Tiki Central Canada

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Hayley Pugh from "Common Eatery" here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Matt Noyes from "Norca" here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Shannon Blue Nanibush from "Fauna" here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Vysion Elter from "Jasper" here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Sheldon Jackson from "The Rabbit Hole" here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Cody Nicoll from "The Waverley" here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Mike Campbell from here in Ottawa.

Hi folks,This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some prizes as well. The entrance fee at the door is $65 but that gives you an evening of amazing cocktails made by the best bartenders/mixoligist in Ottawa. There will also be some great food pairings with the drinks so come out and see the best of the best.This episode we talk to Jordan Lang from "The Albion Rooms" here in Ottawa.

Hey Folks!!So this is a special episode as I have a new co-host Paola Vettori from Broadcasting Program (intern of BOB FM Brockville) {while Cam is gone}.Our special guest today is Mark Keill (also in at CKCU) and been to over 30+ tiki bars and locations. Yes this makes him an expert! LOL!Congrats to our February winner for the contest: Heidi Pawluk!! There will be a new one starting April 1st so keep your eyes our for it and you too can be a winner!!!The drink today is the Jungle Bird Cocktail which is a third generation tiki drink which was created in Malaysia by Jeffery Ong (who by the way just recently passed away on February 26th this year). He only got the credit for the drink this past year so I guess he finally got his fame! What age do you want to live to? We give you our answers and its all in the jar for me. If you not sure what that means, well listen! It's one of those drinks that mixologist love to play with and there are so many recipes as we have talked before about but we will give you two

Hey guys, this is part two of my journey to Curacao and another amazing drink we found at the Sunscape Resort near Willemstad, Curaçao. Sunscape resort site: http://www.sunscaperesorts.com/ Where is Curacao you may ask? Well listen to find out! This great tropical drink called the "Chill Out" will definitely chill you out if you are having a bad day. With great combinations of coconut rum, melon liqueur, vodka and some OJ; you will soon be thinking what stress?? We go into some more cool facts about Curacao such as: 1) Floating bridge: this bridge is the only one in the world that operates this way which is that it actually moves across the channel to let ships pass but to return for locals so they can get from west side of the island to the east side of the island. Here is a link of the video taken by a travel company of this amazing bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZks49_PPak 2) Floating market from Venezuela: these Venezuelan farmers actually travel each day to Curacao's Willemstad to sell their fr

Hi Guys,Just got back from Curacao and you are wondering where is this place? I'll fill you in and the cool cocktail we learned on our trip that is a great tropical drink for the summer or even now!So Cam is still out looking for the perfect photo and so Mike and Dan are filling in for him.Sunscape resort in Curacao is the perfect resort for us and highly recommended to go stay at for your vacation. Here is the link to their site: http://www.sunscaperesorts.com/The cocktail contains Blue Curacao which you do see in Blue Lagoons and Blue Hurricanes we know in tiki menus. This is the real deal not the sugar based liqueur we know on our North America's shelf at the liquor store. This is a orange liqueur which actually you can get in different colors such as blue, green, red, orange and even clear. These all them tastes the same by the way!!BOLS company started its adventures in Curacao on liqueurs and how did they get the spices back to Amsterdam (West India Company) and who found this amazing island..Christophe

Hey guys, This is our second show recorded from Algonquin College Bartending Program with special guests: Mike (covering for Cam as you noticed Cam is still looking for the perfect picture travelling the world), Spencer Proulx (a graduate of the bartending program), and finally return of Shelley Gibson (presently in the program). Today, we will talk about "The Bacardi Cocktail" from the 1917 in Cuba which is not a "tiki" drink but has a cool history of the drink and was created in the Caribbean. It's the Daq's brother (spin off) which has a weird history. You wondering...well find out!!This drink goes into a coupe glass and we will talk about my favorite glass and some of the history of the glass. Not what you think. Plus, we will talk about glassware (in general) which is also important to the drink.We get into more information about the bartending course like what unique drinks they are creating, what course is Shelley's favorite. What can you get out of the course as Spencer explains. Wondering...listen t

Hi guys! I hope everyone is enjoying the new year and so this episode we are recording live from the Bartending Program at Algonquin College in Ottawa (this part 1 of 2 at the college). We will be covering the Hurricane cocktail from New Orleans which was created just after prohibition times. We go over the history of the Hurricane cocktail and how did this unique glass become into play? We have Shelley Gibson and Kristy Proulx (present students of the course) joining us and talk about the Bartending program. We go over who Robert Hess is? Curious? Listen and find out!We ask Shelley and Kristy questions concerning what is involved about the program and the fun they have making drinks.In "Did you Know?" segment, we cover some cool details how prohibition started and we all know with not great results. Where's the rum?Oh I almost forgot...we have a February contest going on til February 28th and so go to our website: www.tikicentralcanada.ca and apply! You may just win!!Here are some cool links for the episode:

Hey guys,Welcome to 2019. A new year and new episode. Cam is not on this episode as he is skiing the slops of Vancouver (Cam..don't break a leg). We have a few of my regular guests from Earl of Sussex that are filling in for Cam.This episode we talk about Trader Vic's famous cocktail: Scorpion Bowl (His third best seller).Congrats to Shelley Price for winning our December contest!!We talk about this bowl that a group of guests can share and came from the Polynesian traditional tribal bowl (was known as Kava Bowl). It was originally in their culture made from a plant called Kava which like Cannabis which has medical qualities such as boosting your immune system and fight of inflammations, help sleeping and mental awareness. But like every drug, there are some bad side effects such as dry flaky skin; yellowness of skin, finger nails and hair; lung problems; not able to process protein and losing weight. We talk about how tribe's men would consume this drink which would be offered to visiting tribe's men and t

