Halekulani Cocktail | How to Drink
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- This week on how to drink I'm making a Halekulani Cocktail, maybe a slightly more obscure Tiki drink, this one comes from the Halekulani Hotel at Waikiki Hawaii. The drink was invented and served at the House Without a Key, a bar at the hotel and just about my favorite name for a bar ever. House without a Key is also the name of the first Charlie Chan novel, and a location around which that series centers.
In the Tiki Pantheon this drink is a bit outside the center of the field as it's based in bourbon, and I opt to go the distance here and use Booker's. Certainly other bourbon's will make a fine drink, but I think what amounted to a more or less random decision I made is part of what made this drink one of my new absolute favorites. I also reserve including the Angostura bitters in the mixer and instead add it to the drink by way of an atomizer and fire. So far as I know that technique was invented by Jeffrey Morgenthaler and is as much for it's visual flair as for anything. But the caramelized bitters floating on the surface of the drink do produce a different flavor profile than a dash or two in the shaker would have, so there is something in that.
All in all, this drink really took me by surprise and is easily one of my absolute favorites of our Tiki series.
Halekulani Cocktail
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Orange Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Pineapple Juice
.25 oz. or 7 ml. Demerara Syrup
Half a teaspoon of Grenadine
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Bourbon (Booker's in my case)
Shake over Cracked ice
Pour into Chilled Coupe
Flame with Atomized Bitters
Garnish with an Orchid
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Greg, I doubt you'll see this, but back in September I was in Waikiki on my honeymoon, I stayed right next to the Halekulani Hotel and based off this video I specifically went to the House Without a Key for this drink... and they looked at me like I was crazy, the bartender had never heard of it before. It was quite disappointing, but I toured a distillery on O'ahu that makes Old Pali Road whiskey and I used that to make one myself, and it was damn good!
Keep up the great work, I'm watching you stream Cyberpunk as I type this and never miss an episode! You really elevated my cocktail game. Thanks
4:26 I don't even drink alcohol but I'm hooked to this channel. The camera work, the editing... your personality... It just works. It's super entertaining. A friend showed me one of your latest videos and I came back to watch them from the first Old Fashioned in the beginning.
Your camera work is just absolutely fantastic. I may never make a single drink I watch here, just I keep coming back to learn of new drinks and watch the fantastic camera work.
I really wish I could have you walk around behind me and just react with satisfaction to things I say and do. Never cut down the amount of time you spend talking about how good the drinks are at the end of the episodes.
Joseph Schipani thank you! I've been thinking of getting into the Motivational Cassette Tape Business actually, just a three hour recording of me showering you with praise and satisfaction for your listening enjoyment!
@@howtodrink I'd buy that for a dollar. Hell, who wouldn't.
Made this and its fantastic! one small adjustment - double it - like its a TINY drink and its so good its gone in seconds
"I believe that our proof... should be stratospherically high."
lol, I think in the end it really wasn't, 1.5 oz. is kind of a shorter pour and there's a lot of other stuff in here. My math is the worst but I don't think the total ABV on this was off the chart.
Gonna make it this weekend, looking fwd to tasting regardless
Your reaction was priceless. I loved the use of the atomizer. It was something different and it looked great on video. I must now try this!
I just made this today. This is going in as a staple to my tiki menu! Omg, I had no idea what I was missing. I love rum and yet there is no rum. Thank you Greg!
I love the classic music in the background. Extremely soothing
Despite the tons of cuts, I love what you're doing with this man. Keep it up! Thank you for such a great channel
It's awesome to see you get excited over a good drink lol
I’m working my way through your Tiki series making the drinks. I just made this...holy moly it’s a good drink! I also get the banana notes. It’s going to become a staple for sure.
This is now my favourite cocktail! Thankyou Greg all the way from Australia
wow i love the iced glass slow motion scene sooo nice! I have to test this one this summer!
"Thiszzisaverry . . it's likea perphectcowktale"
I have watched a lot of your recent videos but love this tiki look vibe in your studio..... keep up the good work
I like it with the lemon in place of lime. Brightens it up.
I love your reactions after sips. We'll need a compilation at some point :)
Thx for cheering me up :)
Loving the theme this season! Keep it man.
Ivey Chanter thank you!
Making this tomorrow!
Love it.
Tried this with a lighter abv rye, and still enjoyed it very much. Dash of Tajìn on top helped as well 😊
You have inspired me; a bourbon based Tiki drink? To celebrate and investigate, I will be taking my wife to the House With No Key this afternoon (at the Halekulani hotel) to see how it compares to the version I made. Thanks for the tip!
So maybe you knew this already, but apparently there is not drink actually called the Halekulani hotel/House Without a Key bar. The only cocktail on their menu that contains bourbon is their Tropical Itch, so I ordered one of those. I was going to upload a couple of pics of their menu, this drink, and the general scenery, but then I remembered TH-cam comments don't "do" pics. Still, this was a great drink to make at home and I could have done worse than to enjoy a Tropical Itch at the Halekulani on a beautiful Hawaiian afternoon!
