cocktail review no. 9 - Jamaican Fizz

One of the first tropical drinks I've ever made..."tropical drink" delineating a cocktail that reminds you of the tropics, has a certain amount of rum and/or pineapple juice in it, and cannot be mixed by anyone not wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

• 2½ ounces dark rum
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
• 4 ounces club soda

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the rum, pineapple juice, and sugar. Shake well, then strain into a collins glass also half-filled with ice. Top with the club soda. I've complained (not in this blog, but elsewhere) about drinks that have a poor booze-to-juice ratio, where the flavor of the liquor is obscured by the fruit. As you might be able to tell from the above ingredient list, there's absolutely no problem with that in this drink. There's way more rum than pineapple juice, and it comes through in the heady but not at all unpleasant flavor of the end result. The fizz really helps too. This is an ideal summer drink, a real cool-down, and I'd recommend it to anybody who's fed up with sex on the beach. (Heh heh...)