The Incomplete History of the Lapu Lapu Tiki Cocktail

[@nomnomnom7976]

This guy tells stories as great as his cocktail making

[@makeanddrink]

Question is how well do I make cocktails???

[@nomnomnom7976]

Greatly @@makeanddrink

[@BravingTheOutDoors]

You should check out 'Distinguished Spirits' as well. He also tells good stories.

[@evijade1]

He is so calming and interesting, it’s like nothing on KZbin .

[@benandrovich112]

Still one of my favorite of your videos!! I love when you pull those old photos and menus! So great!

[@rhcpflea5]

Man, you don’t disappoint. Got another drink added to my tiki arsenal. Keep ‘em coming!

[@makeanddrink]

Thank you!

[@robmichaels4728]

Thank you for the history, and the trials to make an outstanding drink- now we can make a little tweak here or there to make it ours. Great content as we have come to expect, still loving the skill with video making and story telling.

[@brianherman503]

Fantastic vid!

[@ocbartender3960]

Great video. As someone who was there w/Dushan working on the Tiki cocktails @ Royal Hawaiian I can say w/100% certainty that Dushans twist or riff on the Lapu Lapu was truly fantastic & one that people must try!

[@makeanddrink]

That’s awesome. The one currently on the menu is delicious!

[@lhardy624]

Hey Derek, could you let me know the volume of the snifter glass please? Love your channel, many thanks

[@makeanddrink]

Their either 15-16 oz. Great size for tropical drinks

[@benandrovich112]

Derek, I LOVE this video! The deep dive on the history and the images you use are amazing, makes for a great watch so thank you for the quality of your videos. Also, I’ve tinkered with this one and my proportions are 1, 1, 1.5 oz of Lime, Grapefruit and OJ. I hump up the passionfruit syrup by .25 Oz and take down the Demerara syrup by .25. I’ve used a Cuban Rum (Havana Club) as my base and then the same Hamilton Rums for the Jamaican and float. My twist on it is a little more tart but with the club soda, it’s just how I like it!! I hope you give it a try. Enjoy!

[@LeBlancKnives]

Here to boost the algorithm 🚀. Thanks again for the awesome content!

[@11alexstreet]

Ive been hoping you’d make this one! No recipes I’ve seen have seemed that appetizing… so much juice in it. This one looks great - going to make it as soon as I can get a fresh passionfruit for the garnish. Have you thought about acid adjusting this one so as to use less citrus?

[@7-Liana-7]

Great content as always Derek 👏👍. Keep do it..🤜🤛 It was a fascinating story, cocktail..thank you 🍹🙂

[@makeanddrink]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@7-Liana-7]

@@makeanddrink 💋👏🙂

[@benandrovich112]

I just got my delivery of the Minimalist Tiki book because of your amazing videos!! Can’t wait to make a Commando Grog tomorrow!

[@mbalash3755]

Hey Derek thanks for sharing so many great tiki cocktails! My wife and I are going through them and thoroughly enjoying them!🗿🗿🗿

[@SaintMark5]

Ill try this next! The recipe I found when I was assembling mine has vanilla syrup and no 151 and it's always a hit.

[@brettbly4571]

Great stuff as always.

[@JohnnyLobes]

I thought I was the only person that had that Mickey Mouse Cook Book!!!! I remember begging my parents for it when we were at Disneyland. I wish they would make an updated one.

[@darrinroberts335]

I've been to the Royal Hawaiian all my (drinking) life, including all the remodels. The Lapu Lapu's were legendary. I was stoked to see the recipe in my original Grog Log, and yeah they were always STRONG and the recipe was SECRET. I'm even old enough to remember it like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noiqqougnseJjcUsi=16ESHcyZ_ycX6Nsu Another great video, Derek. Cheers. 🥂

[@nicolasnegrete3226]

I need more cocktails like this!

[@abramolivas8040]

I noticed you had a strainer on the mixing tin as you poured the fruit juices. Something I hadn't seen before, and I get the idea, but isn't that texture part of what sets tiki drink apart and why they aren't normally strained?

[@makeanddrink]

Ultimately it's preference. I don't like pulp from orange or grapefruit and my juicer can make a lot of pulp when you half or quarter the fruit. But I also use it in case of lemon seeds since I know I'm not straining it later. Most bars will prep their fruit juices and some might strain, some might not, but depending on how you juice and what kind of juicer you use you'll get various amounts of pulp.

[@abramolivas8040]

@@makeanddrinkI see thanks!

[@brianherman503]

Super helpful!

[@jaramark]

This recipe is the bees knees… crushable uncrushable

[@10ark]

This is the un named cocktail on page 26 of the book, "Grog Log"! I only know this because I "coincidentally" made the cock tail tonight!

[@mikezimmermann89]

Reminds me of the Sidewinder’s Fang… right down to being served in a snifter.

[@makeanddrink]

Very close recipes

[@nicolasnegrete3226]

Amaizing story!

[@mikeyreese]

Love the Lapu Lapu! Do you make your own passion fruit syrup? If so, how?

[@makeanddrink]

I make my own using Funkin puree with a 2:1 simple syrup, which is the Smugglers Cove recipe. But I've also bought passion fruit syrup or made it from frozen chunks and they all work out well.

[@jacksongilder]

There's a descepency between the recipe in the video and the one in the description. In the video, you call for 1.5 oz of pot still, and the recipe calls for only one oz. I defaulted to the larger one, of course. Delicious! *hic"🥴

[@ScottyCycles]

Trader Sam's makes a good Chief Lapu Lapu as well.