In collaboration with Tiki historian and cocktail writer Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, Omni Resorts & Resorts has launched Tiki Social. The Tiki-inspired cocktail expertise, open to each Omni company and the general public, transforms indoor and outside bar areas at choose Omni properties into immersive, tropical-themed pop-up barwith prolonged night hours each Friday and Saturday
Berry, proprietor of Latitude 29 restaurant in New Orleans, crafted an expanded menu of eight authentic cocktails and two zero-proof drinks for Tiki Social in partnership with Omni’s bar crew. The cocktails, which Berry says “had been designed to make each sip really feel like a mini trip,” embody:
- The Coconutty Islander, served in a recent coconut and made with platinum rum, Coco Reàl, ardour fruit liqueur, coconut water, lime, macadamia liqueur;
- Totem’s Kiss (selection of gold rum or vodka, Vanilla Reàl, allspice liqueur, lime, orange, cinnamon, bitters);
- Mai Tai Have One other (gold rum, darkish Jamaican rum, orgeat, orange, lime);
- The Tropical Tease (blanco tequila, mezcal, Raspberry Reàl, lemon, pineapple, crème de cacao);
- The Bitter Birdie (rum, Campari, pineapple liqueur, lime, bitters);
- and Donovan’s Reef (malt Scotch, Crisp Apple Reàl, lemon, pineapple, triple sec, chili liqueur).
Tiki Social started on Memorial Day Weekend and runs by way of Labor Day. Whereas all Omni properties will function a restricted collection of Tiki Social cocktails at their foyer bars, 11 choose areas will provide the full pop-up expertise and menu, together with nonalcoholic choices such because the Designated Diver and the Dry Tai, a spirit-free twist on the Mai Tai.