Serving this one tomorrow along with your grenadine recipe.
I just did a comparison between a Halekulani and a Paper plane - they're almost identical. The pineapple notes are really the only differentiator here
so many jump cuts! was someone rambling? lol i love these videos!
Yeah I guess I need to dial back on the 'ol command-K for the next one.
Haha I love it. I like that you know that much about the drinks. It's really interesting.
@How to Drink: Hey man I really enjoy the background on the drink. I think it's cool to have some context, or just fun trivia. Good channel.
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Seems to be a bit of mic deadening or something going on too that isn't usually present in other videos. But the real issue is, I need to buy that bourbon.
Hey Greg! Is this a 2:1 Demerara syrup or 1:1? I recently bought smugglers cove and their simple syrups are pretty strong sweet wise and new to me since I’m use to 1:1. So I was wondering if you use equal part syrups when you use Demerara or grenadine on your show :p thanks! Love the channel!
Really really delicious. Wish I had some of the overproof bourbon handy, I just used Bulleit. I made another one with Ron Zacapa 23 instead but it didn't add anything to it. Still nice though.
Love this channel . Really ..
Thank you!
Thanks Greg, I always look forward to these. Making one when I get home.
Also, I know it's not exactly classic Tiki, but I have blown through about 5 bottles of ango making Trinidad Sours. That would be a fun video.
I still find it shocking that the Trinidad Sour works... Angostura is not supposed to be "potable"
Please don't! Ounce for ounce, Angostura is the most expensive bottle on my shelf. And once the video is made, I'm compelled to make the drink...
Should probably do a video on making your own Angostura type bitters then instead... *note: I've got nothing specific planned for this yet.
Oh man, I’m going there next week! I’m glad I stumbled on this - will have to try it after I get tired of mai tais at House Without a Key :P (ah, who am I kidding, I’m not gonna get the same drink twice, that’s crazy talk..)
Get all the Mai Tais you want. It’s definitely my default Tiki order. And the drink I judge the bar by.
William Lovas, More than a few years back, I made it my quest to find the best deal on a Mai Tai in Waikiki. I was diligent in my research and I recall that I was asked, politely, to leave perhaps more than one fine establishment. The winner was a piano bar where the patrons would gather ‘round and sing together. What a grand time we all had!
Great drink, great show! Where did you get the bottle for your pineapple juice?
I Greg great video as always, was wondering if you could either do a video on or explain to me all these types of syrups you have. simple, gomme, inverse, demerara? What do they mean? thanks :)
Damn, I'm really looking forward to this one. A Tiki Bourbon drink is somewhat special. Greg, the Demerara syrup looks like a 2:1 (volume) - am I right?
Yup, it's just an inverse (2 parts sugar 1 parts water) simple syrup made with demerara sugar instead of regular white or something. It's not a requirement though.
Greg where did you get these coupettes ? They look amazing!
btw I enjoy your turn on the Tiki Drink stuff ;)
I’m 99% sure this is a thrift store find that I’ve only got one of. And THANK YOU!
Guess I'm buying an atomizer!
So, I'm coming to this via your most recent video with the 5 tiki drinks because I was hoping you had a link to your atomizer. No luck. However, I am curious if you'd ever used this technique for other drinks with bitters and your opinion on it. Manhattan, perhaps?
Where do you buy your glassware? Man im jealous.
Nowadays, The Halekulani just serves POG with cheap rum or vodka. (Not a bad drink, but cheap)
lol that face @ 4:10
WTF? Love to have found this impressive cocktail via HTD and was excited to try it from its source, but when we visited The House Without a Key @ the Halekulani 2 days ago it wasn't on the menu. The server of 7 years never heard of it (and claims to bartend when in CA). I explained it's in Tiki books and all over the internet. He then said their bartender and manager did not know of it. I'm super confused.
Oh....uhhhhh...mhmmm...YYYYAAAAAAAAA!!! hahaha I cracked up!!
How do you do the atomized bitters? Do you just use a pump spray with regular Angostura bitters? Or is there some sort of special atomizer intended for bar use? Also, do you find these ingredients at your local liquor store or do you ever have to order them online, and if so, where do you order them from?
It's a Misto atomizer, typically used for olive oil. It's got a little pump under the lid that let's you pressurize it like a super soaker so you can get a continuous spray with it. I've just got angostura in there.
I'm in a market that makes liqour shopping particularly easy, so I haven't had to do too much mail ordering. Sometimes for stuff like powdered acacia gum, but never for spirits.
Nice! I'm not sure if I could find some of the liquors you use on the show, but I'll keep an eye out. Also I really want to try out that gum syrup... I'll have to make some.
