Rum and Pineapple Cocktail: The Low-Key King of Island Drinks
Every island in the Caribbean has a signature rum. Most of them end up in a glass with pineapple. This isn’t coincidence—it’s convergence. Two ingredients that spent centuries in the same geography, grown by the same people, served at the same gatherings, until the pairing became so intuitive that Caribbean hospitality and rum with pineapple became nearly synonymous.
Ingredients
- 2 oz aged dark rum (Appleton Estate, Mount Gay, or similar)
- 2 oz cold-pressed pineapple juice
- ½ oz fresh lime juice
- ½ oz Liquid Alchemist Coconut
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters (optional but traditional)
Method
Add the rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, Coconut syrup, and bitters to a shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
