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summer rum drink with pineapple juice and cranberry

Easy Summer Rum Drink with Pineapple Juice and Cranberry

 Enjoy this simple rum drink with pineapple juice and cranberry anytime you crave a simple tropical cocktail. This rum-spiked tropical drink has all the basic parts of a classic Bay Breeze cocktail, but with rum!  Just pour, shake, and strain over fresh ice.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
COURSE Cocktails, Drinks
CUISINE Summer Cocktails
SERVINGS 1 cocktail

Equipment

Cocktail Shaker
Jigger
Rocks glass
Cocktail Skewers

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz Dark Rum - I used The Kraken Dark Rum
  • 2 wedges Fresh Lime
  • 2 oz Pineapple Juice - 100% pure Dole pineapple juice
  • 1½ oz Cranberry Juice - I used Langer's cranberry juice
  • ¾ oz Simple Syrup
  • Maraschino Cherries - for garnish
  • Lime Slices - for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Fill a cocktail shaker about halfway with fresh ice.​
  • Squeeze in the juice from 2 lime wedges and splash in the simple syrup.
  • Next, splash in the dark rum, pineapple juice, and cranberry cocktail juice.
  • Cover the cocktail shaker and shake well.  
  • Shake for about 10 to 15 seconds or until drink is chilled through and pineapple juice has begun to build a foamy top layer over the drink.
  • Use a cocktail strainer to strain the rum drink into a rocks glass or a tall glass over fresh ice.
  • Garnish with a slice of lime (or a slice of pineapple) and a cherry. Enjoy very cold.
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