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• Ancient Mariner

  A Jeff "Beachbum" Berry creation — a split of Jamaican and Demerara rum spiced with allspice dram, balanced by lime and grapefruit.

• Angostura Colada

  A piña colada built on a base of Angostura bitters rather than rum — bittersweet and aromatic. Recipe from Zac Overman via Minimalist Tiki. ("S&C" in the source is ambiguous —…

• Banana Foster

  A dessert-style shot — cinnamon whisky, banana liqueur, and whipped-cream vodka, evoking bananas Foster.

• Banana Toast Crunch

  A creamy dessert drink — Fireball and RumChata over banana, topped with club soda. The source gives no quantities, so none are invented below.

• Corn and Oil

  A Barbadian classic Fred calls "a fantastic quick drink" — Barbados rum, falernum, and Angostura, stirred.

• Cthulhu's Curse

  A spiced-rum tiki sketch with pineapple bitters as the signature note. The source lists only ingredients — no quantities — so none are invented below. Flagged as terse.

• Daiquiri

  The classic Cuban daiquiri — white rum, lime, and simple syrup, shaken and served up. The benchmark sour.

• Dark and Stormy

  The Bermudian classic — dark rum floated over ginger beer. Fred adds a dash of bitters and optional lime.

• Don Ho Suck 'Em Up Mai Tai

  A juice-forward Mai Tai variant with a dark Jamaican / light rum split, pineapple and orange rounding out the citrus.

• El Presidente

  A pre-Prohibition Cuban classic — white rum, dry vermouth, curaçao, and a touch of grenadine, stirred and served up like a rum martini.

• Hawaiian Eye

  A falernum-spiced tiki sour with a light/dark rum split (Fred calls for Bacardi 8 as the dark).

• Honi Honi

  Basically a Mai Tai using the original Trader Vic's formulation but substituting bourbon for the rum. "Honi Honi" supposedly means "Kiss kiss" in Hawaiian. Fred had this on…

• Jungle Bird

  A 1970s Malaysian tiki classic that brought Campari into the tiki canon — bittersweet against dark rum and pineapple.

• Mai Tai

  The Trader Vic classic — the cornerstone tiki cocktail. Fred's build leans on a split of Jamaican and dark rum with orgeat (or falernum) and orange curaçao.

• Miniature Hurricane

  A pared-down Hurricane — dark Jamaican rum with passion fruit and lemon. Fred used a rough mix of Appleton Special, Appleton 12, and Wray for the rum.

• Mr Bali Hai

  Named for the San Diego tiki landmark — a coffee-brandy tiki sour over a light/dark Jamaican rum split. "Cheers friends!"

• Navy Grog

  The Donn Beach / Trader Vic classic — a three-rum blend (dark Jamaican, aged Demerara, light Cuban or Puerto Rican) balanced with lime, grapefruit, and honey syrup, traditionally…

• NSAID

  Not Fred's own — picked up somewhere on the web. A Painkiller riff swapping eggnog mix in for the coconut cream. The name continues the painkiller/anti-inflammatory pun.

• Orange Blossom

  An Ed Hamilton recipe — pimento (allspice) dram and overproof Hamilton 86 demerara rum with orange juice.

• Painkillah (Painkiller)

  The British Virgin Islands classic, traditionally made with Pusser's rum. Creamy, pineapple-forward, and dangerously easy. (Fred's note spells it "Painkillah.")

• Queens Park Swizzle

  A classic Trinidadian rum swizzle — demerara rum, lime, and mint built over crushed ice and swizzled until the glass frosts, finished with a float of Angostura bitters.

• Scorpion

  A classic Trader Vic communal tiki drink — rum and brandy with citrus and orgeat, blended with crushed ice.

• Suffering Bastard

  A WWII-era hangover cure from Cairo's Shepheard's Hotel. Fred's note lists only the spirits and balance — no quantities given, so none are invented below.

• Tapa Punch

  A rum punch with a peach brandy accent and a dark/light rum split. (Note title runs as "Tap a Punch" in the source — likely Tapa Punch.)

• Ti Punch

  The French West Indies staple — rhum agricole, a side slice of lime, and a touch of cane syrup. An Ed Hamilton recipe; traditionally served with no ice and made to each drinker's…