Bushwacker (cocktail)
- This article is about the cocktail; for other uses, see Bushwhackers (disambiguation).
| Standard bushwacker with whip cream and cherry garnish. | |
| Type | Cocktail |
|---|---|
| Served | straight up |
| Standard garnish | |
| Standard drinkware | Hurricane Glass |
| Commonly used ingredients | |
| Preparation | Blend all the ingredients together in a blender, including the ice, and then strain into a hurricane glass. Place cherry on top of the drink as a garnish and serve. Whipped cream can also be added as a garnish to the top of the drink before the cherry.[1] |
| Notes | The Bushwacker is often made using many other types of liquors and spirits as there are dozens of variations on this cocktail, some of which include the addition of Bacardi Rum, Vodka, Amaretto, and Baileys Irish Cream, as well as using nutmeg as a garnish. |
The Bushwacker is a cocktail first sold in 1975 at the Sandshaker in Pensacola Beach, Florida that is similar to a creamy, chocolate piña colada. Due to its informal origins, there are no official recipes for this cocktail and most bartenders have their own variations of it. The quantity of rum, which lends the drink most of its alcohol, can be varied making the drink anywhere between 40% and 75% alcohol or it can be completely left out for a low-alcohol beverage. Fruit can also be added to the cocktail as another seasonal variation to an otherwise basic drink.[2]
History
Popular accounts have it that the bushwacker was invented when Linda Murphy, the owner of the Sandshaker Beach Bar on busy Pensacola Beach, FL, visited Sapphire Beach Village, St. Thomas and experienced the beverage there invented by Deb Ciesla (Dogul). Upon returning to the United States, Murphy experimented with different ingredients until she created her own version of the "Bushwacker" which is the one widely known today.[3]
Since 1986 there has also been an annual Bushwacker Festival held at Quietwater Beach on Pensacola Beach, FL to celebrate the drink and its origin.[4]
In politics
U.S. President Barack Obama was photographed by the Associated Press drinking a bushwacker at an Orange Beach, Alabama restaurant on July 15, 2010 while touring the areas affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Bushwacker". About.com. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ↑ "Home of the Original Bushwacker". Retrieved 2013-01-06.
- ↑ "Best Bushwackers on the Beach". Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ↑ "Home of the Original Bushwacker". Retrieved 2013-01-06.
- ↑ "Washington Photo Blog - Tuesday, June 15, 2010". Time. Retrieved 2013-01-06.