This is the gum I buy for my syrup: amzn.to/2t048q6
Have something handy to store it in, that bag doesn't reseal.
You mentioned a banana flavour being present and I'm not sure if other people agree, but I've always thought a lot of whisky (specially bourbon), to have a banana undertone. You might be experiencing the same thing here.
Bob Marley that is almost certainly exactly it
I finally understand the many jump cuts are caused by Greg's drunkenness
ruofan fang in this case that may be more true.
Please make a 20k subs special drink soon
What's the name of the song?
Pearl Diver next please!!!
Has anyone tried to substitute the burbon with Rum? I am not a burbon guy even more i am not a whiskey guy, i was just wondering if this would taste good? Why shouldnt it right? And Rum ist more tiki anyway :) I think i will just try it myself.
What jigger are you using? I dig it!
Jacob DiPiazza it's a Leopold jigger available from cocktailkingdom.com
Banana notes might be coming from your bourbon? You probably know that's one of the smells/flavours that comes out of some whiskies as they dilute.
Geekmansworld in hindsight I do. My brain was firing on like three cylinders when we shot this though.
Geekmansworld Beam products have a nut funk. Booker's is especially hot peanuts
Would it be acceptable to replace the bourbon with an aged rum?
Sure, though I’m not sure it’s the same drink at that point.
Yeah, I figured that much, it seemed to work though!
last!! 😂😂
I hope not...
3:33 - 3:40 sum up this cocktail in a nutshell, lol.
novo grupo
What makes this be considered a Tiki Drink? Seems almost more of a “sour” recipe. Still wrapping my mind around what really makes a “Tiki Drink” be a “Tiki Drink”!
Why do you use lime juice instead of lemon juice like in the original recipe?
Honestly I think in this case it might have been a mix up. Video is permanent.
How To Drink I only tried your version so far, but while reading The Smuggler’s Cove, I compared the recipes and realized that there was lemon juice instead. I will try it next time with lemon. However, I still have about 50 cocktails on my list to go through before! :D
I worked there
Awesome drink! Maybe a little less jump cuts next time, it's distracting.
sound is messed up, good drink
So this is an old video and I realize that. I’m still compelled to ask how many locations in your D&D groups have been named “The House without a Key.”
Not even one yet! I need to get that in there
I have all of this except the atomizer...
It's beginning to look like I live in a bar, partly as a result of this channel...and at the risk of my spending even more money...have you thought of merch? You know, glasses, shakers, a basic bar setup? T-shirts (I'm not a bar tender, but I've been in bars)?
Sorry man, the atomizer is easy to skip though, just do a little float of bitters at the end.
I have thought about merch... t-shirts seem like an easy one to give a shot to. Honestly I'd like to bottle and sell syrups, I'm in the early phases of research on the legalities of that.
Forgot to reply...sorry....this has now become one of my favorite drinks. I did find an atomizer, it was on the shelf at my grocery, go figure. 100 proof Jim Bean works fine...but you cannot skip the pineapple juice.
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The whiskey guy in me cringed seeing a higher end bourbon going into a cooktail.
Quality spirits make a quality cocktail.
This is the 41st video.
My mom thinks you look like Wil Wheaton and my aunt thinks you sound like him. So take that for what it's worth.
I’ll just recalibrate the deflector shield to focus a stream of tachyons into the spatial anomaly and create a Heisenberg feedback loop in the warpcore to reverse the time flow. Better separate the saucer section first for safety.
Seems like cocktail videos are getting more and more complicated, for a normal person to make.
There is always some weird ingredients that no one knows about or have at home.
Why not make some videos with plain and simple coktails that most people can make and know about ?
Its possible that u say that ur not a bartender, but the cocktails that u make are typical complicated bartender cocktails :D
Sorry if my spelling sucks, im from denmark :D
The audio could use a lot of work.
Prefer the old style of videos !
Sorry, gonna be that guy here. And I'm sure you know this, but the vocal audio is pretty bad...what happened there?
Levi Johnson this hiss/echo? It's really frustrating. It doesn't sound like that in my local file at all, only on TH-cam. I'm not sure what I can do about it
Maybe think about doing a video on the Demerara syrup, as in the parts of what to what. Or you could just tell me in the comments hahaha. Thank you!
Oh sorry! It's just inverse simple syrup (2 parts sugar to 1 part water) made with demerara sugar, nothing very fancy!
How To Drink I thought that's what it would be, just didn't want to mess up this beautiful cocktail. Thanks Greg!
FIRST
u garnished with a toxic orchid wtf
But it looked super pretty! (It’s only like sorta toxic)
Loving the videos, but watch all those awful jump cuts at the start. It is very annoying. Just talk, screw-up, and then use those little supertitles like you have done in other videos. They are pretty damn funny. :-)
noted. I'm not sure how it slipped by me what a chainsaw job I did on this one.
How To Drink we forgive you. Just keep an eye on it. We like the correction texts. Hehe