The umbrella drink is one of the most derided categories of cocktail. People say that they’re foofoo, that the garnishes are ridiculous, and that drinks shouldn’t be a color not found in nature. Do ...

Tropical and tiki drinks may have their differences -- the former tend to be simpler, while the latter are more complex and call for ingredients such as falernum -- but one thing they usually have in ...

Harry Yee, who created the world- renowned Blue Hawaii cocktail in the 1950s, stands at the beach near Hilton Hawaiian Village. Not only did he invent the Blue Hawaii and other cocktails, but he was ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Happy birthday wishes go out to legendary bartender Harry Yee. He is the one who invented the Blue Hawaii cocktail in 1957 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village where he worked at the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — While vacationing in Hawaii you’ll want to try some Hawaii classic cocktails. From Mai Tais to Mango Martinis, Hawaii always puts a spin on the types of yummy drinks to enjoy while ...

On today’s show we continued to travel the world via cocktails. This time we stayed a little closer to home and didn’t leave the U.S., although the flight from here is just as long as traveling to ...

A successful tropical cocktail can have a million mothers. Take the mai tai. Vic Bergeron—the Vic of Trader Vic’s, the kitschy restaurant chain that helped popularize an imaginary rendering of ...

When many people envision cocktail bars in Hawaii, images of beachside Mai Tais and rum-soaked tiki drinks likely come to ...

What do a can of Spam, a Japanese good-luck cat, a glass pineapple and a metal turtle have in common? Belly up to the bar, and I’ll tell you. These disparate, somewhat random items are actually all ...