You are here: Home » Drink of the Day » Drink of the Day: Caribbean Cocktail

Drink of the Day: Caribbean Cocktail

May 7, 2015 | By Shaun the Bartender | Add a Comment

Having manufactured, flavored liquors makes our lives as bartenders way too easy sometimes. This cocktail is a great example of this. A combination of coconut flavored rum and vanilla flavored vodka make up the bulk of this beverage. Add a little pineapple juice to round things up, and you have a multi-flavored and tropical drink in less than a minute.

I can feel some of you giving me the low brow for using the premade stuff over going all-natural with this island drink. So, I’ll tell you what…..I will go ahead and give everyone the easy way, such as the way I introduce this in the video, and I will also give you the recipe I would use to make this if I didn’t have the flavored liquors. That should make you feel better. Sometimes, I feel a little guilty going the easy route, so this makes me feel a little more at ease.

This cocktail would should make the list as one of your go-tos at poolside this summer. Hard to believe that the summer is only a month away; can’t wait til it gets here, (at least for us MidWesterners)! Enjoy the moment for now and practice up making these until it’s time.

Cheers!

Caribbean Cocktail (Easy Way)

2 oz. Vanilla Vodka

1 oz. Malibu Rum

3/4 oz. Pineapple Juice

Method: Combine all ingredients into a shaker glass with ice. Shake well. Strain into a nicely chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange half-wheel and maraschino cherry.

Caribbean Cocktail (version without the flavored spirits)

1 1/2 oz. Vodka

1 oz. White Rum

Splash of Vanilla Extract

1/2 oz. Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut

3/4 oz. Pineapple Juice

Method: Combine all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain nicely into a nicely chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange half-wheel and a maraschino cherry.

This Day in History:

1824 - Beethoven’s 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna.

1847 - The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1915 - The British ocean liner, Lusitania, was struck by a German submarine’s torpedo and sank off the coast of Ireland during WWI.

1945 - The Germans unconditionally surrendered to the allies in Rheims, France.

Notable Birthday:

Football great, Johnny Unitas was born on this date in 1933.

Notable Quote:

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” - Maya Angelou