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Hurricane

rum, passion fruit syrup, lemon juice, and lime juice

The Hurricane evidently began as “Hurricane Punch”, a recipe in a marketing pamphlet intended to help market then-new RonRico rum circa 1940. Louis Culligan of Pat O’Brien’s in New Orleans seized on it a couple years later, and the Hurricane became their signature drink, building in popularity, world-famous by the 1960s.

We will add a sample recipe and related discussion, here, soon. —Ed.

Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, p. 367, https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/marco-s-the-how-and-when-unsung/143; barware icons courtesy of Haus Alpenz