Build over cubed ice and stir gently
Paloma
Peppery tequila, tart lime, and sparkling pink grapefruit.
Shake hard, fine-strain over fresh cubed ice, and garnish
Jungle Bird
A tropical bitter classic that balances dark molasses rum and ripe pineapple with Campari, lime, and measured demerara sweetness.
Verified by CocktailSteps Editorial Team
- Time
- 4 minutes
- Level
- Easy
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Approx. ABV
- 14% · Medium
Measured for the room
Ingredients
1.5 ozBlackstrap rumRecommended brandHamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black Rum
0.75 ozCampariRecommended brandCampari Bitter
1.5 ozFresh pineapple juiceRecommended brandFresh ripe pineapple
0.5 ozFresh lime juiceRecommended brandSunkist Persian Lime
0.5 ozDemerara syrupRecommended brandLiber & Co. Demerara Gum Syrup
1 piecePineapple wedgeOptionalRecommended brandFresh ripe pineapple
Amounts scale from the verified one-glass recipe. Technique and timing stay unchanged.
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Blackstrap rum
Campari
Measured method
How to make Jungle Bird
- 01
Measure the build
1½ oz rum · ¾ oz Campari · 1½ oz pineapple · ½ oz lime · ½ oz syrup
Add 1½ oz blackstrap rum, ¾ oz Campari, 1½ oz fresh pineapple juice, ½ oz fresh lime juice, and ½ oz demerara syrup to an ice-filled shaker.
Measure the build visual check - 02
Shake hard
Shake hard · 12 sec
Shake hard with ice for 12 seconds.
Shake hard visual check - 03
Strain over fresh ice
Fine-strain · fresh cubed ice
Fine-strain the shaken drink into a rocks glass filled with fresh cubed ice.
Strain over fresh ice visual check - 04
Add the pineapple
1 pineapple wedge
Set 1 fresh pineapple wedge securely at the rim.
Add the pineapple visual check
Key move
Keep the pineapple and demerara measured so Campari's bitterness stays visible
Verified technique note
Why this build works
The Jungle Bird gives bitterness enough room to register inside a tropical build. A 1½-ounce pour of blackstrap-style rum matches the 1½ ounces of fresh pineapple, so fruit supplies body without displacing the base spirit. Campari enters at ¾ ounce, a deliberate amount that remains vivid against ½ ounce each of lime and demerara syrup. A hard twelve-second shake integrates the dense syrup, aerates the pineapple slightly, and chills the mixture. Fine straining over fresh ice removes broken shaker fragments, slowing dilution while preserving the drink's red-orange color and clean bitter finish.
Common failure points
- The drink reads as sweet pineapple punch with no bitter finish.
- Measure the Campari at ¾ ounce and keep pineapple juice to 1½ ounces.
- The rum disappears behind the fruit and fresh serving ice.
- Use a full-flavored blackstrap-style rum and shake for only twelve seconds.
Measure or substitute
A molasses-rich dark rum can replace blackstrap rum at the same 1½-ounce measure, but it makes a softer variation; simple syrup may replace demerara at ½ ounce with less caramel depth.
Set the station
Tools
JiggerRecommended brandCocktail Kingdom Japanese Style Jigger
Cocktail shakerRecommended brandCocktail Kingdom KORIKO Shaking Tins
Fine strainerRecommended brandCocktail Kingdom COCO Mesh Cone
Rocks glassRecommended brandRIEDEL Drink Specific Rocks Glass
Know the pour
Medium
Rum and Campari remain distinct after pineapple, citrus, shaking, and serving-ice dilution.
Contains alcohol. Serve only to adults of legal drinking age and enjoy responsibly.
