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Crowd-Source Cocktails
Social media dishes exactly what rum drinks people dig, and a recipe for success -- or disaster. Up to you.

by Jen Russo

September 23, 2010

Recently, I posed a booze-related question on Twitter and Facebook and—surprise, surprise—readers and friends of the paper weighed in. Here’s a look at their answers, and a favorite recipe below...

Jen Russo @jenrusso What is your favorite rum cocktail?



Marissa Meyer Jen, how about a Hurricane with Lilikoi juice?

@daffodilblog I’ve been making Cherry Cokes with the Bacardi Torched Cherry Rum @ Moana, and they are so yum...

Caren Iacovelli Teves macandcheesereview.blogspot.com/2006/03/passion- fruit-mojito.html

Ynez Tongson @angryshortgirl I just love rum, period. Rum makes everything taste better.

Anu Yagi @anuheayagi Martha Washington’s Rum Punch: cocktailtimes.com/original/martha_washington.shtml

Leslie Gibson-Seno Mojito! :)

Scott Johnson Rum, coconut water (from real coconut) squeeze of lime. Can’t go wrong with this; hydrate while you dehydrate.

Ron Wall Hmmm... since you ask: a toss-up between Meyers/OJ & MtGay/Tonic.

Karen Christenson An Island Girl @ Mama’s served martini style; it’s a few different rums muddled with fresh citrus fruits.

Jason Michael Castle I agree on the Mojito calls...but use champagne instead of club soda. A ‘Royal Mojito’ is sex in a hurricane glass. Fresh mint of course.

Jennifer Che A good VERY good mai tai—and a nice sunset on Maui.

@Lunas1831 Rum & Coke, natch.

Erin Horowitz Feldman Navy Grog...that’s rum, right?

Lisa Happe Rum mixed with POG juice!

@MsMariasan The Hemingway.

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LILIKOI HURRICANE

Here’s my own recipe for the first suggestion, the Hurricane with Lilikoi. My tasters voted and it was a hit:

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup ice

2 fluid ounces light rum

Meat of two Lililoi

1 ounce brown sugar syrup

1 cup lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage (I used Jarritos)

1 ounce lime juice

1 fluid ounce 151 proof rum

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a shaker, combine ice, light rum, lilikoi and lime juice and brown sugar syrup. Shake vigorously.

2. Add lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage and roll.

3. Shake well and pour mixture into a Hurricane or other large specialty glass. (I used a Pilsner and it worked fine.)

4. Float the 151 proof rum on top of the drink. Sink in a straw and enjoy!

Brown Sugar Syrup:

Combine 2/3 cup water and 1 cup light brown sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat, about 3 min, till sugar dissolves. Cool, pour into a jar and refrigerate for up to one month.