Rainbow Cocktail

Taste the rainbow with this beautifully layered tropical tasting rainbow cocktail. This one is sure to be a conversation piece at your next get together with its bright layered colors. A conversation piece at your next get together with its bright layered colors.

What is a Rainbow Cocktail?

A rainbow cocktail is a layered cocktail with grenadine on the bottom, pineapple juice and vodka in the middle and blue Curacao and vodka on the top. This pretty rainbow colored cocktail is full of tropical sweet fruity flavor.

The tropical flavor in this drink comes in large part from the pineapple juice. Pineapple juice drinks are popular to make when looking for a sweet, fruity cocktail.

The layering in this cocktail and other cocktails, like the Superman cocktail, are made possible due to the fact that different liquids have different densities. For example, grenadine is a very heavy liquid and will almost always sit on the bottom of a drink. Whereas blue curacao is much lighter and can usually float on top. Blue curacao is much lighter and can usually float on top.

When to Make This Drink:

This fun and colorful drink is perfect for serving up during occasions like:

• Pride celebrations
• Birthday parties
• Summer barbecues
• Spring get togethers

Variations:

You have to be careful when substituting ingredients in this cocktail or you might accept the layering effect. However, here are a few ideas that still work:

• Use peach schnapps. Substitute the vodka in the middle layer for peach schnapps If you would like a peachy flavor.
• Use flavored vodka. Capitalize on the fruit flavors in the string by using a flavored vodka such as cherry vodka or citrus vodka.
• Use rum. Substitute the vodka and one or both layers for either white rum or coconut rum if you would like a more tropical flavor.

How to make this drink:

Although you don’t need a ton of ingredients for this drink, it does take about 10 minutes to make it since you have to mix up separate layers and then slowly layer them.

Equipment:

• Hurricane glasses
• jigger
• cocktail shaker
• Hawthorne strainer
• bar spoon

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Grenadine – this is a bright red sweet syrup. It tends to taste like cherries, but is made from pomegranates.
• 1.5 oz Pineapple juice – He’s a 100% no sugar added juice for best results.
• 2 oz Vodka – mid-Shelf vodka works fine for this cocktail. We prefer Stoli.
• .5 oz Blue curacao
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Gather together everything for this including hurricane glass, ice, bar spoon, jigger, grenadine, pineapple juice, cocktail shaker, Hawthorne strainer, vodka and blue curacao.

Step two

Fill the cocktail shaker up with ice.

Step three

Measure out 1 oz of grenadine with a jigger and pour it into the bottom of the hurricane glass.

Step four

Carefully add ice up to the top of the hurricane glass.

Use a jigger to measure out one and a half ounces of pineapple juice. And pour it into the shaker.

Step Five

Use a jigger to measure 1 oz of vodka and pour it into the cocktail shaker.

Step Six

Play still It on The Cocktail shaker and shake It well for about 15 seconds. Remove the lid and put the hawthorn strainer on top.

Slowly pour the pineapple juice in vodka mixture from the shaker into the hurricane glass.

Step Seven

Rinse the shaker out and refill it with ice.

Measure out .5 oz of blue curaçao with a jigger and pour itinto cocktail shaker.

Step Eight

Measure out one ounce of vodka with a jigger and toss it into the shaker.

Step Eight

Place a lid on the cocktail shaker and shake it well. Remove the lid and put the hawthorn strainer over top of the shaker.

Slowly pour the blue curaçao and vodka mix from the shaker into the hurricane Glass. If you want to help the layering effect, place the bar spoon upside down in the glass and pour the mixture over the bar spoon.

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