Name: Blue Hawaii
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Ingredients: 30 ml Rum (Traditional is white, but I used gold); 30 ml Vodka; 40 ml Pineapple Juice (freshly pressed); 15 ml Blue Curacao; 15 ml Sour Mix (homemade preferred. )

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If you’re thinking, “Hey that’s green not blue!” you wouldn’t be the first. In fact the Blue Hawaii is a completely separate cocktail than the Blue Hawaiian, which is blue. This cocktail was created by Harry Yee, the bartender of the Hilton Hawaiian Village in 1957. The drink is a classic tiki cocktail, and the drink that inspired me to spend many drunk hours inventing my own tiki cocktail, the Louverture.

What Is The Difference Between A Blue Hawaii And A Blue Hawaiian?

While the names are similar, the drinks are in fact quite different. The Blue Hawaiian is a pina colada with an added spash of blue curacao, whereas a blue hawaii forgoes the coconut cream for sour mix. I personally think the blue hawaii is the better cocktail, but we are all entitled to our own opinions.

Ingredients

1 oz (30 ml) White Rum. I used golden rum for this version because I was all out of white rum, and to be honest I like it more.

1 oz (30 ml) Vodka

1.3 oz (40 ml) Pineapple Juice. Freshly pressed is much, much better than from a carton.

1/2 oz (15 ml) Blue Curacao. Not gonna lie, I used regular curacao with a drop of blue food coloring since I couldn’t find blue curacao. Look at the picture though, does it not look the same?

1/2 oz (15 ml) Sour Mix. Better if homemade, rather than bottled.

Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake hard. At least 15 seconds should do it, you want the pineapple juice to create a foam not unlike using an egg white in a sour cocktail. Strain into an ice filled poco grande glass, garnish with a pineapple wedge, a cherry, and a paper umbrella if you have one. Serve cold and enjoy.

Blue Hawaii

The Blue Hawaii cocktail was first created by Harry Yee in 1957. It is a quintessential tiki cocktail that is known the world over.

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Course: Cocktails, Drinks

Cuisine: American, Hawaiian, Tiki

Keyword: Bees Knees Cocktail, Blue Hawaii, Why Is The Blue Hawaii Green?

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 3 minutes

Servings: drink

Calories:

Cost: $2

Equipment

Cocktail Shaker
Poco Grande (optional)

Ingredients

30 ml Rum Traditional is white, but I used gold
30 ml Vodka
40 ml Pineapple Juice freshly pressed
15 ml Blue Curacao
15 ml Sour Mix homemade preferred.

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a shaker with some crushed ice. Give a hard shake for 15 seconds to make the pineapple foam up, then strain into a poco grande glass. You can use a hurricane glass if you want to double the recipe.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.

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