Let’s Talk About Ernest Beaumont Gantt
Better known as Donn Beach, the godfather of tiki contributed more to cocktail culture than just tropical escapism.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- illustration: Nick Hensley
Bring Back the Queen’s Road
Lynnette Marrero updates Don the Beachcomber’s under-sung, orange and ginger Daiquiri.
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Does Anyone Really Know What Tiki Is?
What began as Don the Beachcomber’s fantasy has evolved into a fully fledged cocktail genre, and yet no one has ever quite managed to define it.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Scotty Schuder’s Missionary’s Downfall
This modern update to Don the Beachcomber's amplified Daiquiri simply swaps lime juice for lemon.
Rediscovering Don’s “Other” Essential Tiki Mix
An essential ingredient of the Pearl Diver cocktail, Gardenia Mix—a nearly forgotten amalgam of honey, butter and spices—is finding its way back into bars.
- story: Roger Kamholz
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Daily News: A Look Back at Don the Beachcomber, Reviving a 2,500-Year-Old Brew
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Many Champagne producers are beginning to showcase the lesser-known grape, pinot meunier. - Food Republic takes a look back at…
The Evolution of Tiki in Four Eras
Prior to its near-extinction and subsequent revival, tiki culture underwent decades of rapid evolution. Martin Cate of Smuggler's Cove walks Lizzie Munro through the four eras that shaped tiki as…
- story: Lizzie Munro
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
Polynesian Pearl Diver
In Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 antebellum film, Django Unchained, a variation of this standard tiki drink appears—never mind the fact that tiki was not invented until the 1930s.
Shark’s Tooth
A Don the Beachcomber classic, the Shark's Tooth is a fruit punch sour of sorts with a base of rum, the essential tiki juices—lime and pineapple—and a dose of two…
