Halekulani Cocktail | How to Drink

This week on how to drink I'm making a Halekulani Cocktail, maybe a slightly more obscure Tiki drink, this one comes from the Halekulani Hotel at Waikiki Hawaii. The drink was invented and served at the House Without a Key, a bar at the hotel and just about my favorite name for a bar ever. House without a Key is also the name of the first Charlie Chan novel, and a location around which that series centers. In the Tiki Pantheon this drink is a bit outside the center of the field as it's based in bourbon, and I opt to go the distance here and use Booker's. Certainly other bourbon's will make a fine drink, but I think what amounted to a more or less random decision I made is part of what made this drink one of my new absolute favorites. I also reserve including the Angostura bitters in the mixer and instead add it to the drink by way of an atomizer and fire. So far as I know that technique was invented by Jeffrey Morgenthaler and is as much for it's visual flair as for anything. But the caramelized bitters floating on the surface of the drink do produce a different flavor profile than a dash or two in the shaker would have, so there is something in that. All in all, this drink really took me by surprise and is easily one of my absolute favorites of our Tiki series. Halekulani Cocktail .5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice .5 oz. or 15 ml. Orange Juice .5 oz. or 15 ml. Pineapple Juice .25 oz. or 7 ml. Demerara Syrup Half a teaspoon of Grenadine 1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Bourbon (Booker's in my case) Shake over Cracked ice Pour into Chilled Coupe Flame with Atomized Bitters Garnish with an Orchid Order spirits I use here (Affiliate): http://bit.ly/H2Dspirits Buy the tools and books I use at http://www.thisishowtodrink.com/gear Twitter: @how2drink Instagram: @how2drink Music: www.glenncrytzer.com Directed & Edited by: Greg Produced by: Stefano Pennisi & Greg Cinematography by: John Hudak Created by: Greg