Blue Hawaii, Reconstructed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- The Original Blue Hawaii was invented by Harry Yee, the legendary head bartender at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki in Honolulu on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii. This drink, is a wonderfully pared down reconstruction of that original drink, stripping out the citrus and keeping the base elements of the recipe. On paper this drink doesn't work...it seems to break some fundamental rules, but once you taste it, oh boy does it ever! I didn't conduct a postmortem on this drink, as writing this now I wish I had, because in a word, it is brilliant. This reconstruction comes to us from NYC Barman John de Bary, who was lucky enough to land at the legendary bar PDT before he knew which end was up and went on to run the cocktail programs for the restaurant that counted Momofoku in it's Arsenal. This drink is very much worth your consideration. Hope you guys go and make it. And yes you can use MALIBU if you want.
0:00 Intro
0:11 History
2:45 Cocktail
4:23 Tasting Notes
6:29 Everyone wants a blue drink
7:50 I have never tried Proteau
9:03 Recipe
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Here's The Specs:
.75oz (22.5ml) White Rum
.75oz (22.5ml) Blue Curaçao
.75oz (22.5ml) Coconut Liqueur
.75oz (22.5ml) Pineapple Juice
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"Everyone should have a space in their heart for a blue drink" ~ The Dalai Leandro
I love seeing “disco drinks” or “club cocktails” improved, while still staying faithful to the original and without losing the heart of it! This looks great, I think I'll add some lime juice in the spirit of the original recipe, like you suggested.
4:30 My face when I come home late and my girlfriend asks me where the hell I've been all night.
"Everybody wants a blue drink" - Totally agree!!
Got a bottle of blue curacao around 10 days ago and I already used half of it. Been doing blue drinks almost every night and all of them are amazing! Blue Hawaii, Blue Hawaiian, Blue Lady, Blue Lagoon, Cactus Jack, Bikini Martini, Swimming Pool and I'm probably forgetting so so many!
Cheers!
Despite my enjoyment of blue drinks I tend to use my pierre ferand curacao more than blue curacao. I like the taste better. But this twist on the blue hawaii looks great.
@@BOYVIRGO666 sure Pierre Ferrand is amazing, no doubts. But for the blue curacao I believe it depends from what are you buying. Briottet, Giffard and Marie Brizard are top quality. It's obvious if you go for Bols or DeKuyper the quality will be inferior.
@Mark Jackson quite possible, but even when shitfaced I still can tell the difference between Your and You're. Cheers!
@@ChemicalMarco the Drillaud blue curacao is really good. It tastes like fresh orange peel, without the bitterness of course.
I rarely get to watch TH-cam anymore and when I do get on, you’ve reconstructed one of my favorites. Love it. “I think I made that up” classic bartender lol
Thanks for the drink sir.👍🏼👍🏼
Hey this is exactly how I do my simple blue hawaii! Bless up!
Gotta try this one out! Your effusive description of the tasting has nailed me proper! lol
Don Lee was my instructor for BarSmarts when I did my final test. He gave me great advice that I use to this day. Wish I could advance my bartending career now but it’s tough in Covid times
happy to see you come around to blue drinks or less 'sophisticated' drinks if you may. Simple is fun and sometimes yummy :)
I want someone to look at me the same way Leandro looks at cocktails in the thumbnails.
Fabulous formula of ingredients. I love trying different drinks. And this blue drink is actually very sophisticated. I am glad you have rounded yourself to be open to blue drinks. I do not have this blue liqueur, but am interested in it.
You quoted Forrest Gump because you work in the bar where they filmed the New Year's scene! ;D
LOL
Didn’t know that they filmed that scene at Cole’s! Thanks for the info, Joe. I hope your loved ones are safe/healthy during this stressful times.
@@soultraffics Likewise! That was so nice of you to say. I wish you nothing but the best! :)
Everybody Loves a Blue Drink. That is a Truism a la The educated Barfly!! Great video and Cocktail.
Blue drinks are honestly my favorite
Blue Hawaii is a lovely cocktail
I do like information.... keep it up
Made this the other day.... it definitely benefits from some lime juice. I added .25 oz. lime to the listed specs and it was deliciious!
Props on the structure of the foam on top of the drink. As it settles, I think that foam is getting thicker.
This sounds awesome. Sign me up!
Love the video
I’m heading up to Chicago for a buddy’s housewarming party. Do you have a shooter book you’d recommend?
Keep up the great work!
Always love using my Blue Curacao 🟦
If you only knew what a service you did to those of us with Asperger's with your opening history. You answer a lot of questions I'd always have associated with the drink every time I made, ordered or saw one.
Although a lot of the time I just want a video that shows the hardcore practical information, I can also always skip to that in your video as well. The history is something I would have to search down when I reached a point I couldn't stand the questions anymore.
Beautiful cocktail and great video as always. If I didn’t want to add another bottle to my home bar, what would be the best way to substitute the coconut liquor?
