Jack Frost (blue)

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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
5⁄6 oz Pineapple juice
5⁄6 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2⁄3 oz Bols Blue Curaçao
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of honey syrup and desiccated/flaked coconut rim.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 4/10
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Review:

Sweet 'n' sour, and so 'frosty' that it may turn your tongue blue.

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Variant:

Jack Frost No. 1
Jack Frost No. 2

Nutrition:

One serving of Jack Frost (blue) contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 13.69% alc./vol. (13.69° proof)
  • 17.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Colin Cook’s Avatar Colin Cook
25th December 2023 at 10:22
Very nice and festive. On the second try I slightly reduced the lemon juice as suggested in another comment - this suited my palate better.
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Khairul Islam’s Avatar Khairul Islam
12th November 2023 at 17:28
Excellent cocktail recipes..
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Frode Hanoy’s Avatar Frode Hanoy
12th November 2023 at 13:40
Add some ice and cream of coconut and blend it together for a frosty version :)
Can also swap for the Malibu rum to strengthen the coconut flavor.
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Annabelle Egginton ’s Avatar Annabelle Egginton
11th November 2023 at 18:11
Nice all round but slightly too much lemon
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Howard Griffin’s Avatar Howard Griffin
11th November 2023 at 02:57
ugh
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