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Hurricane Drink Recipe

Hurricane Drink Pat Obriens

This hurricane drink was invented by world famous Pat O'Brien in New Orleans, Louisiana. Get the recipe and read how this amazing drink was created.

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces amber rum
  • 1/4 cup passion fruit juice, or 1 tablespoon passion fruit syrup
  • 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon grenadine
  • Juice of 1/2 lime
  • Cherries and orange slice to garnish
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. In a cocktail shaker mix the rum, passion fruit juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Add the grenadine, and lemon juice and stir to combine.
  3. Add the ice cubes and shake.
  4. Strain Hurricane into a cocktail glass.
  5. Garnish with orange and cherries.

Yield: 1 serving.

Interesting tidbits of the origin of this famous drink:

The creation of this passion-colored relative of a Daiquiri drink is credited to Pat O'Brien. He is reported to have invented the Hurricane in the 1940s in New Orleans. Rumors say he needed to get rid of all the rum that Southern distributors forced him to buy before he could get a few cases of other spirits. He poured the concoction into hurricane-lamp-shaped glasses and gave it away to sailors. The drink caught on, and it's been part of the celebration ever since.

Pat O'Brien operated a speakeasy during prohibition known as, "Mr. O'Brien's Club Tipperary". The password to get in was, "storm's brewin'". In 1933, after the repeal of prohibition, he moved across the street, opened Pat O'Brien's, and later down to the present location at 718 St. Peter, in the French Quarter. During W.W.II, it was difficult to get whiskey, but rum was in ample supply. With the help of the liquor salesman, this cocktail was born. It is served in a 26 oz. Hurricane glass, which is named after the shape of a hurricane lamp and the drink.

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