The Betty Black Blog

Man (and Woman) has been making mixed drinks from Ancient times but in the 1920s, during the U. S. Prohibition, cocktails became the thing! Anyway, who cares about the history, here are the recipes. Don’t forget the Appleton!

No self respecting Jamaican blogger would start with anything but Planter’s Punch. The traditional formula goes like this:
“One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak.” One part lime juice, two parts sugar syrup or strawberry syrup, three parts rum (dark, white overproof or a mixture of both) and four parts water.

The eastern Caribbean offer a delicious drink called Cream Punch, the formula varies from Island to Island:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup whipping cream or evaporated milk
1 cup dark rum or overproof rum
½ cup brandy or Tia Maria or ½ Angostura Bitters
Shake vigorously and serve over ice. Makes about a litre.

Who’s afraid of the notorious Devon Duppy?
1 oz gin
1 oz overproof rum
1 oz grapefruit juice
Dash of Angostura Bitters and hold on tight!

Hummingbird
1 oz vodka
1 oz Tia Maria
1 oz rum cream
1 medium banana
1 oz strawberry syrup
1 oz cream
add ice and blend

Yellow Bird
1 oz dark rum
½ oz Crème de Banane
½ oz lime juice
½ oz sugar syrup
Pour over crushed ice in 12oz glass, fill glass with orange juice

Sea Breeze
1½ oz vodka
2 oz grapefruit juice
2 oz cranberry juice
Serve over cracked ice with a wedge of lime

Sunset
1 oz wild orange liqueur
1 oz coconut rum
½ oz strawberry syrup
splash of lime juice
Pour over crushed ice and fill the glass with orange juice

Big Bamboo
1 oz. overproof rum
1oz dark rum
½ oz wild orange liqueur
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
1 oz lime juice
1 oz sugar syrup
Serve over crushed ice

Why not end the evening with Sex on the Beach?
1 oz vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
2 oz orange juice
2 oz cranberry juice
Serve over crushed ice

Enjoy your sampling of Jamaican drinks and remember to drink responsibly!