Coconut fat washed white rum would be the way to go
I feel like I need citrus in my cocktails even if it’s just a bar spoon. But I would try this as is. It’s very intriguing!
I first heard about this cocktail listening to the song "Club Montepulciano" by Hooverphonic but have never checked its recipe before. I definitely must try it!
and maybe you should do the "Piccadilly Whore" drink that is also name-dropped in the song...
Going through your old videos and I'm going to be honest... Leandro Demonreaver will be one hell of a D&D character
Ok, I’ve not bought a bottle of blue curaçao in maybe ten years. And I need coconut liqueur. I hear your comments about “blue drinks”. Gotta go shopping!
Blue is the best flavor!
Hey Leandro,
When are you going to do your personal top 5 cocktails you enjoy drinking??? And Marious's top 5???
Looks Delicious!!! Almost lost me with the Blue milk reference, that scene in Star Wars when he was drinking it was pretty gross. Haha
In the Last Jedi? Yeah, try to forget that scene. Remember when Lars serves Blue Milk in A New Hope instead :)
Made this today, but used a rectified pineapple juice: 9 grams citric acid per 100ml pineapple. Really gave it a nice sour balance.
Blue drink go in tummy
Looks like a great opportunity to bust out the citric/malic acid and make some lime acid pineapple juice!
since you seem to get more into coconut liqueur, check out koko kanu if it's available in your area. it's higher proof jamaican rum with coconut and a really good quality product :)
How has no one mentioned the Pulp Fiction line upon seeing the contents of the shaker...anyway, cool drink. I was not familiar and will have to give it a try this weekend!
I just listened to an interview with John Deberry on the bartender at large podcast.
Surfside Sips nice!
Wow
Really want to try this with Koloa Kaua'i coconut rum, which is from a rum distillery on Kaua'i. It's 40%, so it'd probably make for an even drier result.
It's so beautiful. At least pineapple juice is good.
Didn't have coconut liqueur, just subbed it for cream of coconut and I still like it.
No citrus is a little strange but I'd definitely seems worth a try
I have heard you before not being too fond of Malibu coconut rum but I need to mention it is the most popular coconut flavored brand out there!
Currently I am in France and they have lots of Clement products. Never seen the coconut variety but now I feel challenged! Looks like a wonderful drink so should be tested!
I have never been a fan of coconut liqueur at all it usually tastes like Suntan lotion to me, buuuuuuuuut I must admit the Clement is very good
@@TheEducatedBarfly concidering your expertise "Note taken". Now I hope I will find that particular brand! 🙂
It seems like this would be a blue Hawaiian, coconut liquor instead of cream of coconut. Doesn’t the blue Hawaii have vodka and lime in it?
Yep these two are always confused, Blue Hawaii Vodka, no coconut. Blue Hawaiian Rum and cream of coconut.
Commenting for the algorithm.
I tried this tonight and didn't enjoy it. It was a bit too sweet for my taste and I think the citrus would have helped balanced it out better. The blue color did attract me to try it out though haha
Given the very low quality of Blue Curacao available in my stores, what do think about taking a small amount of Pierre Ferrand and adding blue food coloring bit by bit to make some?
I think that’s a smashing idea
I can confirm this is a great idea and delicious!
Such an underrated cocktail.
Would be interesting to try and sub the coconut liqueur with some coconut milk?
Would i be able to use something like Malibu for the coconut liqueur? Also, could I use koko kanu to make this a 3 ingredient drink rather than 4? Sorry if they're weird questions.
Yeah use what you like for coconut liqueur. Not sure of the koko kanu as I’ve never tried it. So looks like you’ll be doing the experiment for both of us :)
I can't find blue curacao anywhere as of late. Think I'll sub it with windex, see what happens.
Hey Leandro, so i have a original tiki cocktail idea for you that maybe youd like to try out :)
Im an amateur home mixologist and been watching you for a bit now and learned alot! So i thought id reach out! So this is my tiki inspired drink called Tango Alpha Tango. However, unfortunately i dont have access to awide selection of rums from around the world so ive just been using Bacardi and Havana Club equal parts :/ so if your interested i was hoping maybe you could pair a good mix of different rums, like a Smith & Cross or Plantation or others, for my cocktail?
Tango Alpha Tango
1oz Lemon
.5oz Coconut Cream
.5oz Tangerine oleo-saccharum syrup
1oz Tangerine juice
1oz Pineapple
3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
2oz mix of rums
Whip shake
Served over Pebble ice
Garnish*
No worries if not interested in making a vid out of it, but i hope you get to try it out even on your free time maybe :) thanks!
Great video, as always, that drink looks tasty. But i was wondering, isn't a this reconstruction of the Blue Hawaiian and not of the Blue Hawaii? They are similar, but the Blue Hawaii doesn't contain coconut, if i'm not mistaken🤔
Technically you’re correct but John DeBary doesn’t make the distinction and this when making his drink, I go with his cocktail name
its honestly incredible that the drink didnt come out too sweet. i dont think ive ever seen a shaken cocktail without any citrus component before
It’s what drew me to it, there is a little tartness from the pineapple but yeah, pretty great. I scoffed when I saw the recipe initially
@@TheEducatedBarfly i would have too lol
Can you do a video on the difference between a Blue Hawaiian and a Blue Hawaii?
