Eight pineapple cocktails for a tropical happy hour: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

🍴 Eight pineapple cocktails for a tropical happy hour: quick-n-fun exotic recipes 🍸

Who says pineapple belongs only in fruit salads and piña coladas?
Sweet, tangy, and wonderfully tropical, pineapple plays surprisingly well with bourbon, rum, tequila, and even whiskey. Here are eight delicious ways to turn this golden fruit into happy hour. No fancy equipment needed - just ice, a shaker (or a jar with a lid), and a few ingredients!

All recipes make one cocktail.

✦ 1. Bourbon Pineapple Smash

Muddle ¼ cup fresh pineapple chunks with 4–5 mint leaves. Add 2 oz bourbon, ½ oz lemon juice, ½ oz simple syrup, and 2 dashes aromatic bitters. Shake with ice, strain into a glass over fresh ice, and garnish with mint. Fruity, rich, and refreshing!

✦ 🌿 2. Pineapple Rum Fizz

Shake 2 oz white rum, 2 oz pineapple juice, ½ oz lime juice, and ½ oz rosemary syrup with ice. Strain into a tall glass, top with 2 oz sparkling water, and garnish with rosemary. To make the syrup, briefly simmer equal parts sugar and water with a rosemary sprig, then cool.

✦ 🌶 3. Spicy Pineapple Margarita

Shake 2 oz tequila, 2 oz pineapple juice, 1 oz lime juice, and ½ oz orange liqueur with ice and 2–3 thin jalapeño slices. Strain into a glass with a Tajín-coated rim. Add extra jalapeño if you like it hot!

✦ 4. Pineapple Moscow Mule

Fill a glass with ice. Add 2 oz vodka, 2 oz pineapple juice, and ½ oz lime juice. Stir, then top with 3–4 oz ginger beer. Garnish with a slice of grilled pineapple for extra caramelized sweetness.

✦ 🍋 5. Pineapple Bourbon Lemonade

Combine 2 oz bourbon, 2 oz pineapple juice, and 3 oz lemonade in a tall glass with ice. Stir and garnish with lemon and pineapple. Sweet, tart, and perfect for sipping on the patio.

✦ 🍹 6. Pineapple Old Fashioned

Stir 2 oz bourbon, ½ oz pineapple syrup, and 2 dashes aromatic bitters with ice. Strain over a large ice cube and garnish with orange peel. For quick pineapple syrup, simmer ½ cup pineapple juice with ½ cup sugar until dissolved, then cool. A tropical twist on a classic!

✦ 🍸 7. Pineapple Whiskey Sour

Shake 2 oz whiskey, 2 oz pineapple juice, and ¾ oz fresh lemon juice with ice. Strain into a glass and garnish with pineapple. Just three ingredients, perfectly balancing sweet and sour.

✦ 🍊 8. Pineapple Paloma

Combine 2 oz tequila, 2 oz pineapple juice, 2 oz grapefruit juice, and ½ oz lime juice in a glass with ice. Top with 2 oz sparkling water or grapefruit soda. Stir gently and garnish with a grapefruit wedge. Refreshing, citrusy, and wonderfully tropical!

🍍 A little tropical gardening inspiration

Fresh, homegrown pineapple makes these drinks even more fun. And you don't need a plantation to grow your own!
Pineapples are bromeliads, happy in containers, and surprisingly easy to grow in warm climates.

👉 Feed your pineapple for a sweeter harvest!

SUNSHINE Ananas – Amino-Acid Booster and Fertilizer for Pineapple and Bromeliads is specially formulated to promote vigorous growth, healthy plants, and better pineapple crops. Its gentle, balanced formula is ideal for bromeliads. For best results, combine with Sunshine Honey and Sunshine Superfood.
Sunshine Boosters are safe for edible plants when used as directed, so you can nourish your pineapple plants and enjoy their delicious homegrown fruit!

🛒 Grow the fruit. Mix the drink.

📚 Learn more:

• Ananas varieties (Pineapples) in Plant Encyclopedia
• The Truth About How Pineapples Are Born
• The white-fleshed, low-acid pineapple disrupting tropical gardens
• What are the best varieties of Pineapples?
• What is the best pineapple to grow at home
• How we ate all pineapples from that ugly corner
• The most luscious Hospitality Fruit: Pineapple
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