Tiki Central Canada

Hi folks, This is a short interview with Mark Keill (our tiki expert) while at the "Made with Love" event which was held on April 1st here in Ottawa recently. The main episode from that event will be released on Monday April, 8th to listen to. Stay tuned for that one as we talk with Paola about the event and a cool tiki drink: Planter's Punch. We also go into some cool facts about Disney and tiki....

Hi Guys, Yes, we recorded this episode live at the "Made with Love" competition in Ottawa on April 1st. There will be in the background so I do apologize ahead of the time for the additional background noise. So, at this event we see the top mixologist in Ottawa making some amazing drinks and food. The drink we discuss on this episode is a classic tiki drink that has changed over the century it ha...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hi folks, This will be a 11 part series of interviews from the competitors who will participating in the National "Made with Love" competition. This event will be held on Monday, April 1st, 2019 in the horticultural building from 5pm to 11pm. Tiki Central Canada will be there and record a live episode as well. Come by and check out our booth that will be tikified and cool tiki trivia for some priz...

Hey Folks!! So this is a special episode as I have a new co-host Paola Vettori from Broadcasting Program (intern of BOB FM Brockville) {while Cam is gone}. Our special guest today is Mark Keill (also in at CKCU) and been to over 30+ tiki bars and locations. Yes this makes him an expert! LOL! Congrats to our February winner for the contest: Heidi Pawluk!! There will be a new one starting April 1st...

Hey guys, this is part two of my journey to Curacao and another amazing drink we found at the Sunscape Resort near Willemstad, Curaçao. Sunscape resort site: http://www.sunscaperesorts.com/ Where is Curacao you may ask? Well listen to find out! This great tropical drink called the "Chill Out" will definitely chill you out if you are having a bad day. With great combinations of coconut rum, melon l...

Hi Guys, Just got back from Curacao and you are wondering where is this place? I'll fill you in and the cool cocktail we learned on our trip that is a great tropical drink for the summer or even now! So Cam is still out looking for the perfect photo and so Mike and Dan are filling in for him. Sunscape resort in Curacao is the perfect resort for us and highly recommended to go stay at for your vaca...

Hey guys, This is our second show recorded from Algonquin College Bartending Program with special guests: Mike (covering for Cam as you noticed Cam is still looking for the perfect picture travelling the world), Spencer Proulx (a graduate of the bartending program), and finally return of Shelley Gibson (presently in the program). Today, we will talk about "The Bacardi Cocktail" from the 1917 in Cu...

Hi guys! I hope everyone is enjoying the new year and so this episode we are recording live from the Bartending Program at Algonquin College in Ottawa (this part 1 of 2 at the college). We will be covering the Hurricane cocktail from New Orleans which was created just after prohibition times. We go over the history of the Hurricane cocktail and how did this unique glass become into play? We have S...

Hey guys, Welcome to 2019. A new year and new episode. Cam is not on this episode as he is skiing the slops of Vancouver (Cam..don't break a leg). We have a few of my regular guests from Earl of Sussex that are filling in for Cam. This episode we talk about Trader Vic's famous cocktail: Scorpion Bowl (His third best seller). Congrats to Shelley Price for winning our December contest!! We talk abou...

Hey guys! This is our final episode of the year and what a year it has been (being our first year). We start the show off with a lovely Christmas story for you to enjoy! In this episode, we will be covering cocktails from tiki bars in North America (yes, they gave up the recipes). The first bar we will cover is the Shameful Tiki Room in Toronto, Ontario Canada with their cocktail: Mai’a Keko (reme...

On this episode, we go to Bermuda to get the famous Rum Swizzle cocktail. It's made at the Swizzle Inn of course in Bailey's Bay, Bermuda. We got this recipe from the family that runs this amazing location since the 1960's and has been open since the 1930's. Jay Correia and his family have the drink featured in their bar. Where did the swizzle stick come from? Well, listen and find out! Learn also...

Here is another great episode on tiki cocktails with this one featuring a classic: Three Dots and a Dash. This cocktail is a Don the Beachcomber's original (who is Don the Beachcomber?...well listen and we will go through his career and what he has done for tiki culture). The cocktail: 3 dots and a dash was made during World War II and was a Morse code for "V". What is the significance of the "V"?...

Hey guys we are back! We want to welcome our new listeners to the show and please leave any comments you would like to leave for us. The episode we talk about a classic tiki cocktail made by Don the Beachcomber and yes clones after such as Trader Vic's. This drink was made during world war II and so aviation was a big deal during this time as "if you owned the skies, you owned the land". Several c...

This is the season for pumpkin spice drinks! But wait..pumpkin belongs in a pie so we are going to do cinnamon spice rum drinks. These drinks follow the evolution of drinks from a basic recipe and add another element/ingredient and now a new recipe. This show will cover 4 drinks today! Yes 4. Well, we have one called the Flip from the 1700's, Hot toddy from 1786, Jerry Thomas's (1862) who was one...

Sorry for the delay folks! Arrrr...It's "Talk Like a Pirate" day on September 19th. So this episode, we will be covering some cool facts about pirates, and how did this holiday start and by who? The drink we will cover is the Navy Grog that actually goes back to a process on British Navy Ships for rationing out rum. Yes rum!! We will discuss who created it, and a few recipes for you as well. The c...