Yeah, they are so often confused or seen as the same thing. There is a difference. A Blue Hawaiian is basically a Pina Colada with blue curacao.
When I was playing Doom Eternal I was drinking this cocktail. Glory kills felt way nicer.
@ Okay.
I do believe that the original Blue Hawaii didn't have any coconut of any kind, but did have a sweet and sour mix of lemon, lime and sugar. What you've made seems to be a riff on the Blue Hawaiian, which is a slightly different cocktail.
I used 1oz specs with: bacardi carta blanca, fresh pineapple juice, dekuyper blue curçao, and malibu coconut rum because I already owned them. Not bad.
Added 1/2oz lime juice, much better.
I don't think I'll ever budge on blue curacao.
Is there any other difference between curaçao and blue curaçao other than blue-ness? Can you just take curaçao and add some blue spirulina?
It tastes about the same as the regular Curaçao but it will probably be hard to get that bright blue color.
It's a nice change if the blue drink isn't too sweet
fresh pineapple is plenty acidic. maybe if you used canned pineapple juice you might need a quarter ounce of lime. a bit of salt probably wouldn't go wrong
It's true, they love blue.
Tried this. It came out puke green. Blue + yellow = green. How do you get yours blue?
Do you happen to know the original coconut liqueur John De Bary used?
From what I know about John DeBary I could surmise that it was probably Malibu LOL but really I don’t know, he doesn’t specify
It wouldn't be as blue but I wouldn't be able to resist just using Plantation's pineapple rum instead of the 3 star.
Smurfish drink :D
Am I wrong or this is Blue Hawaiian?
Nah, blue Hawaiian has cream of coconut/coconut cream so the texture would be totally different
Idk man, I think I'd need to give it more complexity. I wonder how a half ounce of green chartreuse and hopped grapefruit bitters or yuzu bitters would hold up?
Maybe more Yellow Chartruse
😮 me when I see him use the rum I buy
Is the difference between blue curaçao and dry curaçao just the color?
I belive technically the difference should just be the colour, but for me the blue Curaçao (Bols) smells and tastes a little like those sweet kids bubble gum (probably a bad comparison, and I probably just imagine the difference because of the colour, but that's the first thing that came to my mind when I smelled it 😅).
Yes, technically the only difference is food colouring, but most cheap blue curaçaos include a lot of sugar and stuff. There's high quality blue curaçaos too, but if you can't find one, get a clear curaçao and add food colouring yourself. If you get an orange curaçao you'll just mix up a murky brown.
The only difference should be the color. The Giffard is a great Blue Curaçao though. Never hurts to have some Blue in your collection for that cocktail every now and then...
Bols was the original maker of Blue Curaçao
The Educated Barfly everyone wants a blue drink, after all!
Waikiki isn't an island. Great drink. Thanks!
Corrected, and of course, Waikiki is a beach in the city of Honolulu on the island of Oahu :)
Ludilo!
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I dont agree that Plantation 3 Star is a white rum. Ok... color almost white but white rums as mostly understood as non-aged, no barrel-contact ones. Plantatios 3 Star contains aged rum thos not clear white rum. And taste profile is more complex than standard white rum.
Is it just me, or did his voice start distorting at some point later in the video?
Around 7:30, right? I noticed it too
Yeah like 7:15
The location we're shooting at has a lot of echo, and sometimes it gets picked up by marius' mic when both speak at the same time.
Too sweet for me. I prefer 1 part of Blue Curacao, 2 parts of Coconut Liqueur, 2 parts of Pineapple Juice, 3 parts of White Rum. A little less Blue Curacao, a little more White Rum and it becomes perfect
Really wanted to like this video but there are 666 likes and 9 dislikes... A sign😏
Blue Hawaiian not Blue Hawaii?
This one is called Blue Hawaii by its creator
Interesting. I'm sure some might be dissapointed to receive a drink with coconut when they order a blue Hawaii, that being the main difference. I personally love coconut though so I wouldn't mind either way
looks fantastic, gonna make this one for my cocktail insta 2brofurlough
Thats a Blue Hawaiian cocktail. A blue Hawaii is made with vodka.
The creator of the cocktail called it a Blue Hawaii, so we'll refer to it as that. But yes, the original Blue Hawaii had white rum, vodka, blue curacao, pineapple juice and sweet and sour mix. As to why John deBary didn't call it a Blue Hawaiian we cannot say :)
Cyan Hawaiian
Liked the video, didn't like the drink. Maybe it does need some lime. Let's say I liked it for being blue...
This is a blue hawaiian not a blue hawaii
1. Agree with Marius - it is turquoise blue
2. Dude you have gained weight!! Noticed when you turned sideways to shake.
Harry Yee’s version is better.