Hurricane (Pat O'Brien's)

While 4 ounces (120ml) of rum is the traditional serving for a Hurricane, you could divide all the amounts by two for a smaller serving.

Created in the early 1940s by Louis Culligan at Pat O’Brien’s, an Irish bar, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Hurricane was invented during a time where spirits like whiskey and Cognac became more expensive and harder to come by due to the Second World War. Rum, on the other hand, was cheap and readily available.

Culligan first published the Hurricane recipe in Cabaret Magazine in 1956.

The Hurricane gets its name from the type of glass used to serve it in. In turn, the hurricane glass is named after the hurricane lamp or shade, which was used to prevent a flame from being blown off by the wind.