Swimming Pool
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Swimming Pool
Serve in a Poco grande
| 3⁄4 oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
| 3⁄4 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 2 oz | Pineapple juice |
| 3⁄4 oz | Single cream/half-and-half |
| 3⁄4 oz | Cream of coconut (e.g. Coco Lopez, Re'al etc.) |
| 1⁄4 oz | Bols Blue Curaçao |
Garnish: Pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry
How to make:
SHAKE first 5 ingredients with crushed ice and strain into glass filled with fresh crushed ice. FLOAT blue curaçao.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
A creamy blue-rinsed Piña Colada.
Variant:
The Blue Lagoon is also known as a Swimming Pool.
History:
Adapted from a cocktail created in 1979 by the famous German bartender, Charles Schumann, presumably at Harry's New York Bar in Berlin where he started working in 1973 before opening his own Schumann's American Bar in 1982.
This recipe is adapted from his 1995 book American Bar.
Nutrition:
One serving of Swimming Pool contains 224 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1 standard drinks
- 9.14% alc./vol. (9.14° proof)
- 14.4 grams of pure alcohol
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