Page 23 - Thirst Magazine Issue 1 (Feb 2017)

THE

ORIGIN

OF THE

JUNGLE

BIRD

COCKTAIL

By Kim Choong

ccording to the first traceable
Jungle Bird cocktail recipe in “The
New American Bartender’s Guide”
by John J. Poister in 1989, it was
Acreated in 1978 in the former KL
Hilton’s Aviary Bar on Jalan Sultan Ismail.
The original recipe consists of generic
dark rum, Campari, pineapple juice, lime
and simple syrup. Jeff Berry, in his 2002
book “Intoxica”, recorded the recipe with
Jamaican rum, making it more specific.
Then in 2010, blackstrap rum was used by
renowned bartender Giuseppe Gonzalez,
further attracting international attention to
the Jungle Bird cocktail.

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