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Beachbum Berry's Intoxica!

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These two volumes will make you never want to order a high priced, poorly mixed, tropical drink from the bar again!! I highly recommend these books to anyone who wants to have a cocktail from an era when making a drink was an art form. Why I say, "Buy both of these books!!" -

1. Vintage tropical drinks from the 1930's to 1970's featuring Don the Beachcomber.
2. Has easy to follow receipes, a strenghth scale so you dont get too tipsy, & a handy conversion table that makes measuring so simple.
3.W/ just a few ingredients, you can make a variety of drinks, so you don't need to spend your whole paycheck getting started.
4.Calls for fresh fruit juice...squeezing your own lemons & limes is fun & good excerise :) Seriously...fresh juice makes the difference!!
5.I had Mai Tais while I was in the Hawaiian islands. Actually, I had one at every bar & hotel I stopped at ;) hee hee, but NONE compared to the two vintage receipes found in these logs.

Kudos to the cool cats involved w/ creating this great collection!!
I am eagerly awaiting Volume #3
Mahalo nui loa, a hui hou!
(Thank you very much, until next time!)

This is volume two, and just as good. The only other "tiki" drink books worth buying were printed in the 40s and 50s, and this update is better. You have the current ingredients. Any drink enthusiast needs to have the recipes of the masters on hand.
-Swanky
Organizer of Hukilau - the East coast annual tiki event. ...

Just when my "grog log" was beginning to fall apart in curacao-stained tatters, the Beachbum comes out with the new edition. Intoxica is even BETTER than the first. Timeless recipes and unending fun await. For anyone who wishes to delve into the world of exotic drinks, this is the BEST book that I've come across. In no time at all you will be mixing the most amazing and tasty concoctions in your own kitchen.You will never order a tropical drink at a bar again. Get This Book!

More great tiki drink recipes from Beachbum Berry and a great follow up to his previous book. A must buy if you want to wow your friends at your next party.

This is one of the greatest tiki drink books around, but now there's a new version out - Beachbum Berry Remixed, a completely revised and updated anthology of Grog Log and Intoxica! Featuring 107 additional recipes: 41 newly discovered, previously unpublished vintage Tiki drink recipes; 43 of the best new recipes from today's Tiki revival, gathered especially for Remixed from the world's top mixologists and cocktail writers; and 23 new original recipes by the Bum.

So, don't spend $100+ on this old version, get Beachbum Berry Remixed instead!Beach Bum Berry Remixed

A trove of information and backstories behind tiki culture. if you are interested in this era and all it contains, this is a very interesting book.

Fantastic book, just like his first one (Grog Log). Spiral bound to lie flat while you are mixing. Tasty drinks, what more could you want? We have enjoyed "Blood of the Kapu Tiki", "Surf Room Mai Tai" and more. The only downside to Beachbum Berry's books is that you will never want to order a cocktail in a bar again, because you will only want drinks that are as good as the ones in his books.

THANK YOU BEACHBUM BERRY!

Beachbum Berry started with The Grog Log and, amazingly, just kept going. He is the undisputed world's expert on Tiki drinks. If you are a diehard fan of Tiki or a cocktail aficionado you should just buy all of Beachbum's books. If you are a beginner, start with Remix and work your way backwards.
You can find all of his books here:
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I have to admit that I had second thoughts after hitting the place order button for this book based solely on price. I had never paid so much for a book before. When it arrived, I poured over the pages and made my Bev Mo list. Coincidentally, my husband and I were headed out for our anniversary that very night and were going to a tiki bar in Alameda, CA - Forbidden Island. [...] We went and had drinks and so many of the drinks were in this book! I was so excited that I kept telling my husband this one is in there, that one is in there... As I've now made a few drinks from the book, I can guarantee to you, if you like tropical drinks, you NEED this book. it's fabulous! Now, I'm so glad I spent the money. Totally worth while.

Wonderfully researched classic cocktails, those brilliant concoctions of an era when exotica, tiki exotica, ruled. The retro-tiki crowd has caught onto these books, and more importantly, caught onto these very well crafted drinks.

The downside is that after making drinks from Beachbum Berry's books, you'll be sadly let down in any bar ordering a Mai Tai, or a Zombie. Unless the bartender has this book.