This Jungle Bird was prepared by the bar team at Rockwell Place in Brooklyn and was the winning recipe in our Blind tasting 2024 of the drink. Judges praised the texture and body of the drink, as well as the balance between the cocktail’s three central pillars: rum, red bitters and pineapple. As Punch editor-in-chief […]

Third place in our Blind tasting Jungle Bird 2024 went to New York’s aptly named Jungle Bird. The bar’s house recipe forgoes blackstrap entirely, using a blend of Don Q pineapple rum and Smith & Cross Jamaican rum instead. Add to that the expected Campari, lime and pineapple juice, and the unorthodox pineapple liqueur. Juicy […]