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Miami Vice in a highball, drawn with its ingredient layers

Miami Vice

The Miami Vice is a blended rum cocktail from the United States, fresh and citrusy and creamy. It is made with white rum, pineapple juice, coconut cream and more, served in a highball over crushed ice.

Strength: about 7.1% ABV in the glass, roughly 19 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

Half Piña Colada, half Strawberry Daiquiri. Named after the 1980s television show.

Ingredients

White rum60 ml (2 oz)
Pineapple juice60 ml (2 oz)
Coconut cream30 ml (1 oz)
Strawberry purée45 ml (1½ oz)
Lime juice15 ml (½ oz)
Simple syrup15 ml (½ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Blend half the rum with the pineapple and coconut cream and crushed ice: that is the Piña Colada half.
  2. Blend the other half of the rum with the strawberry, lime and syrup and crushed ice: the Strawberry Daiquiri half.
  3. Pour the two into one tall glass side by side or in layers.
Glass
Highball
Ice
Crushed
Garnish
Pineapple wedge and a strawberry
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