Are you itching for a tropical escape? I can relate but no worries, Fun Craft Cocktails has got you covered with the Tropical itch Cocktail! This cocktail was created in 1957 by Harry Yee, a bartender legend, at the Hilton Hawaiian Gardens resort in Waikiki. He was a tiki cocktail pioneer who also created the Blue Hawaii among many others. The Tropical Itch is a combination of bourbon (an unusual ingredient in tiki cocktails), 151 rum, triple sec or orange curacao, passion fruit syrup (the real star of this cocktail), pineapple juice, lemon juice and a float of dark rum and bitters on top. It is then garnished with a bamboo backscratcher (so cute) for a fun presentation. Cheers!
Equipment
- Cocktail Shaker
- Jigger
- Hurricane Glass
- Knife
- Cutting Board
- Hand Juicer
- Back Scratcher
Ingredients
- 1 oz Bourbon (Four Roses)
- 1 oz Demerara 151 Overproof Rum (Hamilton)
- 3 oz Passion Fruit Syrup (BG Reynolds)
- .5 oz Orange Curacao (Pierre Ferrand)
- 1 oz Pineapple Juice
- .5 oz Lemon Juice
- 1 oz Dark Jamaican Rum (Myers’s)
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters (Angostura)
Method
- Add all ingredients except the dark Jamaican rum and bitters to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake to combine.
- Strain into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
- Float the dark Jamaican rum and bitters on top.
- Add a backscratcher and tropical flower for garnish.
- Add a straw. Cheers!
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