COCKTAIL RECIPES

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These tasty drinks will have you relaxing in no time or recalling your fantastic trip to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands!

Picara Pearl Rum Punch

1 cup Cruzan® 151 Rum
1/2 cup Cruzan® Estate Diamond® Dark Rum
1/4 cup Cruzan® Coconut Rum
10 cups pineapple juice (2 large cans)
5 cups guava or cranberry juice
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lime juice
5 tbsps of grenadine syrup
ice cubes
pinch freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
lemon, orange, or pineapple slices for garnish

Mix ingredients together in a blender or punch bowl. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving. Pour over ice cubes into glass. Garnish with lemon, orange, or pineapple slices. Party Recipe! Makes 36 servings 4oz servings or 18 8oz servings

Picara Pearl Rum Swizzle

4 oz Cruzan® Estate Diamond® Dark Rum
4 oz Cruzan® Estate Diamond® Light Rum
2 oz of Triple Sec
juice of 2 lemons
5 oz pineapple juice
5 oz orange juice
¾ oz grenadine
4 dashes of Angostura bitters
ice cubes
crushed ice
orange slices, pineapple cubes, maraschino cherries for garnish

Fill a pitcher a third of the way with crushed ice and add all the ingredients. Churn vigorously until frothing (or shake in a large cocktail shaker) and strain into cocktail glasses filled with fresh ice. Garnish each with an orange slice, a pineapple cube and a cherry. Serves 6.

Picara Pearl Bushwacker

1 ounce Dark Crème de Cacao
1 ounce Kahlúa
1 ounce Bailey's Irish Cream
1 ounce Amaretto liqueur
1 ounce Cruzan® Estate Diamond® Dark Rum
1 ounce Cruzan® Coconut Rum
1 ounce vodka
2 cups crushed ice
2 maraschino cherries for garnish
4 dashes of grated nutmeg (optional)

Blend everything except dark rum, cherries, and nutmeg at high speed until smooth, about 20 seconds. Pour into glasses. Top with dark rum. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Garnish with a marachino cherry. Serves 2

Picara Pain Pirate

*Our version of the Painkiller® cocktail

16 oz Cruzan® Estate Diamond® Dark Rum
16 oz pineapple juice
4 oz Coco Lopez® cream of coconut
4 oz orange juice
ice cubes
pinch freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
orange wedges and maraschino cherries for garnish

Mix ingredients together in a blender and pour over ice cubes into hurricane glasses or large snifters with a generous amount of fresh nutmeg on top. Garnish with orange wedges and cherries. Serves 4.

Picara Perfect Storm

*Our version of the Dark 'n' Stormy® cocktail

4 oz Cruzan® Estate Diamond® Dark Rum
10 oz ginger beer
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
ice cubes
lime wedges for garnish

Pour rum into highball glasses over ice. Add ginger beer and stir.
Garnish with lime wedges. Serves 2.