The Mauser
Loosely based on the Zombie, Will Peet's Mauser incorporates all the traditional flavors of the classic, but dismisses the rum.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Loosely based on the Zombie, Will Peet's Mauser incorporates all the traditional flavors of the classic, but dismisses the rum.
Dry orange curaçao, extra citrus and an elaborate garnish update the elaborate tiki drink.
Named for the capital of West Sumatra, Indonesia, Zac Overman's Padang Swizzle plays with traditional tiki flavors, but adds a European twist.
Zac Overman of Fort Defiance's retooled version of Don the Beachcomber's 1930s classic hews tightly to the traditional Zombie blueprint, but calls for an all white spirit base instead of…
The traditional Caribbean Rum Swizzle rejiggered with green Chartreuse.
Most of the rum in this riff is replaced by spicy Angostura bitters.
A tiki-fied shandy, the Altstadt (the German for "historic city center") combines two seemingly opposite flavor styles—German-Austrian and tropical—for a pleasantly spicy, herbaceous beer cocktail.
The Zombie is a prime example of Don the Beachcomber's typical concoction: strong and rather mysterious. Bar lore says that the original was so potent that customers could order no…
The Scorpion, like many tiki cocktails, has gone through countless iterations, from a gin and wine-laced libation to this contemporary version of Trader Vic’s 1946 recipe.
A play on the tiki classic Three Dots and a Dash, this Scotch whisky-based rendition was created by Zac Overman of Fort Defiance.