Blue Marlin Tiki Cocktail | A Great Catch |

Tiki drinks can be really fun, the Blue Marlin is one of them. I particularly like the vivid colors they can make, especially blue ones. Technically I guess blue curacao is not a really high end ingredient, it basically triple sec with blue food coloring, but from time to time its fun to make something bright and vivid. Blue marlin checks all the boxes, color, style, and a ton of cherries. While it may look like a cocktail from 1980, the Blue Marlin is a pretty complexly flavored drink. No blender slop here.

Complex Blue Marlin?

It starts off with the usual suspects, rum, and citrus, just what we come to expect from a tiki. But we take a significant right turn, with Maraschino Liqueur and floral Orgeat. If you don’t have Orgeat I have a recipe here, and will post a link to amazon at the bottom if you feel the need to buy some. We like Liber and Co. Rum wise I recommend a split between a smooth Martinique rum, Clement VSOP, and a clean Honduran, the go to is Flor de Cana Extra Seco 4 year Silver. Glass is pretty simple, old fashioned will do and finish with four brandied cherries on a skewer. Like bait on a hook.

Yes, we realize blue drinks are rarely blue, they are typically green due to dilution of the curacao. We don’t make the rules, I guess if something blue goes in call it blue. Not sure I would want a drink called “Green Marlin”. Enjoy the Blue Marlin, it’s a great catch.