{"id":312,"date":"2007-11-08T21:42:25","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T02:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/11\/08\/leilani-hawaiian-rum\/"},"modified":"2021-11-05T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:05:30","slug":"leilani-hawaiian-rum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/11\/08\/leilani-hawaiian-rum\/","title":{"rendered":"Leilani Hawaiian Rum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many years ago at the World’s Longest Yardsale<\/a>, an empty bottle of Leilani Hawaiian Rum turned up. Sven Kirsten said he has a display that held the bottle and was looking for a one to put in it. That put me on a search.<\/p>\n

\"Tiki<\/p>\n

At the Tiki Ti you may have seen this. It’s an “adapted” display. A few years ago I happened upon the display in mint condition. Now I was in the spot Sven has. Until last week…<\/p>\n

\"LHR1\"<\/p>\n

Behold the Leilani Hawaiian Rum display, with a vintage, unopened bottle of Leilani Hawaiian Rum!<\/p>\n

\"LHR2\"<\/p>\n

Yes, that state tax seal is intact. Beach Bum Berry ranks it as one of his favorite white rums<\/a>. I have tasted it via a few airline sized bottles over the years. I think I will keep this seal unbroken for a long time. I love having this perfect display in the bar!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many years ago at the World’s Longest Yardsale, an empty bottle of Leilani Hawaiian Rum turned up. Sven Kirsten said he has a display that held the bottle and was Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[542,536,17,547,11,539,540],"tags":[728,224,10,345,394,427],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiki-collecting","category-cocktail-capers","category-ephemera","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","tag-leilani-rum","tag-liquor","tag-tiki","tag-rum","tag-tiki-ti","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/lhrtt-2.jpg?fit=500%2C281&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-52","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/06\/polynesian-pop-culture-trumps-the-real-thing\/","url_meta":{"origin":312,"position":0},"title":"Polynesian Pop culture trumps the real thing","author":"Swanky","date":"July 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Target has a line of outdoor and garden stuff this year called \"Mai Tiki.\" I'm sure Wayne Coombs is furious! 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