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Pineapple Juice cocktails

9 classic recipes from our canon that use pineapple juice — Pineapple Juice sits in our juices shelf.

Piña Colada

✦ Proven classicEasyHurricane

Rum, pineapple and coconut, blended cold — a beach holiday in a glass.


Ingredients

  • 50 ml white rum
  • 30 ml coconut cream
  • 50 ml pineapple juice

Method

  1. 1Blend with a cup of crushed ice until smooth.
  2. 2Pour into a chilled hurricane glass.

PRO TIP

Cream of coconut, not coconut milk — the sweetness is doing real work.

Garnish — Pineapple wedge and cherry


Singapore Sling

✦ Proven classicMediumHurricane

Gin, cherry and a cast of liqueurs over pineapple — the lavish Raffles Hotel original.


Ingredients

  • 30 ml gin
  • 15 ml cherry liqueur
  • 7 ml cointreau
  • 7 ml benedictine
  • 120 ml pineapple juice
  • 15 ml lime juice
  • 10 ml grenadine
  • 1 dash angostura bitters

Method

  1. 1Shake all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain into a hurricane glass over fresh ice.

PRO TIP

Lots of fresh pineapple juice gives it the frothy top.

Garnish — Pineapple and cherry


Jungle Bird

✦ Proven classicMediumRocks

Dark rum and Campari over pineapple and lime — bitter, tropical and unexpectedly sophisticated.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml dark rum
  • 22 ml campari
  • 45 ml pineapple juice
  • 15 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml demerara syrup

Method

  1. 1Shake all ingredients with ice.
  2. 2Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.

PRO TIP

The Campari is what makes it — bitter against the sweet pineapple.

Garnish — Pineapple wedge


French Martini

✦ Proven classicEasyCoupe

Vodka, raspberry liqueur and pineapple under a frothy cap — sweet, fruity and glossy.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml vodka
  • 15 ml chambord
  • 15 ml pineapple juice

Method

  1. 1Shake all ingredients hard with ice.
  2. 2Double-strain into a chilled coupe.

PRO TIP

Shaking the fresh pineapple juice hard is what builds the foam cap.

Garnish — Lemon oils


Chartreuse Swizzle

✦ Proven classicMediumHighball

Green Chartreuse swizzled with pineapple, lime and falernum — herbal, tropical and frosty.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml green chartreuse
  • 30 ml pineapple juice
  • 22 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml falernum

Method

  1. 1Add all ingredients to a tall glass with pebble ice.
  2. 2Swizzle vigorously until frosted.
  3. 3Top with more crushed ice.

PRO TIP

A rare cocktail that puts a full measure of Chartreuse in the lead.

Garnish — Mint and grated nutmeg


Pisco Punch

✦ Proven classicMediumWine glass

Pisco with pineapple, citrus and a splash of wine — a 19th-century San Francisco legend.


Ingredients

  • 60 ml pisco
  • 22 ml pineapple juice
  • 15 ml simple syrup
  • 15 ml lemon juice
  • 30 ml white wine

Method

  1. 1Lightly muddle a few cloves with the syrup.
  2. 2Add the remaining ingredients except the wine and shake with ice.
  3. 3Double-strain into a goblet and float the wine on top.

PRO TIP

A few muddled cloves add the warm spice that defines it.

Garnish — Pineapple


IBA Tiki

✦ Proven classicMediumTiki

A modern rum tiki with amaretto, passion fruit and pineapple over a slice of muddled ginger.


Ingredients

  • 30 ml white rum
  • 30 ml dark rum
  • 15 ml amaretto
  • 5 ml frangelico
  • 5 drops maraschino liqueur
  • 30 ml passion fruit syrup
  • 90 ml pineapple juice
  • 30 ml lime juice

Method

  1. 1Muddle a thin slice of ginger in the shaker.
  2. 2Add the rest and shake vigorously with ice.
  3. 3Strain into a tiki glass filled with pebble ice.

PRO TIP

The muddled ginger is the modern twist — don't skip it.

Garnish — Citrus and dehydrated pineapple


Mary Pickford

✦ Proven classicEasyCoupe

White rum, pineapple, maraschino and a touch of grenadine — a sweet Prohibition-era star.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml white rum
  • 45 ml pineapple juice
  • 7 ml maraschino liqueur
  • 5 ml grenadine

Method

  1. 1Shake all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain into a chilled coupe.

PRO TIP

Fresh pineapple juice makes all the difference here.

Garnish — Maraschino cherry


Painkiller

✦ Proven classicEasyHighball

Dark rum with pineapple, orange and coconut, dusted with nutmeg — a richer, tropical cousin of the colada.


Ingredients

  • 60 ml dark rum
  • 120 ml pineapple juice
  • 30 ml orange juice
  • 30 ml coconut cream

Method

  1. 1Shake all ingredients with ice.
  2. 2Pour over crushed ice in a tall glass.

PRO TIP

Fresh-grated nutmeg on top is non-negotiable.

Garnish — Grated nutmeg and pineapple wedge


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