It seems to be a 1930s drink, popular in the mixed Anglo-Hawaiian sporting fraternity that was unique to Honolulu; I can find no trace of it before 1937, anyway. I doubt they often used the legal oke, though–there was a great deal of illicit stuff made, some of it quite good, and those were the people to know about that. The legal stuff was mostly marketed to tourists.
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A version of this Essential Drinks list is now an exhibit on the Cocktail Kingdom Library site. I’m still adding recipes, but we’ve got a good start. Like the discussion, here, it’s a “living document” that we’ll continue to update.
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