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THE D LIST: The Best Year for PUNCH

Talked to Jeff “Beachbum” Berry about The Best Year, a forgotten (and blue!) tiki drink invented by influential Filipino bartender Bobby Batugo.

Photo: Lizzie Munro

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Imbibing Mr. Boston: Bum's Rush Cocktail

Imbibing Mr. Boston: Bum’s Rush Cocktail

If you are a tikiphile, you will know who I’m talking about when I say that this cocktail was created by “The Bum”.  The world’s foremost authority on all manner of tiki drinks, Jeff Berry recently opened his own bar named Latitude 29 in his hometown of New Orleans.  In fact, you can order a Bum’s Rush there if you want the true experience.

Interestingly, the phrase “bum’s rush” comes from early…

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I just found out that 3 Dots And A Dash is changing the cocktail menu. Out with the old and in with the new! I just thought I should preserve the old one. Paul McGee is a genius. 

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Education and family are key components for this Montessori educator. Sherry Doughty has spent a great deal of her life giving children in her community a great start, while, at the same time, educating herself.

Searching for the best education for her children, Sherry, administrator at Doughty Montessori, educated herself on the Montessori way and enrolled her two children in Law Montessori School. She was a substitute teacher and also taught dance classes in her spare time. She went on to receive her Montessori teaching training and eventually bought the school, renaming it Doughty Montessori.

Belief in Montessori Method

Sherry was on a quest to find a better education for her children and didn’t stop looking until she felt like she found it. “I loved the peaceful, gentle way of the program and the education…I thought when I have children this is the social and educational start I want for them. Not only do I believe in Montessori as a teacher but as a parent,” Doughty said.

Montessori education is an approach based on independence and was developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori teachers guide rather than instruct and the classroom setting allows movement and collaboration, promoting concentration and order.

“We have a very joyful, peaceful, loving environment—and that’s key. That’s number one. We have a very long-term staff… it’s just family. One of my goals is to make sure everybody that comes through the doors of Doughty Montessori feels like our family.”

Doughty spent many sleepless nights researching and learning Montessori. She set up the Doughty Montessori curriculum herself and says when she trained for her Montessori Education certificate in 1985; she knew there was much to learn.

“Montessori is all about creating a teacher or always being there for the teachers; it’s a discovery of self,” she says.

Changing the World with Education

Doughty continues to learn and invest in herself and the Montessori way by teaching new interns at the Adrian Dominican Montessori Teacher Education Institute at Sienna Heights University, and hosting workshops at American Montessori National Conferences.

“Montessorians believe we can only change the world through education and always looking inward. You have to create a mind, body, and soul that’s joyful and happy to do what you’re doing and by being that person yourself, you can spread that to others,” Doughty said. “I truly love my job…we’re in such a great place right now. We have a really great name in the community and the parents are very supportive. They know the importance of education.”

Doughty Montessori is located at 416 S. Ashley St. For more information, visit www.doughty.com or call 734-663-8050

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Zombie (Simplified)

Dark Jamaican Rum - 1 oz

151-Proof Amber Rum - 1/2 oz

Lime Juice - 3/4 oz

Grapefruit Juice - 1 oz

Cinnamon Syrup - 1/2 oz

Shake everything with ice cubes and pour into a tall glass or zombie mug. Garnish with a mint sprig.

An adaptation by Beachbum Berry created in 2007 on the Don the Beachcomber classic. This simplified version kept some crucial flavours from the original: cinnamon syrup, grapefruit + lime, a complex and lower proof rum, and an overproof rum; but excluded some of the harder-to-find ingredients like bitters, Pernod, grenadine, falernum, and that extremely rare 151-proof demerara rum; as well as having it shaken instead of blended; making the drink possible for anyone in any bar to enjoy. You can use 151-proof Bacardi, El Dorado, or Cruzan rum. Cinnamon syrup can be made by heating a few cinnamon stick in a pan with equal parts of sugar and water, allow them to cool, then strain.

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Jeff Berry Band > How Beautiful

How beautiful, the heart that bled That took all my sin and bore it instead How beautiful, the tender eyes That choose to forgive and never despise

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Frohito

Felt I had to make this drink. It looked so similar to the Missionary's Downfall, a drink which I have posted the recipe, and which can be found in the same book- Jeff Berry's 2010 Remixed - A Gallery of Tiki Drinks. This however is an original from Berry, created in 2005, which he describes as a 'semi-frozen, semi-deconstructed Mojito' and a drink with a bit more novelty than the classic.

The deconstruction comes in the form of the mint syrup, which you can find out how to make by clicking here.

Frohito

2 oz light Virgin Islands Rum

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

1 oz mint syrup (see link above)

1 cup of crushed ice

pour 1/4 oz of mint syrup into the bottom of a chilled cocktail glass. Blend the rum, lime, and ice on high speed for 5 seconds until frappéd. Drizzle the remaining mint syrup over the top. Garnish with a mint sprig.

The syrup definitely removed the annoying little bits of blending mint leaves which can be found in the Missionary's Downfall, but just lacks the complexity that Donn Beach created over 70 years ago. However the drink is very aesthetically pleasing, and a great alternative to the tried and tested Mojito. A brief for which Berry hit the nail on the head.