Photos by Kevin Olson The annual search for the world's greatest Mai Tai has concluded, with the sixth annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival crowning Michael Soo from Bar Crudo in Arizona. Soo, who competed with 20 other bartenders from the U.S. at the Royal Kona Resort this weekend, won $10,000. "I felt confident in my ability to create a great cocktail," says Soo. "I … [Read more...] about 6th Annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival Crowns a New Mai Tai Champ
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Wendy Augustine of Haliimaile General Store is Crowned World’s Best Mai Tai Maker 2013
Wendy Augustine, a bartender at Hali‘imaile General Store, knows Mai Tais. She knows them so well, in fact, that this weekend her special Mai Tai blend won the coveted title of World’s Best Mai Tai, making her the first ever Maui bartender to win such a victory. The Mai Tai is Hawaii's signature drink. This is despite the fact that the Mai Tai isn’t really Hawaiian or even … [Read more...] about Wendy Augustine of Haliimaile General Store is Crowned World’s Best Mai Tai Maker 2013
Third Annual Kona Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival at Royal Kona Resort Hawaii with Beachbum Berry, Sam Choy and Mick Fleetwood
The Rum Lot A dispatch from the annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival If rum’s history is a sordid tale of sugar and slaves, then the Mai Tai is its heady love child, complete with a questionable blood line. Every spirit has one. In August, Mai Tai-philes gather at the Royal Kona Resort for the annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival honoring the drink’s colorful … [Read more...] about Third Annual Kona Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival at Royal Kona Resort Hawaii with Beachbum Berry, Sam Choy and Mick Fleetwood
Maui Foodie News August 4, 2011-Honu Seafood and Pizza opens in Lahaina, Maui, Most Inspired Bombay Sapphire Bartenders, Humu goes localvorus
Honu Seafood and Pizza is open! It must be my birthday because restaurateurs Mark and Judy Ellman and their lovely daughters Arianna Guarnier and Michelle Ellman have given me a gift in the form of another fun and fabulous Westside restaurant: Honu Seafood and Pizza, where the views take your breath away, the menu is trendsetting and the cocktail list put us in awe. Executive … [Read more...] about Maui Foodie News August 4, 2011-Honu Seafood and Pizza opens in Lahaina, Maui, Most Inspired Bombay Sapphire Bartenders, Humu goes localvorus
Following Maui’s flow of Mai Tais to Kona’s Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival
Mai Tai Me Up Ahhhh, Kona, Hawaii. You think sleepy little Kailua town on the big island. Think again. Once a year the town wakes up in a wash of Bacardi rum when the Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival kicks off its weekend competition. With top mixologist talent showing up from all across the state, and international participants and judges like William Ramos from … [Read more...] about Following Maui’s flow of Mai Tais to Kona’s Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival