Blue Hawaii

Name: Blue Hawaii
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3/4 oz Vodka; 3/4 oz Light Rum; 1/2 oz Blue Curacao; 3 oz Pineapple juice; 1/2 oz Lime juice; 1/2 oz Simple syrup

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Ingredients

3/4 oz Vodka

3/4 oz Light Rum

1/2 oz Blue Curacao

3 oz Pineapple juice

1/2 oz Lime juice

1/2 oz Simple syrup

Garnishes

1 whole Cherry

1 wedge Pineapple

Glass

Hurricane

Preparation

Add vodka, light rum, blue curaÃ§ao, pineapple juice and sweet-and-sour mix into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a Hurricane glass over crushed or pebble ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, cherry and cocktail umbrella.

Description

A Blue Hawaii is typically served on the rocks. There are many variations in preparation, presentation, and ingredients. Hence, it is often blended with ice, margarita-like, to be served as a frozen cocktail. Many variations of glassware are used, the more whimsical the better: tiki mugs, cocktail glasses, parfait glasses, or carved-out coconuts or pineapples.

History

The Blue Hawaii was invented in 1957 by Harry Yee, head bartender of the Hilton Hawaiian Village (formerly the Kaiser Hawaiian Village) in Waikiki, Hawaii when a sales representative of Dutch distiller Bols asked him to design a drink that featured their blue color of CuraÃ§ao liqueur. After experimenting with several variations, Yee settled on a version somewhat different from the most popular version today, but with the signature blue color, pineapple wedge, and cocktail umbrella.