The ORIGINAL Original Hurricane? - Tiki Drinks and Food

PP Prikli Pear Tiki Socialite New Braunfels, Texas Joined: Jan 04, 2017 Posts: 987	PP Prikli Pear Posted posted on Tue, Feb 13, 2018 8:28 AM It sounds like an interesting variation, but is there any historical evidence that hurricanes were originally red? If "supposed to be" is all that you're going on, then half the bartenders in the U.S. will argue mai tais are "supposed to be" red whilst they're dumping in the grenadine. Nothing wrong with tinkering with the recipe. I sub passion fruit juice for syrup because I don't like mine quite so sweet. Your Fassionola riff is a worthy variation, but I'd tread warily before claiming greater historical accuracy over the Bum. If he'd come across any early-day references to the drink being red, he'd have made note of it. Heck, he can probably cite the month, year and bar where hurricanes spontaneously mutated into red. :wink:

It sounds like an interesting variation, but is there any historical evidence that hurricanes were originally red? If "supposed to be" is all that you're going on, then half the bartenders in the U.S. will argue mai tais are "supposed to be" red whilst they're dumping in the grenadine.

Nothing wrong with tinkering with the recipe. I sub passion fruit juice for syrup because I don't like mine quite so sweet. Your Fassionola riff is a worthy variation, but I'd tread warily before claiming greater historical accuracy over the Bum. If he'd come across any early-day references to the drink being red, he'd have made note of it. Heck, he can probably cite the month, year and bar where hurricanes spontaneously mutated into red. :wink:

Post #783874 by Prikli Pear on Tue, Feb 13, 2018 8:28 AM