Bahama Mama

This rum-based cocktail is another tropical favorite.

Its sweet taste coupled with the coconut flavors makes this drink a great cocktail to drink while you're vacationing on a tropical island or in the mood to escape the summer heat.

I've seen quite a few variations, and depending on the bartender, the bar, or region you're in, you'll probably encounter slight variations to the Bahama Mama recipe.

The few ingredients that remain consistent are the high proof rum and dark rum, coconut liquer, and pineapple juice. If you for some reason, you can't find high proof rum, feel free to use regular light rum. Unfortunately, I haven't encountered any organic high proof rum, so you might just have to use something like Bacardi 151.

I've seen people add cranberry juice for added color. You can also add Amaretto or almond-flavored liqueur.

This cocktail usually gets served in a collins glass, but you can use a highball glass or even a pint glass depending on how big the drink is.

In the recipe that I've provided below, I added 1/2 oz. of coffee liqueur to round out that sweetness of the drink, but you can pretty much experiement with different flavors, substituting the coffee liqueur for various other flavors to see what suits your taste.

Bahama Mama
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• 1/2 oz. of High Proof Rum
• 1/2 oz. of Organic Dark Rum
• 1/2 oz. of Organic Coconut Extract or Liqueur
• Organic Pineapple Juice
• 1/2 oz. of Coffee liqueur

• Fill a shaker half way with ice
• Pour the high proof rum, dark rum, coconout liqueur, pineapple juice and coffee liqueur into the shaker
• Shake well
• Pour into a collins glass
• Garnish with a cherry and/or pineapple
• Serve