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A delicious, pineapple forward tiki drink. Not a glass of boozy pineapple juice though, it is nicely balanced (in a tiki way).

A nice tribute to the Trader on his birthday, though let's hope they aren't actually served at gun clubs! No curacao so used de Fussigny orange cognac liqueur, which is nice & orangey. I recently got Drillaud's Pomegranate liqueur and find it a superior alternative to grenadine since it adds richness and flavor, not just additional sugar. And I don't care if Vic called for it but the sugar syrup is completely unnecessary. No cartridge glasses so served in tiki mugs rather than Collins glasses.

Being big rum and tiki drinkers, we used a overproof light Jamaican rum. Knowing Trader Vic's recipes, left out the sugar syrup as our pineapple in Southern California is very sweet. Was excellent. Boozy like I expect a tiki drink.

That glass is awesome!

Boozy drink, and very nice. Really depends on your pineapple juice though. If it's a rubbish or tart pineapple, worth upping the sugar syrup (I use Dale DeGroff''s triple syrup, (honey syrup, agave and simple mixed together)(would love to hear what you think of triple syrup Simon?))

A drink that imo, depends on you knowing your pineapple juice and maybe adapting the sweetness to your juice?

I don't know if I messed up some of the measurements or if it was because I shook, ra than blended the cocktail, but the result seemed a bit on the tart side (and I enjoy tart drinks, BTW). So, next time I'll probably up the grenadine (which seemed a bit lost) or add a bit of simple syrup.