Name: Hurricane
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 25 ml Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.); 25 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Lime cordial; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 5 ml Passion fruit syrup

Hurricane
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Serve in a Hurricane glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Passion Fruit Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Hurricane glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A strong, tangy, refreshing drink packed with fruit and laced with rum.

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History:

Named after the shape of a hurricane lamp and served in the tall, shapely glass of the same name. Thought to have originated in 1939 at The Hurricane Bar in New York City, but made famous at Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans. Some old cocktail books list a much earlier Hurricane made with cognac, absinthe and vodka.

Nutrition:

One serving of Hurricane contains 239 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
15.77% alc./vol. (15.77° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt

7th October 2024 at 01:43

Great looking in the glass - appealing hazy gold. Delicious - I really like using more fruit juice than other recipes, and the prominence of the pineapple plus the variety of other juice really expands the depth and breadth of the fruity flavors. Excellent - a favorite!

John Hinojos

29th September 2023 at 01:46

Was out of pineapple. Substituted Pineapple Rum and put in Grenadine for the sugar syrup. Turned out great with a warm rum orange tan colour.

John Hinojos

17th June 2023 at 01:47

Just had again with a New Orleans supper. Used overproof Navy Rum and some homemade grenadine syrup instead of the sugar syrup. Gave it more of the pink tinge you see in New Orleans. Garnished with a few fresh organic cherries. Outstanding.

Jose Cruz

29th October 2022 at 00:26

did 20 overproof rum instead of the navy rum and 20 ml passion fruit instead of any simple syrup. refreshing !

John Hinojos

15th May 2022 at 01:52

My first visit to New Orleans was in 1977. Back then the Hurricanes were just ok (no caps). Over the years they have become this touristy sweet drink with cheap alcohol. Even Pat O'Brians serves fake hurricanes any more.
Thank you for helping to preserve the taste of the original. It is exactly what a Hurricane should take like. This was excellent and exactly how it should taste. A bit sweet, but alcohole forward.

Nathalie O'Flynn

28th February 2021 at 10:15

This is my 6th year into my cocktail mania and last night made my first hurricane. I never made this one because I was always under the impression it had bad press, like the Screwdriver say. Being a big Tiki cocktail fan I don't know why on earth I waited so long. It was fabulous.