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Blue Hawaii

Classic/vintage · Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) · Tiki/tropical

4.0 162 ratings

Ingredients

3/4 oz Light white rum
3/4 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Blue curaçao liqueur
3 oz Pineapple juice
1/3 oz Lime juice
1/3 oz Lemon juice
1/3 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

How to make

Serve in a hurricane glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a HURRICANE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry skewered with a paper parasol.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with pineapple wedge and cherry skewered with a paper parasol.
  2. 6 Serve with a straw.

Flavour profile

8.6% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks · 189 calories

History

Greetings!

This drink is adapted from a recipe created in 1957 by Harry K. Yee at Henry Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Hotel (now the Hilton) in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii. Bols commissioned the drink to boost sales of their blue curaçao. It is named after the hit song from the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby, and not after the 1961 Elvis Presley film of the same name, which is described as a "musical-comedy." However, the Elvis film likely contributed to the cocktail's popularity.

Created by Harry K. Yee