Blue Hawaii

A vivid azure tiki cooler born at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki, where head bartender Harry Yee built it in 1957 around a salesman's blue curaçao — its color a deliberate echo of the Pacific. Light rum and vodka give it a clean tropical spine, while pineapple juice and a citrus-and-sugar sour balance the orange liqueur's sweetness. Bright, fruity, and unmistakably blue, it predates the Elvis film of the same name by four years.

TikiTropicalClassic

Ingredients

  • 0.75 ozWhite Rum
  • 0.75 ozVodka
  • 0.5 ozBlue Curaçao
  • 3 ozPineapple Juice
  • 0.75 ozLemon Juice
  • 0.25 ozSimple Syrup

Garnish: Pineapple Wedge, Maraschino Cherry

Preparation

Shaken · Hurricane · Cubed

  1. 1.

    add

    Add the white rum, vodka, blue curaçao, pineapple juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.

  2. 2.

    shake

    Shake well until chilled.

  3. 3.

    strain

    Strain into a hurricane glass filled with fresh cubed ice.

  4. 4.

    garnish

    Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry.

Flavor Profile

fruity
47%
sweet
35%
dilution
34%
citrus
26%
sour
25%
viscosity
17%