Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Today's cocktail is the Halekulani! This drink gets lumped in with classic tiki cocktails because it's a tropical recipe from around the same era. There are a few key differences, though.The Halekulani calls for whiskey instead of rum, it's served up rather than over crushed ice, and it was created on an actual Polynesian island. But it is still dangerously easy to drink and will have you wishing you were on a tropical beach somewhere. Cheers!
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TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The History: 0:35
The Booze: 2:32
The Recipe: 3:46
Sips & Sign Off: 4:31
THE HALEKULANI RECIPE 3:50
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) Old Grand-Dad Bonded Bourbon
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) Rittenhouse 100 proof Rye
1/2 oz. (15 ml) rich Demerara syrup (2:1 sugar:water)
1/2 oz. (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. (15 ml) fresh orange juice
1/2 oz. (15 ml) fresh pineapple juice
1 barspoon (~5 ml) Portland Syrups x Anders Grenadine (gatherandset.com/collections/cocktail-syrups/products/anders-bar-cart-essentials-grenadine-falernum)
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Pineapple fronds for garnish
THE TOOLS
Sippin’ Safari: amzn.to/3DyPasf
Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki: amzn.to/3qNsgKk
Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails: amzn.to/3qQFsyb
My workhorse double jigger: amzn.to/3lmmKrK
My go-to large shaking tin: amzn.to/33vnMLJ
My go-to small cheater tin: amzn.to/3qecbe5
Hawthorne strainer: gatherandset.com/collections/bar-tools/products/oxo-steel-cocktail-strainer
Fine mesh strainer: amzn.to/4akT1dn
My citrus bottles: amzn.to/3BScssO
My mini carafe: amzn.to/3iezKkZ
Dasher bottles: amzn.to/3iKjbNE
Garnish clips (mini clothes pins): amzn.to/3g0Mjib
The Nick & Nora glass: amzn.to/3GreJQD
To The Bar Mat: https://rb.gy/ds3osd
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Image Attributions:
Halekulani Hotel, Peaceray, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 The History
02:32 The Booze
03:46 The Recipe
04:31 Sips & Sign Off
Get your bottles at House of Bitter Bear 👉 houseofbitterbear.com
Today's cocktail is the Halekulani! This drink gets lumped in with classic tiki cocktails because it's a tropical recipe from around the same era. There are a few key differences, though.The Halekulani calls for whiskey instead of rum, it's served up rather than over crushed ice, and it was created on an actual Polynesian island. But it is still dangerously easy to drink and will have you wishing you were on a tropical beach somewhere. Cheers!
Try my grenadine & falernum 👉 gatherandset.com/collections/cocktail-syrups/products/anders-bar-cart-essentials-grenadine-falernum
Don’t forget the merch! 👉 gatherandset.com/collections/anders-erickson-collection
Join us on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/anderserickson
Sign up for the newsletter: anderserickson.com
Video/editing/illustrations by Azusa Inaba 🎥 🎨
TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The History: 0:35
The Booze: 2:32
The Recipe: 3:46
Sips & Sign Off: 4:31
THE HALEKULANI RECIPE 3:50
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) Old Grand-Dad Bonded Bourbon
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) Rittenhouse 100 proof Rye
1/2 oz. (15 ml) rich Demerara syrup (2:1 sugar:water)
1/2 oz. (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. (15 ml) fresh orange juice
1/2 oz. (15 ml) fresh pineapple juice
1 barspoon (~5 ml) Portland Syrups x Anders Grenadine (gatherandset.com/collections/cocktail-syrups/products/anders-bar-cart-essentials-grenadine-falernum)
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Pineapple fronds for garnish
THE TOOLS
Sippin’ Safari: amzn.to/3DyPasf
Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki: amzn.to/3qNsgKk
Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails: amzn.to/3qQFsyb
My workhorse double jigger: amzn.to/3lmmKrK
My go-to large shaking tin: amzn.to/33vnMLJ
My go-to small cheater tin: amzn.to/3qecbe5
Hawthorne strainer: gatherandset.com/collections/bar-tools/products/oxo-steel-cocktail-strainer
Fine mesh strainer: amzn.to/4akT1dn
My citrus bottles: amzn.to/3BScssO
My mini carafe: amzn.to/3iezKkZ
Dasher bottles: amzn.to/3iKjbNE
Garnish clips (mini clothes pins): amzn.to/3g0Mjib
The Nick & Nora glass: amzn.to/3GreJQD
To The Bar Mat: https://rb.gy/ds3osd
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.
Special thanks to our top-tier patrons:
Adam Greetis
Brandon Carey
Randy Calegari
Matthew Crowley
Kevin
Dzomery
Derek Patstone
Rick Turoczy
Joshua Penley
Sheri Muilenburg
Connie & Rob Chapin
Chris Roberts
Howard Pollack
Bruce Stark
Brian Gordon
David Byrne
Randall Randall
Nick
D Pilaitis
Filip Sodic
Scott Maclean
Jonathan Shaffer
Follow Me:
Instagram: instagram.com/anderserickson
Facebook: facebook.com/andersericksoncocktails
Send stuff to:
Anders Erickson
PO Box 248
Baileys Harbor, WI 54202
Image Attributions:
Halekulani Hotel, Peaceray, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 The History
02:32 The Booze
03:46 The Recipe
04:31 Sips & Sign Off
