Jeff Berry
One of Imbibe magazine’s “25 Most Influential Cocktail Personalities of the Past Century”[1] and one of The Daily Meal’s “60 Coolest People in Food & Drink,”[2] Jeff “Beachbum” Berry is the author of six books on vintage Tiki drinks and cuisine, which Los Angeles magazine dubbed “the keys to the tropical kingdom.” Esquire calls him “one of the instigators of the cocktail revolution” and Food & Wine “one of the world’s leading rum experts,” while Las Vegas magazine cites him as “one of the world’s leading mixologists.” Jeff’s been profiled in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast magazine, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Florida Sun-Sentinel; he’s also been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Every Day with Rachael Ray, as well as on PBS Television, National Public Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio and Radio Margaritaville.
“A hybrid of street-smart gumshoe, anthropologist and mixologist” (The Los Angeles Times) and “the Indiana Jones of Tiki drinks” (The New York Times), Jeff has co-created Total Tiki for iPad and iPhone, a drink recipe app which Macworld magazine calls “beautifully rendered and, thanks to Berry’s tireless reporting, impeccably sourced.” He’s also co-created a line of Tiki barware with Cocktail Kingdom, which Imbibe hails as “especially notable because it revives old styles of essential glassware that were previously almost impossible to find.”
Jeff’s original cocktail recipes have been printed in publications around the world, from Bon Appetit and Fine Cooking magazines to such books as World’s Best Cocktails and the venerable Mr. Boston Official Bartenders Guide. And now his drinks are being served at his new restaurant in New Orleans, Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29, which the New Orleans Advocate’s Ian McNulty calls “a treasure chest of the tastes and attitude that first made Tiki so popular, curated by someone uniquely qualified for the task.” Jeff has written for Saveur and Caribbean Travel & Life magazines, and has conducted tropical drink seminars and tastings across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. He’s an honorary member of the United States Bartenders Guild.
Identified by Imbibe Magazine as one of “The Top 25 Most Influential Cocktail Personalities of the Past Century”[3]:
- "Tiki historian Jeff “Beachbum” Berry has authored five books on Polynesian cocktail culture, unearthing never-before-published recipes and fascinating tiki trivia. He currently conducts tropical drinks seminars around the globe and can be found this summer lecturing on tiki culture on the secluded Greek island of Antiparos, and he’s helped inspire a whole new generation of tiki appreciation."
Books
- Beachbum Berry's Grog Log On Amazon.com
- Beachbum Berry's Taboo Table On Amazon.com
- Beachbum Berry's Sippin Safari On Amazon.com
- Beachbum Berry's Intoxica (2003) On Amazon.com
- Beach Bum Berry Remixed (2009) On Amazon.com
- Beachbum Berry's Sippin Safari (2017 - 10th Anniversary Edition) On Amazon.com
- Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean (2013) On Amazon.com
External Links
- Beachbum Berry's Official Website
- Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29 Restaurant in New Orleans
- Some of the Most Obscure Vintage Tiki Drinks Have Finally Been Revealed (LA Magazine: March 2018)
- Here’s a ‘beach bum’ who’s serious about one thing: Tiki cocktails (The Washington Post: April 11, 2005)
- Jeff Beachbum Berry’s Favorite Tiki Tales (Imbibe: January 25, 2014)
- Mastering the Daiquiri With Jeff “Beachbum” Berry (PUNCH: June 12, 2017)
- Jeff "BeachBum" Berry's Signature Barware Collection (Cocktail Kingdom)
- Jeff "Beachbum" Berry: Cocktail Historian and Personality (Bevvy)
- The Only 6 Rums a Tiki Enthusiast Will Ever Need (Eater: March 18, 2015)
- Tiki Time Travelin’ With Beachbum Berry & Professor Remsberg (NeatPOUR: February 5th, 2019)
- Talking Tiki with Jeff ‘Beachbum’ Berry (Cocktails & Bars: September 4, 2017)
- Making Jaspsers Rum Punch with Jeff Berry (Saveur Magazine)
