Thanks for watching! If you happen to make either cocktail recipe, let me know what you think in the comments! Cheers!

Looks like you had a blast at the competition too! Well done, David. Can’t wait to try it. Nothing better than creating an original and it’s delicious! Hysterical intro as expected! Cheers pal. 🤙🏽

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Vino. It truly was a great time! Since you're a legit bartender, you'll appreciate this: It's been interesting getting more robust feedback on this cocktail.. it IS a bit like a distant cousin of a Jet Pilot, I've found.. which makes a lot of sense, since I'm a big Jet Pilot fan, so I probably subliminally made something similar to it just on pure taste-instinct. Cinnamon syrup, rum, grapefruit (for the 2.0 version), bitters, OFTD.. but, I'd like to think without the pernod, and the committment to barbados-rums, makes this one distinct enough to be it's own cocktail. But! I digress. Thanks for watching as always!!

Congratulations on winning Dave!

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Cesar!!

That opening was fantastic! You two did a great job on that! I was on my roof and thought Ann might have a video and was hoping you would too. Jumped off and was happy to see your ding five seconds after I started watching hers. Probably going to make this tonight!

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Glad you survived the roof jump 😆 Thanks so much, Matt! Was a fun opening to make!! Hope you enjoy the cocktail, let me know what you think!

DAVE!!!! I LOVE this intro!! I will DEF give this a go!!! I LOVE OFTD, so this is perfect!!! Great video!!! CHEERS!!!!

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Tim! OFTD is just the greatest, I was so happy to get to use it in an original recipe. Always appreciate your support, thanks bud!

first of all congratulations on winning. Love the fact that you took your winning cocktail and made it better. sign of a true champion. thanks for sharing. cheers.

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Doc! It was a super fun bartender battle, and very honored they thought my drink turned out well! Indeed, I actually wanted to make it with grapefruit the day-of, but they didn't have any behind the bar for me, so I made-do with the Lime--- and then "reshook" it later. hah. Thank you, I hope you enjoy it if you manage to give it a try!

I was there! Got the recipe from you right after and have made it a couple times. Now I got to try 2.0 version! Love Iron Chef gag!! 👏👏👏

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, awesome! I'm sure it was a great pleasure to meet you, everyone at the event was so fun and supportive and interesting! Hearing that you've made it a few times since then gives me great joy, thanks so much! And of course, thank you for watching!! Cheers!

Congrats on the win! Sounds like a great drink.

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, my friend. Always appreciate the watch, hope you enjoy the recipe if you happen to make it!

Great job on the win, the drink(s) and the video! Love it!!❤🎉

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Karen! Thanks for watching!!

congrats on your win!!!! great looking drink

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Gnome! Appreciate the kind words. The "reshake", as it were, gets a little dangerously close to a Jet Pilot I realize, but still a fun unique one! Cheers!!

Looks excellent; I already made my drinks for tonight but next week for sure; plus finally an excuse to buy OFTD.

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

For sure! Having OFTD on hand is fun for both using AND sipping.. even though it sort of burns my face off when I sip it directly, it's still a fun burn. Thanks for watching!

Congrats on the win and thanks for discussing it in this video. The recipe looks great (and though I get what you were trying to do, calling OFTD a "Barbados rum" is quite a stretch. It's mostly demerara rum).

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kevin!! Oh and for sure, OFTD can hardly be called Barbados, that's why I had to be sure to call it a "Blend", which is still a bit of a stretch. It's been fascinating getting feedback from the tiki community, I didn't even think how adding the grapefruit makes it dangerously close to a Jet Pilot recipe.. though I suppose the rum-origins set it apart, and also no pernod/absinthe. But-- I love Jet Pilots, so, I probably subconsciously was steering it in that direction. 😅

Belated congratulations 🥳 🎉 looks like fun. Hey a win is a win with or without the float. I’ll try both versions soon.

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Stephane!!

Congrats! And as always awesome intro! :D

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Siggi!

That was great! Congrats on the win! I gotta go with the original recipe (allergies to grapefruit, go figure). LOL

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Oh! I didn't even think of that, that's a great point! Guess it's good I have that backup option! 😆 Hope you dig it!! Thanks for watching!

Looks like I’ve decided on a drink for tonight

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Asher! Truly hope you enjoy the recipe!! 🍹

HEY, that is awesome that you got to compete! Was this the same event Chappy's Tiki Bar got to go to???

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad I tossed my hat in the competition, for sure! I believe Chappy did a big multi-day, multi-episode series on Tiki-Kon, I don't believe he was at Secret Island Expo-- would'a been cool to meet though!!

This sounds like a... blast :D

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Zingggg! 😂 Thanks for watching, buddy!

Awesome Edit! That was a great drink the way it was so I'm super curious about what the 2.0 version tastes like now. In all fairness, I don't think there was grapefruit present at the bar during the competition? In any case, you made an excellent drink with the ingredients you were presented with. Congrats again on the win! You deserved it!

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

It's true, I believe the only grapefruit was canned and I didn't want to risk it introducing an odd flavor into the mix, so I went all-in on the Lime 😁 Thanks again for the footage AND for judging, and the kind words, always appreciate it. 🙏 Hope to make it out to the Desert Oasis Room sometime soon! Cheers, Adrian!

@polynesianpop

Жыл бұрын

@@CocktailFridays let me know when you're free and let's make it happen!

Dave, looks good! I'll definitely give both of these a try. Just not at the same time ;)

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Haha, don't want to risk a head-explosion 🤯 Thanks, Robert! Always apprecaite your support 🙏 Hope you enjoy the recipe!

In the competition video it looked like you did a dash of Angostura Bitters at 7:26 .. ?

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Hello! Ya? I was trying to figure out which timecode you were looking at (since 7:26 is outside the video range). I recall running out of time before being able to toss Ango in (at the competition), but maybe its when I was putting the straws in? Not sure! Thanks for watching!

@SpaceWolfPainter

Жыл бұрын

@@CocktailFridays it's 7:26 on the competition video on Adrian's video

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

@@SpaceWolfPainter Oh my gosh you're right!! I must have added 2 dashes while making it, directly in the cocktail!! Good catch, it basically makes the "competition version" of this cocktail in the video incorrect.. whereas the one I actually made is like a slight hybrid of these two recipes in the video. My apologies!

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! FIRST!!!!!

@TheHomeBartenderwithAnn

Жыл бұрын

Tim..come back and like Dave's video! Right after you watch mine! LOL! 😉

OMgoodness.. This is so cool and the crazy thing is..over on my channel I made Kelly's Hot Zombie. Great minds think alike my friend. Looks like you had a blast! I can't wait to try this..Maybe the New one! Congrats and cheers my friend!

@CocktailFridays

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ann! Yes, Trader Kelly is the greatest, truly a cool dude, and the Hula Girls are of course awesome as well. The competition was such a fun time, and an educational experience. I went up against Billy Robbins, who frankly has much more experience than me and probably should have won, but was still fun to meet him! I'll have to try that Hot Zombie asap. Cheers!