The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails: A Spirited Journey Through Suburbia's Hidden Tiki Temples

Come and explore suburbia's hidden tiki temples with Kelly and Tom. Sample over 150 of their original tropical cocktails

These drinks chronicle their time spent bartending at home tiki bars during the rise of the craft cocktail revolution, among them Kirby's Rumpus Room, which hosted weekly parties for many years. Included are riffs on tropical classics and original concoctions crowd-tested at home bars across the U.S. You'll also find recipes for home-made syrups, including ancho chilli, lemongrass, sesame, hibiscus, and more.

Sven Kirsten--the authority behind The Book of Tiki--provides the Foreword. The book features full-page cocktail photos and glamour shots of some of the coolest home tiki bars around. Additionally, you'll find lavish illustrations by Tiki Tony, chapter heading illustrations by Jake Geiger--a tiki aficionado and game designer for such hits as Guitar Hero and Call of Duty--and select featured art by Doug Horne, who is a true lowbrow Leonardo familiar to the tiki scene.

This guide is proof that you don't have to go very far to sample the best tropical drinks in town. Belly up to your basement Bali Hai or backyard Bora-Bora and mix yourself a tropical vacation

Author: Tom Morgan, Kelly Reilly
Publisher: Korero Press
Published: 04/01/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.60w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780993337444
ISBN10: 0993337449
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic | Bartending & Cocktails
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic- General

About the Author

Tom Morgan teaches film, screenwriting, and public speaking. He lives in the West Hills of Southern California's San Fernando Valley, in the US.

Kelly Reilly is a US mixologist and bartender. At the famous Tonga Hut in North Hollywood, she was instrumental in revamping their cocktail menu and helping to organize their Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard programme. She lives in Los Angeles.

Foreword by Sven A. Kirsten
Sven A. Kirsten is the author of the Book of Tiki, which is widely acknowledged as the bible of the style, and Tiki Modern, which further explores Tiki style's relation to mid-century modernism. His most recent work, Tiki Pop, represents the complete chronicles of America's obsession with Polynesia.