Avast ye skalliwags! We’re celebratin’ Talk Like a Pirate Day here at Spec’s. And excuse the shorter than usual blog post, because it’s mighty difficult to type whilst wearin’ a hook on yer hand. (And me parrot keeps tryin’ to fly off with me mouse.)
To celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, we bring ye’ an assortment of pirate cocktail recipes that’d make Jack Sparrah proud. You’ll be needin’ plenty of rum, me hearties.
The Bluebeard
Ingredients
•2 oz Spiced rum
•1 oz Coconut rum
•2 oz Pineapple juice
•Splash of Blue Curacao
•Splash of lemon lime soda
•Juice of ½ lime
•Fresh pineapple garnish
•Maraschino Cherries garnish
Instructions
- Add 1cup of ice to a shaker.
- Next, add the rums, Blue Curacao, pineapple juice and lime juice. Shake well.
- Pour in a glass and add a splash of lemon-lime soda. Garnish with pineapple and cherries.
The Davey Jones
Ingredients
•2 oz Dark rum
•1 oz Lemon juice
•½ tsp Grenadine
•¼ tsp (grated) Nutmeg
Instructions
- In a shaker, half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.
Dark and Stormy
Ingredients
•2 oz Dark rum
•5 oz Ginger beer
•Lime wedge
Instructions
- Pour the rum over ice in highball and fill with ginger beer. Squeeze in the lime wedge, stir and enjoy!
The Nassau Coastline
Ingredients
•1 oz Scotch
•1 oz Gin
•1 oz Creme de Cacao
•1 oz Cream
•Grated nutmeg
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a shaker; shake well and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
Yar! We hope ye’ enjoy Talk Like a Pirate Day, and these cocktail recipes to boot! If you find yerself pokin’ about an empty liquor cabinet, wonderin’ ‘Why’s the rum gone??’— Then take your crew down to your local Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods.
Yo ho!
