Tropical Cocktail's
 

Aloha~
Just wondering, where in Hawaii, did you get your first "Unforgettable Cocktail"? Mine was at Cheeseburger in Paradise, my very first trip to Hawaii.
It was a Lava Flow,, I really knew I was in paradise, looking at my first Hawaiian sunset, listening to a band doing a rendition on "Margeritaville", and sipping my very first Lava Flow! Heaven... = )
Lori

Maybe the name "lava flow" is particularly enticing to start off a first time visit to Hawaii. Mine was also a Lava Flow. Our first trip, we had a late afternoon flight, so after checking into the hotel we headed straight to Dukes but we missed the sunset. It was dark but I wanted to "test the waters." I remember after our drinks, stepping onto the sand of Waikiki Beach and dipping my feet into the ocean to see if it felt different from the beaches back home. I felt like a giddy, little kid. If only I'd know what an addiction it'd turn into. (Hawaii..not the drinks of course! Well, maybe both :)

My experience is nowhere near as exotic or romantic... first thing after checking into my hotel, I run across the street to the ABC Store and buy a bottle of local rum and a carton of pass-0-guava juice. Then hit the hotel ice machine and make a pitcher of "mai tais" in my kitchenette and take it out to the pool!

BUMP!

I'm with you suze, I love POG. I found it last at K-Mart in soda type cans for like $1 for a 6 pack.

I drink it the entire time sometimes with a little vodka or rum. Yummy.

Goombay Smash in the Abacos!

Mojitos in Miami!

Pain in the A$$es in Islamorada!

Kalik in the Bahamas!

Rum Swizzles in Bermuda!

Te-kill-ya in Mexico!

Red Stripe in Jamaica mon!

They all sound YUMMY! I love POG, too. Found it the first time to Maui, at the Safeway in Lahaina. Try mixing it with a little Parrot Bay coconut Rum, very tasty! : )
Lori

1982. Age eighteen. Second trip to Hawaii. Had a delicious pineapple daquiri at a free-standing bar in the International Marketplace in Honolulu. Probably made more delicious by the "forbidden" aspect of it... (Drinking age was 21 in my home state.)

Mine was a mai tai at an open air bar at a hotel in Kona on my honeymoon in 1982. The following recipe goes with us each year when we visit Maui - we purchase all the ingredients in a local grocery store. It really takes us back!

Mai Tai

Serves 2:

2 ounces light rum
2 ounces dark rum
2 capfuls orgeat syrup (almond/sugar syrup)
2 ounces pineapple juice
2 ounces orange juice (fresh is best)
1 lime
2 tablespoons Curacao

Pack a cocktail shaker or pitcher with ice. Add rum, orgeat syrup, pineapple juice and orange juice. Shake to mix. Divide mixture into two tall glasses and squeeze ½ juice of lime into each glass. Float a scant teaspoon of Curacao over each glass. Enjoy!

The last time I went to Hawaii I checked into my hotel and couldn't wait to get my feet in the sand, so off I went down the beach - Waikiki, of course. I stopped at the Banyon Bar at the Moana - right on the beach - and ordered a drink - "A Day at the Beach" - which hit the spot and was appropriate for my inaugural drink for that vacation. Many others followed over the next two weeks - all just as yummy (or more so!) - Lava Flows were my favorite, but I also liked the fu-fu-ie pink one (kind of like a pink pina colada) at the Royal Hawaiian and a Blue Tahiti at the Waikiki Marriott.

POG and Grog, pretty good mixture !

First umbrella drink in Hawaii for us was at Stinger Ray's in the inter-island terminal at HNL while waiting for Maui flight. Very generously poured it was too.