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Rum

Bahama Mama

Glass
Hurricane

A Bahamian beachside rum drink layered with coconut, pineapple, and orange, named for a calypso singer.

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Ingredients

  • fresh pineapple juice (2 oz)
  • fresh orange juice (2 oz)
  • grenadine (0.25 oz)
  • coconut rum (1.25 oz)
  • dark rum (1.25 oz)
  • pineapple wedge
  • orange slice
  • cherry

Instructions

  1. Combine fresh pineapple juice, fresh orange juice, grenadine, coconut rum, and dark rum in a shaker with cracked ice.
  2. Shake until well chilled and pour into a hurricane glass filled with cracked ice.
  3. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, orange slice, and cherry.

Sources

  1. Greenslade, One More Cocktail: A Guide to Making Bahamian Cocktails, the Greenslade family attribution naming Morene Duvalier as the calypso singer namesake; spec and authorship reproduced at https://vintageamericancocktails.com/bahama-mama/ (accessed 2026-05-03). ↩
  2. Difford's Guide, "Bahama Mama." https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1144/bahama-mama (accessed 2026-05-03), surveys the competing earlier-attribution claims and treats the Greenslade story as the best-documented but not exclusive origin. ↩