Drink Recipes
What good is a chair in the sand without a drink in your hand? We've put together a selection of drink recipes that you can make to get that authentic "Island Taste" with every sip.
Lucy Buffett's Bahama Breeze
1 lime, cut into wedges
1⁄2 oz. simple syrup (recipe follows)
3⁄4 oz. ruby red grapefruit-flavored vodka
3⁄4 oz. coconut rum
Cranberry juice
Put 2 lime wedges in the bottom of a metal cocktail shaker. Add the simple syrup, vodka, and run. Muddle gently, avoiding the lime rinds, which can add a bitter taste. Fill the shaker with ice and cranberry juice. Pour the mixture back and forth between the shaker and a large mixing glass a few times. Pour the drink into a glass, add a straw, garnish with a lime wedge.
Simple Syrup Recipe
1⁄2 cup sugar
1⁄2 cup water
Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Once cool, pour the syrup into a storage container. It will keep, refrigerated, for a long time.
The Margarita is a classic for a reason! Just three ingredients—tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. Salted rim optional.
Ingredients:
▪ 1 1/2 ounce (3 Tbsp) blanco tequila (also called plato or silver tequila)
▪ 1 ounce (2 Tbsp) orange liqueur, such as Triple Sec, Cointreau, or Grand-Marnier
▪ 1/2 ounce (1 Tbsp) freshly squeezed lime juice
▪ Plenty of kosher or flake salt for glass, optional (do not use iodized salt)
▪ Ice cubes, optional
▪ Lime wedges for garnish, optional
Preparation:
Salt your glass (optional): Pour some kosher salt into a wide bowl or small dish. Take a wedge of lime and generously rub it around the rim of your glass. Dip the rim into the salt.
Fill the glass with some fresh ice and set aside. (Skip the ice if you like your margarita straight up.)
2 Make the cocktail: Place the tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for 10 seconds, and then strain into a prepared cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge if desired.
Rum Sunset
The origin of the Hurricane is credited to Pat O’Brien’s, a bar in New Orleans. Back in the Prohibition Era, the bar originally started as a speakeasy (a secret establishment that served alcohol), and the password was “Storm’s a Brewin’.”
Ingredients:
• 2 ounces white rum
• 2 ounces dark rum
• 2 ounces passion fruit juice
• 1 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce grenadine
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 1/2 medium lime, juiced
• slice of orange and maraschino cherry, for garnish
Preparation:
Add all of the ingredients to a shaker. Shake and strain into an ice filled Hurricane glass. Garnish with orange and cherry.
Bahama Mama
A blend of fruit liqueurs and rum create this delicious, tropical cocktail. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.
Ingredients:
• 1 ounce dark rum
• 1/2 ounce coconut rum
• 1/2 ounce banana liqueur
• 1/2 ounce grenadine
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 1 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce lemon-lime soda
• Garnish: Pineapple wedge and Maraschino cherry
Preparation: Layer ingredients in a tall glass filled with ice. Garnish with pineapple wedge and cherry.
Tequila Sunrise
Created in Phoenix, AZ in the 30’s, and immortalized by the Eagles, it’s the go-to classic beach cocktail. Use a good quality tequila for best results.
Ingredients:
• 2 ounces blanco tequila
• 4 ounces orange juice, freshly squeezed
• 1/4 ounce grenadine
• Garnish: orange slice
• Garnish: cherry
Preparation:
Add the tequila and then the orange juice to a chilled highball glass filled with ice.
Top with the grenadine, which will sink to the bottom of the glass, creating a
layered effect. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
Malibu Bay Breeze
I doesn’t get simpler than this. 3 flavorful ingredients make it the perfect refresher after a long day of surf and sun.
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 ounces Malibu coconut rum
• 2 ounces cranberry juice
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
Preparation:
Fill a shaker with ice, pour in all ingredients and shake until chilled. Strain the mixture into a martini glass.