Three rums, three tropical juices, one glass.
Why you are pouring this tonight
Tropical Storm is the cocktail you make when someone has accused you of being too serious. Three rums, three juices, coconut cream, a sneaky float of grenadine that bleeds through the glass like a sunset over Magnetic Island. It is theatrical, it is indefensible, and it is exactly right when the temperature is over 32 and the only acceptable response to dinner is to skip dinner.
The technique is one part actual mixology and three parts not-overthinking-it. Whip-shake the white, aged and overproof rums with the citrus and coconut, pour over crushed ice, then drizzle the grenadine slowly so it sinks to the bottom and ribbons up. Use real grenadine (Liber and Co, or a homemade pomegranate-and-sugar one), not the red-cordial supermarket version that tastes like something a cinema would sell next to the Twisties.
What to pour it alongside
Pool. Hot day. Done.
Notes
The overproof rum gives the drink its kick. Lemon Hart 151 or Wray & Nephew. A little goes a long way, don’t increase.
The recipe
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