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Trader Vic's Grog

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Double Rocks

Trader Vic's tart Jamaican grog with passion fruit, pineapple, and a hard shake over double rocks.

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Ingredients

  • fresh lemon juice (1 oz)
  • fresh pineapple juice (1 oz)
  • passion fruit syrup (1 oz)
  • Angostura bitters (1 dash)
  • dark Jamaican rum (2 oz)
  • cracked ice (1 cup)
  • lime wedge (1)
  • brandied cherry (1)

Instructions

  1. In a shaker combine fresh lemon juice, fresh pineapple juice, passion fruit syrup, Angostura bitters, and dark Jamaican rum with cracked ice.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Pour unstrained into a short double old-fashioned glass.
  4. Garnish with a lime wedge and a brandied cherry on a pick.

Sources

  1. Berry, Sippin' Safari (2017 ed.), Navy Grog chapter, documents Donn Beach's c. 1940 Navy Grog and frames Vic's "Trader Vic Grog" as a parallel-template variation with different sweetener strategy. ↩
  2. Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, Revised (1972), p. 381, Trader Vic Grog entry: dash Angostura, 1 oz lemon juice, 1 oz passion fruit nectar, 1 oz pineapple juice, 2 oz dark Jamaica rum, shaken with shaved ice, decorated with mint, cherry, and a stirrer. ↩
  3. Beachbum Berry, "Trader Vic's Grog." Cocktail Party app. https://cocktailpartyapp.com/drinks/trader-vics-grog/ (accessed 2026-05-03), Berry's Remixed reconstruction of Vic's spec; the source for this file's measurement bill. ↩