Category: Cocktails

Polynesiacs Book Cover

Announcing Polynesiacs – Tiki at Home

In case you haven’t heard yet, Wonk Press (our publishing company) has…

Revised Falernum Recipe

Small confession time — I recently realized Minimalist Tiki‘s falernum recipe could…

Let’s Talk Sugar and Demerara Syrup

Let’s talk sugar and syrups. Cocktail recipes often call for Demerara syrup,…

Manuala Savona, Alexandre Gabriel, Jeff Berry and David Wondrich on a panel at Tales of the Cocktail

Jeff Berry, David Wondrich, and Alexandre Gabriel Tell Origin Stories of Stiggins’ Fancy and OFTD Rums

At Tales of the Cocktail 2022, renowned rum and cocktail experts David…

Cocktail Wonk Top Ten Stories of 2021

Welcome to my traditional year-end introspective for CocktailWonk.com, my free-form writing outlet.

Jamaican Spiced Swizzle #3

It’s always exciting to see a not-so-common ingredient enter the tiki recipe…

Gatekeeping the Mai Tai

As a Tiki drink enthusiast, it’s exciting to see new people joining…

Tiki’s Missing Ingredient: “Martinique Rum” of Yore

One of the hallmarks of the modern Tiki revival is the obsessive…