Tiki Central Canada

Episode 17: Test Pilot Cocktail

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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