A Conversational Guide to The Hurricane Cocktail

Compared to this column’s previous subjects (ham, bitters, non-alcoholic beer) you’d figure the Hurricane—a neon red, rum-heavy cocktail, served in a famous glass at the most famous bar in the country’s most famous drinking city—would especially lend itself to something titled “a conversational guide.”

On some level, it does. There’s no dearth of scholarly articles recounting the Hurricane’s origins. No shortage of reddit threads and tiki message boards sharing ways to recreate the New Orleans classic at home. No lack of historical photographs suggesting people enjoy this drinkable lava lamp.

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