MyBestCocktails.com

The Best Cocktails and Most Popular Mixed Drink Recipes!

Find the perfect drink!

Browse by categories or ingredients

Read what others had to say about each recipe

››› Go to the Top 10

Header

Hurricane

Hurricane

The pride, joy and infamy of Pat O'Brien's Bar in the French Quarter in New Orleans.

[Classic] [Happy Hour] [Party] [Sweet] [Tiki] [Tropical]

Ingredients [ oz | cl ][ My Bar ]
3 oz Dark Rum[ Add ]
2 oz Passion Fruit Juice[ Add ]
1 oz Lime Juice[ Add ]
1 oz Orange Juice[ Add ]
12 oz Grenadine[ Add ]
12 oz Simple Syrup[ Add ]
Method: Prepare in a shaker
Glass: Hurricane
Recipe:
  1. Shake all ingredients in a shaker half filled with ice.
  2. You may also use half an ounce of Passion Fruit Syrup instead of the juice, whichever is the easiest to find.
  3. Strain into a Hurricane glass (a Tulip or Highball glass can also do the trick) over ice.
  4. Decorate with a cherry and orange slice.



Volume: 8.0 oz
Alcohol units: 3.6 standard drinks
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 15%

Popularity

Times viewed: 139213
Average Score: 8.8 (12 votes)

My Score

History

According to Wikipedia:

The creation of this passion fruit-colored relative of a Daiquiri drink is credited to New Orleans tavern owner Pat O'Brien.

In the 1940s, he needed to create a new drink to help him get rid of all of the less popular rum that local distributors forced him to buy before he could get a few cases of more popular liquors such as scotch and whiskey.

He poured the concoction into hurricane-lamp-shaped glasses and gave it away to sailors. The drink caught on, and it has been a mainstay in the French Quarter ever since.

Related Cocktails

  1. Southern Comfort Hurricane

    A nice variant of the popular Hurricane drink

User Lists

  1. Terrace Drinks by David

Comments

Post a comment about this drink:


Added by David on
Last updated on 2015-01-14 21:04:57
Status: Approved