• Articles
    • Wine
    • Cocktails
    • Spirits
    • Beer
    • Places
    • Video
  • Columns
    • Drink Now
    • Notable
    • Masters of X
    • Hack Your Drink
    • Dive
    • Lookbook
    • The OGs
  • Recipes
  • Subscribe

tiki week

Cocktails

Resurrecting Tiki’s Lost Rums

Long-extinct rums critical to the genre’s classic recipes are being brought back to life.

  • story: Matt Pietrek
  • illustration: Lydia Ortiz
Cocktails

How to Use Key Limes in Cocktails

When it comes to adding acidity to drinks, a select few bartenders are reaching for Key limes, rather than the standard Persian.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Cocktails

How to “Flash Blend” Your Way to a Better Frothy Drink

Dated as it might seem, the "Hamilton Beach" stand-up mixer has a variety of practical applications in modern drink-making.

  • story: Kara Newman
  • photo: Colin Dutton
Cocktails

Mastering the Piña Colada With Erick Castro

In "Masters of X," we spotlight bartenders chasing perfection in one drink. Here, Erick Castro takes on the Piña Colada.

  • story: Amy C. Collins
  • photos: Jim Sullivan
Cocktails

Recreating the Mai-Kai’s Bizarre Black Magic Cocktail

The story behind one of tiki's strangest classics, and the lengths that bartenders have gone to recreate it.

  • story: Lizzie Munro
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Cocktails

Step Inside LA’s Ultimate Tiki Time Warp

Among the tiki cognoscenti, LA's Tiki-Ti bar is considered the best place to experience iconic drinks like the Mai Tai and the Zombie in their original forms.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
Cocktails

Three-Drink Minimum: Bartending With Paul McGee

One of Chicago's top bartenders considers his drink-making style in three recipes.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photos: Nick Murway
Partner Content

How to Use Overproof Rum in Cocktails

Overproof rum has been a staple of the tiki canon since early enthusiasts saw how well it could stand up to citrus juices and syrups.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Partner Content

Drunk in the August Sun

This drier take on the Piña Colada leans on dry sherry to balance the sweetness of pineapple juice and Coco Lopez.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Eric Medsker
Cocktails

A Tour of the Iconic Mai-Kai Tiki Bar

Step inside the Mai Kai, one of the country's oldest and most iconic tiki bars, and find that little has changed since it opened back in 1956.

  • story: Lizzie Munro
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. Next →
The Resurgence of the Lion’s Tail
Featured Article

The Resurgence of the Lion’s Tail

How a quirky Prohibition-era bourbon cocktail came to manifest on U.S. drink menus right now.

More →
Great! You've signed up successfully!
We are experiencing an error, please try again.
By clicking GO, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Penguin Random House Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and agree to receive news and updates from PUNCH and Penguin Random House.

Popular on Punch

  1. Bring Back the Chauncey
  2. In Search of the Ultimate Freezer Martini
  3. The Making of Lost Lake’s Mai Tai
  4. How the Gold Rush Became a Modern Classic
  5. It’s Always Margarita Season
  • About Us
  • RSS Feed
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Terms of Use
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Copyright © 2021 Punch. All Rights Reserved.