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Honolulu Hammer cocktail

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Honolulu Hammer

Rated 5 out of 5 (491 ratings)
Prep 1 minMaking 1 minTotal 2 mins
Serves 1

Ingredients

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ingredients to your Cocktail Shaker with ice
  2. Shake well
  3. Use a Hawthorne Strainer to strain into a Cocktail Glass

Amaretto

Amaretto (Italian for ‘a little bitter’) is a sweet Liqueur that originated in Saronno (a commune Lombardy, Italy).

Depending on the brand, Amaretto can be made from a variety of ingredients including apricot kernals, peach stones, bitter almonds, or just regular almonds. They keys is all of these ingredients contain benzaldehyde which acts as the almond-like flavour of the liqueur.

Amaretto usually contains between 21 to 28 per cent alcohol by volume.

For Amaretto, we recommend:

Pineapple Juice

Pineapple Juice is a great mixer for cocktails because it’s tasty and packs a big punch in the flavour department.

In cocktails, Pineapple Juice is often use in more exotic, summer cocktails to help set those pool-side vibes.

And it works great!

For Pineapple Juice, we recommend:

Grenadine

Grenadine is a non-alcoholic bar syrup that’s traditionally use to give a cocktail a red or pink tint and is made from pomegranate.

Cocktails with Grenadine

Vodka

We compared 12 different brands of Vodka and determined that Smirnoff was the overall best option. Given the current climate with Russia, that may seem like a questionable choice, but Smirnoff isn’t made in Russia, it’s made all over the world.

It actually has a history of Russian persecution and the creators were forced to flee Russia.

 

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