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Oh So Deadly (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Piña Colada (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Piña Passion (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Pooch Punch (Joe Everett of Driftwood / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Return of the Zombie Dolphin (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Revenge of the Atomic Zombie Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Rudolph’s Red Rum Swizzle (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Rum Julep (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Samoan Grog (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Secret Santa Flip (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Shark Bite (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Shrunken Pumpkin Head (A seasonal Shrunken Skull tribute)
• Shrunken Skull (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Sidewinder’s Fang (Mai-Kai tribute)
• S.O.S. (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Special Planters Punch (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Special Reserve Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Strawberry Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Suffering Bastard (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Tahitian Breeze (Mai-Kai tribute)
• The Tiki Lover (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Tiki Trail Zombie (Hurricane Hayward original)
• The Trader’s Polynesian Aloha Grog (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Tropical Thunder Express (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Uncle Ed’s Elixir (Hurricane Hayward original)
• The Urban Archaeologist (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Vicious Virgin #3 (Adapted from Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Vodou Zonbi (Haitian Zombie) (Hurricane Hayward original)
• Zombie (Mai-Kai tribute)
• Zula #1 and #2 (Mai-Kai tribute)
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Disney Parks (9)
A guilty pleasure to be sure, cocktails at the Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts have improved by leaps and bounds in recent years. The addition of the Trader Sam’s Tiki bars on both coasts has a lot to do with this assessment, but visit any Disney park and you’ll find that the craft cocktail ethos is being embraced far more widely that one would expect.
Official sites: Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar | Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto
Facebook groups: Trader Sam’s Coast To Coast | Trader Sam’s Mug Trading
On The Atomic Grog:
• Tambu Lounge at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
• Epcot Food and Wine Festival continues to deliver delicious bites, a bounty of booze
• Miami mixologist shows how to jazz up your cocktails at Epcot Food and Wine Festival
• Disney raises the bar for cocktails at Epcot Food and Wine Festival
• Cocktails come of age at Epcot Food and Wine Festival
• Backscratcher (Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort)
• Blood Orange & Sand (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / 2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Habanero Lime Margarita (Walt Disney World / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Singapore Sling (2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Singapore Sling (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / 2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
• Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Rum (Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar)
• The Trader’s Polynesian Aloha Grog (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Uh Oa! (Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Xanté Pear Sidecar (Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ Mixology / 2012 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival)
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DRINK STYLES
There are some cocktails that transcend the rum and Tiki genres, yet also please the purists. Master these drinks and you’ll be the hit of any party.
151 Swizzle (5)
It looks unassuming in its modest metal cup, certainly no match for potent brethren such as the Rum Barrel or Jet Pilot. But don’t let its small stature fool you. Next to the Zombie, the 151 Swizzle may be Don the Beachcomber’s crowning achievement in the deadly cocktail sweepstakes. This compact concoction is packed with flavor (and potent rum). While the broader “swizzle” category can be more diverse and unpredictable, drinks featuring a healthy dose of 151 rum (or something similar), made in the spirit of Donn’s original, rise to the top of the tropical canon.
• 151 Swizzle (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• 151 Swizzle (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• 151 Tribute Swizzle No. 5 (Vatos Who Tiki / Fassionola: The Torrid Story of Cocktails’ Most Mysterious Ingredient)
• 2070 Swizzle (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove)
• Demerara 80 Swizzle (Beachbum Berry tribute / The Atomic Grog)
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Daiquiri (21)
With all due respect to other classics, this simple combination of rum, lime, and sugar may very well be the perfect cocktail. While its exact origin can be debated, the consensus is that it sprang from Cuba in the early 20th century as a refreshing vehicle to spotlight that nation’s outstanding cane spirits. Tiki’s pioneers took this simple template and ran with it, but there’s nothing quite like a stripped-down Daiquiri. Or any of the many extrapolations, including the less-respected frozen variety. There’s a good reason Daiquiri recipes easily outnumber all others on The Atomic Grog.
• Allspicy Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Appleton Reserve Daiquiri (Joy Spence / Appleton Estate Rum)
• Banana Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Beachbum’s Special Daiquiri (Latitude 29 tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Cuban Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
• Daiquiri (Traditional)
• Derby Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai)
• Derby Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Devil’s Island Daiquiri (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Food & Wine)
• Don’s Special Daiquiri (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Floridita Daiquiri (The Mai-Kai / Cocktail.com)
• La Floridita Daiquiri (Bar La Florida / Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails)
• Martiki’s Merchant Daiquiri (Smuggler’s Cove tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Mission Valley Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Morning After (Yani Frye / Angostura Rum)
• Red Tide (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Restless Native (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Special Reserve Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Strawberry Daiquiri (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Val’s Daiquiri (Valentin González, New York City / The New York Times)
• Winter Daiquiri (Mindy Kucan of Hale Pele in Portland / Cocktail Virgin)
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Hurricane (5)
The original Hurricane, a New Orleans party drink with only tenuous ties to Tiki, has some great bones. With the right touch, it can blow you away with its intensity and envelope you with a storm surge of exotic flavors.
• Hurricane Caesar (Joe Cammarata of Backbar, Sommerville, Mass. / For Tales of the Cocktail 2014)
• Hurricane Dunder (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Mai-Kai Hurricane (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Makani Pahili (Skipper Mickey of Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto / Iron TikiTender competition)
• Zacapa Hurricane (Danny Valdez / Ron Zacapa Rum)
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Mai Tai (10)
Considered by many to be the ultimate exotic cocktail, this 1940s classic created by Trader Vic remains arguably Tiki’s flagship drink after all these years and is still as popular as ever.
