Essential Tiki

Doctor Bird Rum, named for the national bird of Jamaica which is also emblazoned on the colorful label, is a blend of pot-still rums from Jamaica's...

The national bird of Jamaica, the Doctor Bird has been immortalized in Jamaican culture for centuries. This fruit-forward, no-holds-barred blend of...

A blend of lightly aged and carbon filtered rums from three of the Caribbean's most important rum producing islands: rich and full bodied rum from ...

One of the most beloved rums in the mixology and Tiki communities, Smith & Cross is revered for bringing back the funky, high-hogo style of rum...

A blend of 2 year old pot and column still rums from Wray and Nephew/Appleton Estate, designed to be a full bodied and flavorful addition to tiki c...

Full-flavored blend of pot and continuous still rums from Demerara Distillers Limited of Guyana, including light and heavy rums – the latter distil...

It’s back! The Gold Standard of overproof rum.  Exceptional complexity over gentle oak with enticing hints of raw brown sugar, dried fruits, burnt ...

Hamilton Navy Strength Rum is a careful blend of Jamaican and Guyanese rums from Worthy Park and Demerara Distillers Ltd. On the palate, rich notes...

Plantation Barbados 5 years is a blend of rum from Barbados, the birthplace of rum. This blend ages first in Bourbon casks in its native tropical s...

Created in collaboration with several of the rum world's brightest luminaries, Plantation OFTD is intended to be the ultimate heavy, dark, brooding...

A medium bodied blend of rums from Trinidad: a heavy rum distilled to a lower proof by only passing through a single column, and a more neutral dis...

The La Favorite distillery, built in 1842, originally employed a water wheel to power the cane-crushing mills, the first step in sugar production. ...

Because of the intense tropical humidity and protection from the marine layer over the estate, the sugarcane at Habitation Bellevue, the home of Rh...

Based on a 19th century recipe,  this is a traditional French “triple sec” – three separate distillations of spices and the “sec” or bitter, peels ...

A blend of the finest white and aged Agricole Rhums, married with macerated Créole spices and sun-bleached bitter orange peels. Créole Shrubb burst...

From its origins in Jamaica, the allspice berry has been prized for its exceptional tastes of clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg and a pepper note that da...

Produced in Barbados, Taylor's Velvet Falernum was first created by John D. Taylor of Bridgetown in 1890 and has since gone on to be a bar essentia...

Use for craft cocktails, superb sodas, and more. Molasses-rich demerara sugar in a rich (2:1 sugar to water) syrup. Sophisticated, subtle, yet smoo...

To make their Pineapple Gum Syrup, Liber and Co. combines cold-pressed pineapple juice with cane sugar and gum arabic.  With fully 60% of the syrup...

The toasted coconut meat lends a light nuttiness and a deeper flavor not found in plain coconut - which helps it pair spectacularly with barrel-age...

Sweet and subtle with a rich and nutty aroma, almonds can make any cocktail, mocktail or coffee drink somehow both more cozy and more exotic. This ...

Shirley Temple’s favorite companion and a bartender’s go-to add-in. Grenadine syrup has been used as the primary inspiration for many cocktails and...

Cinnamon and Allspice with a strong cast of supporting spice flavors. A taste of the islands. We recommend adding a dash to libations served in sh...

Bright and acidic, with grapefruit and hibiscus overtones and underlying spice notes of allspice, ginger and vanilla. “J2” are the perfect compleme...

The first notes bring to mind the juicy sweet taste of pineapple straight off the grill; one can't help but be transported to a beach surrounded by...

  Caramelized fresh banana with rich umami and a fragrant Bergamot citrus for balance. Great pairing for Rum drinks, rich tropical drinks and spiri...

In the style of a 19th Century Aromatic Bitters (Abbott's perhaps...), these combine exotic root spices such as Zedoary, Angelica Root, and Galang...

Known as honi in Hawaii or hongi by the Māori, a Polynesian Kiss is a greeting in which 2 people press together their noses and foreheads at the s...

Martin and Rebecca Cate, founders and owners of Smuggler’s Cove, take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki: its birth as an e...

Other ginger beers try to be both a spicy soda and a mixer. So they end up doing neither well. Q Ginger Beer is a mixer and a mixer only – it is sp...