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Tiki time: Suffering Bastard Sno-Cone Pitcher

For a fast and easy Tiki drink, I’ll share what I call the Suffering Bastard Sno-Cone Pitcher. As someone that is often stuck making drinks inside while all the other kids play outside, I have adapted the Suffering Bastard recipe from Difford’s Encyclopedia to make a blender version that feeds a number of people (yep, [...]

We have online gift certificates now

You’ll see them on our homepage and under the Gift Ideas category. This is in response to the repeated requests we’ve had from our customers. (Thanks for making us get off our butts and get it done.) Hopefully this will be a help to those of you struggling with gift ideas from our store. Happy [...]

B.G.Reynolds’ syrups are the newest offering at TCB

We’re happy to announce the arrival of the full line of syrups from Portland, Oregon’s B.G. Reynolds. Cocktail fans, especially those with a love for tiki and tropical drinks should enjoy these well respected, hand-crafted, small batch syrups. Flavours include: Orgeat; Falernum; Vanilla Syrup; Ginger Syrup; Hibiscus Grenadine; Don’s Mix; Don’s Spices #2; Passion Fruit [...]

Peychaud’s and Regans’ are in da house!

We finally managed to get our paws on some Peychaud’s and Regans’ Orange No. 6. And though it might seem like a horrible cash grab on our part, for the moment, we’ll only be selling them as part of a 3-bottle set (along with Dr. Adam’s Boker’s). We’re doing this in an attempt to stop [...]

It’s Tiki time!

I’d like to think it’s tiki time all the time – I mean, who wouldn’t? But all of a sudden our tiki mugs, volcano bowls, bamboo straws and ice crushers are practically running out the door. It could be the warm weather or perhaps it’s just that every time you turn around, someone is talking [...]

Boker’s Bitters are back in stock!

Hi everyone. Just wanted to let you all know that the crazy popular Dr. Adam Elemegirab’s Boker’s Bitters is back in stock. We received a shipment including all of Dr. Adam’s great flavours this morning so they are now available again online. It’s a wonderful flavour that I highly recommend, especially  in a Rittenhouse Manhattan, [...]

Manual ice crushers are here!

Love Brambles and Mai Tais? After plenty of searching and hunting we finally convinced a U.S. based company to ship us some. Trust us, it wasn’t easy. But now we have a great hand-cranked ice crusher in stock. It makes perfect crushed ice every time and it doesn’t look to shabby to boot! Our Bramble [...]

We carry oak barrels now

Barrel aging cocktails is all the rage and The Crafty Bartender now sells charred oak barrels in 1, 2, 3 and 5 litre sizes. I’m working on the product pages and images now, and they should be visible on the homepage tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great week! ~Kennedy