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Thai Bucket in a highball, drawn with its ingredient layers

Thai Bucket recipe

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The Thai Bucket is a built rum cocktail, made with white rum, energy drink and cola, served in a highball over ice. It is sparkling.

Strength: about 8.9% ABV in the glass, roughly 19 g of alcohol and about 210 calories per drink (an estimate; brands, sugar and dilution vary).

The beach-party drink of Thailand, traditionally mixed in a small plastic bucket with Thai rum, cola and an energy drink, and shared through straws.

Thai Bucket ingredients

White rum60 ml (2 oz)
Energy drink60 ml (2 oz)
Colatop up, about 120 ml

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

How to make a Thai Bucket

  1. Fill a highball with ice.
  2. Pour the ingredients in order, topping last.
  3. Lift once gently with a barspoon.
  4. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Glass
Highball
Ice
Cubed
Garnish
Lime wedge
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Thai Bucket: quick answers

How strong is a Thai Bucket?
About 8.9% alcohol once the ice has melted in, roughly 19 g of alcohol per drink. That is an estimate: brands and dilution vary.
How many calories are in a Thai Bucket?
About 210 calories per drink, from the alcohol and the ingredients. An estimate: brands and the amount of sugar change it. Compare every drink in the cocktail calorie chart.
What glass is a Thai Bucket served in?
A highball, over ice cubes.
How many ingredients does a Thai Bucket have?
3 in total: white rum, energy drink and cola. Simple enough to make at home.

Cocktail calorie chart: compare all 1,308 drinks

Thai Bucket variations

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