Jungle Bird Cocktail

Learn to make a Jungle Bird cocktail using blackstrap rum, Campari, pineapple juice, fresh lime juice and demerara syrup.

Course Drinks

Cuisine malaysian

Keyword Jungle Bird, Jungle Bird cocktail, Jungle Bird Recipe

Servings cocktail

Calories 219kcal

Begin by pouring the rum, Campari, pineapple juice, lime juice, and demerara syrup into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake for 10-15 seconds.
Strain over a glass with fresh ice.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge, cherry or lime slice.

Tips For Making

Best Rum for a Jungle Bird - This recipe calls for blackstrap rum, while Jeff Berry favored Jamaican rum. The first written recipe called for generic dark rum, so we recommend sticking to a dark rum.
Substitutions - If you don't have demerara syrup, you can substitute it for simple syrup. You can also substitute Campari for another Italian bitter (such as Aperol, which is slightly more sweet than Campari).
Garnish ideas - You can use use pineapple fronds (pineapple leaves) to top the drink. This has a cool bird-like appearance. We used a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry secured together with a cocktail pick.