Hey guys!This is our final episode of the year and what a year it has been (being our first year). We start the show off with a lovely Christmas story for you to enjoy!In this episode, we will be covering cocktails from tiki bars in North America (yes, they gave up the recipes).The first bar we will cover is the Shameful Tiki Room in Toronto, Ontario Canada with their cocktail: Mai’a Keko (remember the recipes are on our website for you to make at home).The next bar is the Tiki Underground in Hudson, Ohio, USA with their cool spin on a Mai Tai cocktail.We follow that with the Test Pilot Bar from Santa Barbara, California, USA that has a cocktail named: Oaxacan Dead (thinking a spin off of a Zombie which it packs a wallop). Next one, Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco, USA covers their drink called the Captain's Grog (I think a spin off of Navy Grog) and by the way Smuggler's is the creators of "Smuggler's Cove" tiki bible.And finally we have: The Tiki Room in Vancouver, BC, Canada with their cocktail Bermuda's

On this episode, we go to Bermuda to get the famous Rum Swizzle cocktail. It's made at the Swizzle Inn of course in Bailey's Bay, Bermuda. We got this recipe from the family that runs this amazing location since the 1960's and has been open since the 1930's. Jay Correia and his family have the drink featured in their bar. Where did the swizzle stick come from? Well, listen and find out! Learn also about the Bermuda Triangle and some of its history. Christopher Columbus had his issues in the triangle but why? Find out!Pusser's Rum is in this lovely cocktail but where does it come from?On the "Where did it come from?" segment, we talk about Bermuda's Gosling "Black Seal" rum and all about this unique rum. Don't forget our December contest giveaway through our website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. The prize is a $25 Visa gift card and a bartender's starter kit. The winner will be announced in January.Stay tune for our last episode of the year. This episode will feature tiki bars around North America and their fa

Here is another great episode on tiki cocktails with this one featuring a classic: Three Dots and a Dash. This cocktail is a Don the Beachcomber's original (who is Don the Beachcomber?...well listen and we will go through his career and what he has done for tiki culture). The cocktail: 3 dots and a dash was made during World War II and was a Morse code for "V". What is the significance of the "V"?It meant victory and was also used by Winston Churchill who popularized the symbol and eventually converted into a sign for peace. When making a cocktail using the "grandma pasta sauce process", you might have to tweak it to your liking. How do you do that? The "Straw" test is the answer. We'll go through this process and why is the bartender sucking on a straw when he makes my drink...well you will find out.This drink has a cool garnish: 3 cherries and a pineapple spear.How do I make crushed ice for cocktails? Find out. There is a cool tool with link on the website to buy one. I want one LOL.Where did all these tiki

Hey guys we are back! We want to welcome our new listeners to the show and please leave any comments you would like to leave for us. The episode we talk about a classic tiki cocktail made by Don the Beachcomber and yes clones after such as Trader Vic's.This drink was made during world war II and so aviation was a big deal during this time as "if you owned the skies, you owned the land". Several clones of this drink came after named things such as: Jet Pilot, Ace Pilot, Space Pilot and even Astronaut. We finally give you guys the recipe for Falernum which is a tiki secret ingredient til lately thanks to Beachbum Berry's work on tiki recipes. We do give you another recipe from Steve Crane's luau restaurant who was a famous bartender during the tiki first generation. We give you some facts as why did tiki drop off the map so to speak during late 50's early 60's (i.e. Vietnam war, baby boomers, vodka introduction to USA, and disco).And so what happened to Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber because of this shift i

This is the season for pumpkin spice drinks! But wait..pumpkin belongs in a pie so we are going to do cinnamon spice rum drinks. These drinks follow the evolution of drinks from a basic recipe and add another element/ingredient and now a new recipe. This show will cover 4 drinks today! Yes 4. Well, we have one called the Flip from the 1700's, Hot toddy from 1786, Jerry Thomas's (1862) who was one of the first bartenders to publish his recipes to the world, and finally Martha Stewart. Yes, cooking with Craig and Cam.We will talk about a special tool to make the Flip cocktail that was used back in the tavern days (1700's). Loggerhead ( and no not the turtle) that would be heated up and sear the drink to perfection. If a brawl broke out, you got a weapon to defend yourself as well. Martha Stewart's recipe will have butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla ice cream. And of course, gold rum!!On The "Where did it come from?": we will cover the Cruzan rum which is one of my favorite rums from the Caribbea

Sorry for the delay folks!Arrrr...It's "Talk Like a Pirate" day on September 19th. So this episode, we will be covering some cool facts about pirates, and how did this holiday start and by who? The drink we will cover is the Navy Grog that actually goes back to a process on British Navy Ships for rationing out rum. Yes rum!! We will discuss who created it, and a few recipes for you as well. The cool garnish for this drink is the ice cone cube and below will be links to purchase one if you like and a video to make it correctly. Pirate code and some myths that you never would think about being true. We will give you some cool words/phrases to talk like a pirate as well. Recipe: (Don the beachcomber's):1 oz white rum, 1 oz dark Jamaican rum, 1 oz Demarara rum, 1 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey to water), 0.75 lime juice, 0.75 grapefruit juice and 0.75 soda water. Garnish is the ice coneHere is the link to purchase the ice cone: https://www.cocktailkingdomcanada.com/signature/beachbum-berry/navy-grog-cone-kitHere is t