Tiki 101 w/ Pittsburgh's Big Kahuna of Tiki

This ain't your dad's tiki. It's your grandfather's! No watered down, sugary, faux-tropical drinks here. This is the real deal. Experience the revival. Learn the history and cocktails of Polynesian Pop from Lucky the Painproofman, Pittsburgh's tikiest tender, at Maggie's Farm Rum, Pennsylvania's first rum distillery. Your registration gets you two tiki cocktails, snacks, a distillery tour, a sampling of Maggie's Farm Rums, and a tiki lesson with the following curriculum:

1. A brief history of rum as a spirit and why it shaped tiki.
2. Pre-tiki Hawaiian Bars
3. The life and times of:
     A. Donn Beach - the man who built the first "tiki" bar
     B. Trader Vic - the man who commercialized tiki bars
     C. Stephen Crane, et al
4. The history of the tiki cocktail with stops along the way.
     A. The Zombie
     B. The Mai Tai
     C. International Drinks
     D. The Hurricane & second wave drinks
5. Tiki Invasion
6. The Fall of Tiki
7. The Rebirth
8. Contemporary Tiki
9. Three Drinks You Can Make at Home