Virgin Piña Colada
120 ml Pineapple juice, 40 ml Coconut cream, 15 ml Lime juice, 237 ml Ice, 1 wedge Pineapple, 1 cherry
The hurricane glass
The curvy one, and the reason a rum drink looks like a holiday.
About 600 ml to the brim, which is a great deal more than one drink
7 cocktails here
Where it comes from
It came out of wartime scarcity in New Orleans. Whiskey was short and rum was not, and the drink is credited to Pat O'Brien's - the bar's own account and the city's historical record both put it in the 1940s, well into the Second World War. The glass was shaped like the hurricane lamp, and the drink was named after the glass rather than the other way round.
What the shape does not do is make the drink better. The curve is a look and the volume is the point, which is why so much of what a hurricane holds is crushed ice; a bar serving one is selling an afternoon.
What to look for
A shorter one at half the size is the more useful glass. These are made to be held and looked at rather than finished slowly.
Served in a hurricane glass
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Painkiller
60 ml Dark rum, 90 ml Pineapple juice, 30 ml Orange juice, 30 ml Coconut cream, 1 pinch Nutmeg, 1 Orange slice
Piña Colada
50 ml White rum, 30 ml Coconut cream, 50 ml Pineapple juice, 10 ml Lime juice, 1 wedge Pineapple
Singapore Sling
30 ml Gin, 15 ml Cherry brandy, 7.5 ml Bénédictine, 7.5 ml Triple sec, 10 ml Grenadine, 60 ml Pineapple juice, 15 ml Lime juice, 1 dash Angostura bitters, 30 ml Soda water, 1 wedge Pineapple
Strawberry Daiquiri
45 ml White rum, 20 ml Lime juice, 30 ml Simple syrup, 5 berries Strawberry, 237 ml Ice
Blue Hawaiian
45 ml White rum, 20 ml Blue curaçao, 60 ml Pineapple juice, 20 ml Coconut cream, 15 ml Lemon juice, 1 wedge Pineapple, 1 Maraschino cherry
Hurricane
60 ml Dark rum, 30 ml Passion fruit purée, 20 ml Lemon juice, 15 ml Grenadine, 10 ml Simple syrup, 1 Orange slice