It is HOT AS BALLS in DC right meow (and as a general rule). And like a genius, I biked back from getting a haircut, which makes me a sweaty mess. HOWEVA, it also means I earned a drink. And wouldn’t you know it, I have a fully stocked bar just lying around.

Which got me to thinking, you know what sucks?  When through no fault of anyone’s, we end up with a desert of a day, with no spare post lying around. So in the spirit of both an ounce of profession and paying homage/blatantly ripping off Sharky, here’s a cocktail of the afternoon that can be shoved in wherever a hole arises.

I wanted something tropical to make me feel a little more ok with the oppressive heat and the humidity, and as it so happens, I have a shit ton of pineapple juice due to Costco selling it by the pallet. And I have that All Spice Dram I bought on Sharky’s recommendation, so those are our anchor ingredients. Which means let’s throw some rum and squeeze half a lime in and see what’s up.

That’s pretty much all there is to it.  I poured some ice into a glass, then pineapple juice, dark rum, fresh lime juice, light rum, more pineapple, and then the All Spice Dram.  First sip was juice and rum forward, but felt like it needed to be a little sweeter.  So I splashed a little simple syrup in there, some orange juice, and a little more all spice dram.

If you’re looking for measurements, call Sir Mix-a-Lot. I splished and splashed here until I felt like it worked. What resulted probably could have done without the orange juice, but it was damn tasty. Maybe a little grenadine instead of the simple syrup next time, and then this would be good to pass out in a pool chair with.

I guess the real question is if this already exists.  If so, I swear I came to it independently, but I wouldn’t be surprised. If not, well….what do we name it? The Piña Spice Girl? Tropical Tuesday Afternoon? What do ya got?  And anything else y’all have been mixing up in your home bars? Holler down in the comments.