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Bahama Mama

Classic/vintage · Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) · Hall of Fame and must know/try

4.2 114 ratings

Ingredients

1/2 oz Aged Jamaican rum
1/4 oz OP high ester aged pot still rum
1/4 oz Coconut rum liqueur
1/4 oz Coconut liqueur
1/4 oz Coffee liqueur
1/2 oz Lemon juice
3 oz Pineapple juice

How to make

Serve in a tiki mug or collins glass

Method

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a TIKI MUG OR COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge, Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and mint sprigs bouquet.
  3. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Flavour profile

40.0% alc./vol. · 1 standard drink · 156 calories

History

The classic Tiki combination of rum, coconut, and pineapple, presented in a balanced, not overly sweet cocktail.

Oswald "Slade" Greenslade, a Bahamian-born bartender at the Pink Elephant nightclub, is credited by many with the creation of this cocktail. He stated that in 1963, three women at his bar requested a novel, fruity drink, inspiring him to invent the Bahama Mama. Some dispute Greenslade's account, suggesting the cocktail appeared on menus as early as the 1940s or 1950s, though no such menus have been found. In September 2024, however, Greenslade provided his original recipe and the story behind his Bahama Mama. Oswald Greenslade's Bahama Mama recipe 1¼ oz Dark Bacardi 1¼ oz Coconut Rum 1 oz Grendene 2 oz Pineapple juice 2 oz Orange juice 4 oz Cracked ice Shake well and pour into a 12 oz cocktail glass. Garnish with pineapple, orange slice and cherry. "Working at a nightclub called the Pink Elephant as a bartender in 1963, three tourists sat at my bar and asked me to make them a unique, fruity cocktail. So, I decided to take them up on the challenge and came up with the recipe above. They tasted the cocktail and exclaimed that it tasted good. And, they asked me, what was the name of the cocktail and I told them that I didn't know. A short while later, a Bahamian calypso singer named Morene Duvalier, with the stage name Bahama Mama, came into the bar. I immediately said let's name the cocktail after her stage name. Later, I was informed that the tourist went to the Ministry of Tourism and spoke highly of the cocktail that I created. The Ministry of Tourism told me that they will promote the drink as something for tourists to try when coming to The Bahamas. And, the rest, as they say, is history."