Name: Major Bailey No. 2
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Light white rum; 30 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Major Bailey No. 2
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Glass:

Serve in a Sling glass

Ingredients:
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
1 fl oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a SLING GLASS.
Prepare mint sprigs for garnish.

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint (just to bruise) in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish:

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.
Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A rum-based Major Baily charged with a full shot of pineapple juice and triple sec. Beware, this cocktail packs a three-shot punch.

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Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
18.26% alc./vol. (36.51° proof)
28.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

9th November 2025 at 20:32

It's like a grown-up slushie. It tastes of orange candy with just a hint of funk (used equal parts white Bacardi, Veritas and Three Star). Really delicious even if I can imagine people would find it too sweet if it was just shaken. Would probably reduce the sugar or remove it altogether if I didn't want to blend it. It's not really complex but dangerously drinkable.

Massimo Cremieux

23rd March 2025 at 18:19

I don’t like crushed ice cocktail so i try to blend ingredients in a ice filled glass and the result is excellent. I used 5 cl. pinapple juice

G. M. Genovese

27th June 2024 at 17:58

I would imagine this is bland beyond bland over crushed ice. I made this up, and it was sweet enough to maybe warrant an ice cube or two. Up, I might tone the syrup down to 5 ml. Lemon, Libby's, and Luxardo is a lovely combo.