Cocktail recipe

Jungle Cat recipe.

Jungle Cat is aperitif-style, vivid and properly balanced, with Dark Rum, Campari, Pineapple Juice and Lime Juice giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.

Cocktail recipe 4 mins Mocktail option
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Jungle Cat

Description

The charm of Jungle Cat is in the contrast: familiar flavours, but with enough shape to make it memorable. This is the sort of drink where bitterness, sweetness and aroma need to pull against each other. Dark rum, campari, pineapple juice and lime juice give it colour and structure, while the drier edge keeps the next sip interesting.

It is especially good before food, when you want something with flavour and tension rather than a sugary opener.

Ingredients

  • 45 ml Dark rum
  • 20 ml Campari
  • 60 ml Pineapple juice
  • 15 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml Simple Syrup
  • 1 wedge Pineapple Wedge (for garnish)

Instructions

  1. Shake all ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
  3. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Recommended glassware

Highball Glass
Highball Glass (recommended)

A tall everyday glass for mixed drinks with ice and a longer pour.

Inferred from instructions: serve in a highball glass.

240–350 ml Tall cylindrical shape with room for ice and mixer.

Best for: Moscow Mule, Dark and Stormy, Scotch Highball, Rum and Coke, Mojito variations.

Garnish: Good for wedges, spears, herbs, and long-drink garnishes.

Quick facts

4 mins Easy Approx. 14% ABV 1.8 units 190 kcal Ice Mocktail option
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