Florida Sunrise Recipe: Rum, Pineapple, Grenadine

Florida Sunrise

Pineapple instead of orange gives this sunrise a softer, more tropical flavour and a pale golden colour for the grenadine to glow through. Three ingredients, two minutes, no shaker.

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GlassHighball glass

TechniqueBuilt in the glass

DifficultyEasy

Time2 min

StrengthLight (approx. 11 % ABV)

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Ingredients

1½ oz white rume.g. Bacardi · Havana Club · Plantation · Don Q · Flor de Caña
4 oz pineapple juice
½ oz grenadine

Garnish: Pineapple wedge and cherry · Ice: Ice cubes

Method

Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
Add the rum and top almost to the rim with pineapple juice, then stir briefly.
Pour the grenadine slowly into the centre or down the side so it sinks.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a cherry.

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Florida Sunrise

Taste

Sweet, juicy pineapple with a light rum warmth and a berry-sweet finish from the grenadine. Mild and easy.

History and origin

The Florida Sunrise is one of many variations on the Tequila Sunrise, the orange juice and grenadine highball that became famous in the 1970s. Its creator is not documented.

It swaps both main ingredients: white rum instead of tequila and pineapple juice instead of orange juice, bringing it closer to the rum and pineapple drinks of the tiki and beach bar tradition. The grenadine technique stays the same, a heavy syrup poured last so it sinks and forms a red gradient.

Bartender tips

Use chilled pineapple juice so the ice lasts longer.
A squeeze of lime balances the sweetness nicely.
Use real pomegranate grenadine for a fresher fruit note.

Variations

Tequila Sunrise: Tequila and orange juice with the same grenadine technique.
Easy twist: coconut: Replace half the white rum with coconut rum for a piña colada feel.