Tiki Central Canada

Hi Folks, I hope everyone is doing well and we are glad that we get to bring you the show while you are stuck at home. This episode's drink that we will be covering is called the Ancient Mariner which is a Jeff "Beachbum" Berry cocktail. This drink was created by accident as Jeff was reverse engineering one of Trader Vic's recipe "The Navy Grog". This cocktail was a result of trying to re-create the drink and I must say that I'm glad he did as it is delicious. The two items of Trader Vic's that gave Jeff a hard time to figure out was the rum mix and the navy grog mix. Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber would mix different rums from around the world to make their own special blend to make drinks. We found through time that Don would use honey syrup in his Navy Grog and Vic would use Pimento Dram and simple syrup. For the recipe to this drink, check out our website recipe page: https://tikicentralcanada.ca/recipes/The reason for the name of the drink is not the Rime of the Ancient Mariner poem that most peopl