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Working as a bartender has given me the opportunity to prepare a wide variety of drinks, and the Hurricane is one of the co*cktails that holds a special place in my heart. There’s more to this lively co*cktail than just a drink. It’s an experience, with its bright red color and tropical tastes. The Hurricane is a great example of how to make a drink. It’s perfect for any event that needs some sunshine and happiness. If you drink it, the special mix of rum, fruit juices, and sugar will make you feel like you’re on a beach somewhere.
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Tasting Notes
The Hurricane is a delicious mix of tastes that dances in your mouth. The sweet and fruity melody of the first sip comes from passion fruit and orange, with hints of lime, giving it a refreshing sharpness. The rum brings out the best in every note, adding warmth and depth that balance the sweetness just right. It’s like a tropical holiday in a glass, and each sip is a new taste adventure.
Equipment and Glassware
You will need a shaker and a strainer to make a Hurricane. In order to make a smooth and well-mixed drink, these tools help blend the tastes together beautifully. A curved hurricane glass is the best way to serve a hurricane. The glass’s unique shape gives the drink its name and also makes each sip feel more special.
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Ingredients
2 oz. white rum
2 oz. dark rum
1 oz. lime juice
1 oz. orange juice
0.5 oz. passion fruit puree
0.5 oz. simple syrup
1 bar spoon grenadine
Instructions
Add ice to the shaker.
Add white rum, dark rum, lime juice, orange juice, passion fruit puree, simple syrup, and grenadine.
Shake the co*cktail shaker.
Fill a hurricane glass with ice.
Strain the co*cktail into the glass.
Finally, garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
Try using fresh juices for a real taste. They have a significant impact on the taste.
You can make it sweeter or less sweet by adding more or less grenadine and simple syrup.
If you want your drink to stay cold for a longer period of time, chill the glass first.
When to Serve
It’s great to have the Hurricane at any party or just to make someone’s day better. It’s a hit at summer parties, Mardi Gras, and any other time you want to do something fun and joyful. This drink brings the party to you and makes any event feel like a party.
Which Liquor Brands to Choose
Picking the right liquor brands is important for making the best Hurricane drink. Choose Goslings for a rich, smooth dark rum taste and Denizen Rum for a bright, light rum touch. Thirster Grenadine goes well with these rums because it adds the right amount of sweetness and color. These choices will make your Hurricane taste better by combining classic flavors with modern styles. Each sip will be full of the perfect amount of tropical pleasure and rum complexity.
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Similar co*cktails
Mai Tai – Another famous rum drink that tastes both sour and sweet.
Zombie – A strong blend that tastes like fruit and has a lot of different flavors.
Piña Colada – Creamy, coconutty, and irresistibly tropical.
Bahama Mama – A tasty mix of rum, pineapple, and coconut.
Blue Hawaiian – This flavor is beautiful to look at and tastes great with fruit.
History
It all began in New Orleans in the 1940s with the Hurricane drink. They made it to use up extra rum, but it quickly became a favorite, catching the lively spirit of the place where it was born. Hurricane-lamp-shaped cups were used to serve the drink for the first time, which is where the name comes from.
Hurricane
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Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Total Time: 5 minutesminutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Classic Hurricane, dark rum, grenadine, Lime Juice, orange juice,, passion fruit puree, Rum, Simple Syrup, white rum
Add white rum, dark rum, lime juice, orange juice, passion fruit puree, simple syrup, and grenadine.
Shake the co*cktail shaker.
Fill a hurricane glass with ice.
Strain the co*cktail into the glass.
Finally, garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
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Written by Paul Kushner
Founder and CEO of MyBartender. Graduated from Penn State University. He always had a deep interest in the restaurant and bar industry. His restaurant experience began in 1997 at the age of 14 as a bus boy. By the time he turned 17 he was serving tables, and by 19 he was bartending/bar managing 6-7 nights a week.
In 2012, after a decade and a half of learning all facets of the industry, Paul opened his first restaurant/bar. In 2015, a second location followed, the latter being featured on The Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Rum: Pat O'Brien's calls for an “amber” rum, which works. As does a not-too-funky Jamaican dark rum like Myer's. What you want here is some richness from the rum but not too much depth or too much oak—something light and accessible like Flor de Caña 7 or even Cruzan Aged works great.
Rum: Pat O'Brien's calls for an “amber” rum, which works. As does a not-too-funky Jamaican dark rum like Myer's. What you want here is some richness from the rum but not too much depth or too much oak—something light and accessible like Flor de Caña 7 or even Cruzan Aged works great.
It is used to serve mixed drinks, particularly the Hurricane from which it is named originating at Pat O'Brien's Bar in New Orleans. Other drinks served in this glass include the Singapore Sling, June bug, piña colada and Blue Hawaii.
Sharon's tips: While all of the ingredients in this recipe can easily be found in most grocery stores, passion fruit juice is harder to find. If you can't find it, passion fruit syrup, which can be found in many liquor stores or ordered online, can be substituted.
There's definitely a formula, My basic ratio for any co*cktail is usually 2 part of alcohol, to one of tart, to one part of sweet. The formula for achieving this balance is 2:1:1. That's basically 2 parts alcohol, 1-part sour, and 1-part sweet.
The best dark rums for a Hurricane co*cktail are a blend of a lighter aged rum like the Dos Maderas 5+3 and a richer dark rum like the Dos Maderas 5+5. The co-basing allows for a greater range of compatibility of fruit and other ingredients.
Our mix is tasty, consistent and blends perfectly with your favorite amber/gold rum. All you need to do to get the party started is to fill a tall glass with cracked ice, add equal parts POB hurricane mix/ rum and enjoy the experience.
This local libation was created with rum at Pat O'Brien's bar during World War II when whiskey was hard to come by. The name for the drink came from the glass it's served in that resembles a hurricane lamp. A perfect place to sip a Hurricane is still in Pat O's legendary courtyard, overlooking the flaming fountain.
Big in New Orleans and served to this day in the French quarter. This is truly the drink of Mardi Gras, because of its exotic blend of passion fruit, orange, and a hint of lime.
It's sweet, fruity and boozy, so it contains all the hallmarks of a good party drink. Ingredients can vary depending on where you source your Hurricane, and it's common to see the co*cktail made with bottled mixers.
The granadilla is by far the least known. This round to oval fruit can be recognised by its orange, but also green or yellow, skin. Compared with the well-known passionfruit, the taste is slightly sweeter. The hard shell of the granadilla is inedible.
The two are very similar, especially when comparing the sweet and fruity Mai Tai co*cktails you get at most restaurants. But a classic Mai Tai is actually not sweet or made with fruit juices, while a Hurricane tends to be very sweet and contains several fruit juices.
Almost all the classic drinks you know and love, from the Daiquiri to the Gimlet or the Margarita come down to the same basic ratio: 2:1:1. That's two parts spirit, one part sweet, and one part sour, commonly known as the Golden Ratio.
A splash is a term used to describe a larger volume of liquid, typically around 1/2 to 3/4 ounce. When a bartender or mixologist adds a splash of an ingredient to a co*cktail, it is done with a deliberate and measured pour.
To be totally honest, I think these Hurricane mixes taste pretty similar, but Pat O'Brien's gets the edge for being a ready-to-use liquid rather than a powder. I guess it's not a huge surprise that Pat O'Brien's Hurricane Mix is the best Hurricane mix.
Goslings has since trademarked the name “Dark 'n Stormy,” which is why some bars refer to their version of the drink as a Safe Harbor or Rum Mule. If you want to make the official co*cktail recipe (or abbreviate the “and” in the name), you must use Goslings Black Seal Rum.
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