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Mary Pickford Cocktail
When made correctly, this pale-pink cocktail has a perfect balance between the fruit flavours and the spirit of the rum
Marek Vranka
2nd December 2024 at 20:54
made it for my wife based on the original ratio from Woon's book; 60 ml pineapple to 30 ml rum, with tsp marchino and grenadine each, and it turned out wonderfully!
5th October 2024 at 22:22
I used freshly squeezed pineapple juice of a quite ripe pineapple and the cocktail came out much sweeter than I expected. 1/3 shot of the lime juice made it perfect though
9th May 2024 at 01:30
I normally tinker with recipes to suit my tastes, but this was perfect as is. Wonderful fresh flavour and beautiful pink color (using Rose's Grendine syrup).
25th April 2024 at 02:41
Made this with SelvaRey White Rum & Luxardo Maraschino. Very nice. Pineapple is subtle and maraschino adds some spice/interest/complexity while still letting the rum come through. Grenadine is basically just for color. Curious to try this with different rums...
4th March 2024 at 21:19
A delicious favourite. I prefer it with an aged rum, eg. 7yo Havana Club is great: it’s more mellow and forgiving of ratios.
27th January 2024 at 05:18
Wonderful. Love the prohibition era cocktails of Cuba. They are different from the Tiki cocktails of the 1950s and 1960s. Tropical, but a bit different. Very well balanced.
2nd December 2023 at 21:23
Hard to be mad at rum and pineapple, but I was definitely missing a bit of lime juice or something for a touch more acidity. I also certainly didn't get a pink color—pale or otherwise.
26th April 2023 at 02:05
Rum-forward in a good way. It's got a lot in common with a tiki drink but without the sour element to disguise the richness of the rum. I agree that the choice of rum matters here. I used a less-sweet-than-usual homemade grenadine and still found it quite sweet.
9th December 2022 at 18:37
Was disappointed. First of all, no colour change was observed (was yellow). Secondly, I just think I'm not a fan of Maraschino and what it did. I used homemade grenadine, but it normally gives off a satisfying pink. Any potential reason why it didn't work?
3rd February 2023 at 18:53
Homemade grenadine lacks the added colouring of commercial grenadines so always produces a much paler cocktail. While the colour may disappoint, the flavour of grenadine made with freshly pressed pomegranate is hard to beat.
15th February 2022 at 16:41
Would've never thought the choice of rum mattered so much here. First made it with Bacardi Carta Blanca. Ok, but not quite right. Next tried it with Barcelo Gran Anejo. Better, but still not quite ideal. Huh... Damn, I guess I have to play with this. (15 Feb 2022, 11:40a)
8th January 2022 at 17:57
A lovely looking cocktail that came out very well and tasted lovely as all rum and pineapple cocktails do