• Florida bartender wins Chairman’s Reserve Mai Tai Challenge at The Mai-Kai
• Atomic Mai Tai Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• El Dorado Mai Tai (Robert Krueger of Extra Fancy in Brooklyn)
• Mai Tai (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Mai Tai (Traditional / Adapted by Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove)
• Mai Ta-IPA (By Jacob Grier, Cocktails on Tap: The Art of Mixing Spirits and Beer / Adapted by Kevin Upthegrove and Hurricane Hayward)
• Merchant’s Mai Tai (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Oh Mai Darling (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Passport to Martinique (VenTiki in Ventura, Calif. / Served at The Hukilau 2022)
• Plantation Mai Tai (Julie Reiner / Lani Kai and Clover Club, New York City)
• Suffering Bastard (Trader Vic’s)
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Planters Punch (9)
The inspiration for many of Don the Beachcomber’s “rhum rhapsodies,” this Caribbean classic dates back centuries to the very origins of combining rum, lime, and sugar in a punch bowl. The modern version was perfected in Jamaica and raised to new heights by Donn Beach and his progeny.
• Beachcomber Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Sunny Sund: The Woman Behind Don the Beachcomber)
• Cesar’s Rum Punch (Joseph Cesar, Grand Hotel Oloffson / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Don’s Own Planter’s (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Planters Punch (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed)
• Planter’s Punch (Jasper LeFranc of the Bay Roc Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica / Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails)
• Planter’s Punch (Traditional / Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean)
• Pooch Punch (Joe Everett of Driftwood / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Special Planters Punch (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Stephen Remsberg’s Planter’s Punch (Beachbum Berry Remixed)
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Zombie (16)
This mysterious and deadly concoction dates back to 1934 and the early days of Tiki. However, Don the Beachcomber’s recipe was a closely guarded secret until it was decoded by Beachbum Berry and published in Sippin’ Safari in 2007. Hurricane Hayward cites the Zombie as his all-time favorite cocktail, counting himself among the many who have been inspired to create their own modern tributes and alternative versions. It’s also The Atomic Grog’s No. 1 ranked drink at The Mai-Kai.
• The Mai-Kai’s deadly Zombie resurrected for Halloween, along with mysterious legend
• History, mythology and cultural significance of the zombie
• A new Zombie becomes final challenge for The Hukilau villagers
• Take a trip down the Tiki Trail for a lethal new Zombie recipe
• The Atomic Grog 10th anniversary: Beware! Deadly Zombies ahead
• Zombie hunters: Beachbum Berry, Ed Hamilton join forces on rum blend
• The undead get lively at The Mai-Kai’s Hulaween party
• New book features 86 deadly Zombie recipes
• Zombie alert: 5 crucial things you need to know
• Rum Renaissance Zombie fest at The Mai-Kai
• Altered State Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Atomic Zombie Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Christmas Creeper (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Final (Destination) Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Frankie’s Tiki Room Zombie (Liquid Vacation: 77 Refreshing Tropical Drinks from Frankie’s Tiki Room in Las Vegas)
• Guyanese Zombie (Helena Tiare Olsen, A Mountain of Crushed Ice / PKNY via Professor Cocktail’s Zombie Horde)
• Hamilton Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Le Zombi (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Revenge of the Atomic Zombie Cocktail (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Sunakora Zombie (Don the Beachcomber / Sunny Sund: The Woman Behind Don the Beachcomber)
• Tiki Trail Zombie (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• The Undead Gentleman (Martin Cate / Smuggler’s Cove)
• Vodou Zonbi (Haitian Zombie) (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Zombie (1934) (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed and Sippin’ Safari)
• Zombie (1950) (Don the Beachcomber / Beachbum Berry Remixed and Sippin’ Safari)
• Zombie (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
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Winter holidays (19)
While there are some longtime classics on this list, the concept of winter cocktails in any modern sense is a relatively new development. Thanks to the blossoming seasonal pop-up bars – including the Miracle and Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Santa concepts – the craft and Tiki cocktail scenes have embraced the winter holidays will full abandon. Forget the standard eggnog, here are some recommended cocktails to serve at your next party.
• All the Miracle pop-up cocktails, reviewed and ranked (2019)
• Allspicy Daiquiri (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Atomic Navy Nog (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Barrel Before Christmas (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Chocolate Snowflake (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Christmas Creeper (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Christmas Eve of Destruction (Brad Smith of Latitude 29 for Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Santa / The Atomic Grog tribute)
• Demerara Flip (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Devil’s Island Daiquiri (Jeff “Beachbum” Berry / Food & Wine)
• Hapa Holidaze (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Hot Buttered Rum (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Kona Coffee Grog (Don the Beachcomber / Hawai’i – Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuisine)
• Mai-Kai Blizzard (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Martinique Milk Punch (Saveur magazine)
• Martinique Milk Punch (Mai-Kai tribute / The Atomic Grog)
• Nutty Old Fashioned (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Rudolph’s Red Rum Swizzle (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Secret Santa Flip (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Uncle Ed’s Elixir (Hurricane Hayward / The Atomic Grog)
• Winter Daiquiri (Mindy Kucan of Hale Pele in Portland / Cocktail Virgin)
Okole maluna!
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Wow so many cocktail recipes. I didn’t knew that there are so many types of cocktails. Thanks a lot for sharing this.
Love it! Great resource and thanks for including us!