Blue Hawaii
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Blue Hawaii
Photographed in a Hurricane Squall 15oz
| 3⁄4 oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
| 3⁄4 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1⁄2 oz | Bols Blue Curaçao |
| 3 oz | Pineapple juice |
| 1⁄3 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄3 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄3 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Hurricane glass.
- Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry skewered with a paper parasol.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.
- Garnish with pineapple wedge and cherry skewered with a paper parasol.
- Serve with a straw.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Aloha!
Variant:
Serve as a layered drink by first pouring blue curaçao into ice-filled glass. SHAKE other ingredients and carefully strain into ice-filled glass so it layers over blue curaçao. Some also opt to serve with a rum float.
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 1957 by Harry K. Yee at Henry Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Hotel (latterly the Hilton) in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii. The drink, created at the behest of Bols to aid sales of their blue curaçao, is named after the hit song from the 1937 Bing Crosby film, Waikiki Wedding, and not after what is generously described as a "musical-comedy" Elvis Presley 1961 film of the same name. That said, the Elvis film probably contributed to this cocktail's popularity.
Nutrition:
One serving of Blue Hawaii contains 189 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 8.64% alc./vol. (8.64° proof)
- 15.6 grams of pure alcohol
- More Classic/vintage cocktails
- More Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) cocktails
- More Tiki/tropical cocktails
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