Gaugin recipe
White rum, passion fruit juice, lemon juice and lime juice, built over ice in a highball glass, garnished with a slice of lemon and a slice of lime.
By Kris Barton · Updated - 2 mins total
- 5 ingredients
- Highball glass
What Ingredients do you need to make a Gaugin?
White Rum
All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.
Rum is usually aged, and the container it’s aged in has a big say in its colour.
In bourbon or other wooden casks, the rum turns a dark brown colour, but in stainless steel tanks it stays colourless. Rum that’s been aged in wood can also be filtered to take the colour out.
White Rum is clear because it’s aged in stainless steel, or filtered after ageing.
Pretty cool, huh?
Passion Fruit Juice
Passion fruit juice gives cocktails a sweet edge.
I mean, it’s delicious – who doesn’t like passion fruit juice? Do you even know anyone? No. Because they don’t exist.
For passion fruit juice, we recommend:
What Equipment do you need to make a Gaugin?
Highball Glass
Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.
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Recipe card
Gaugin
- Prep
- 1 min
- Making
- 1 min
- Total
- 2 mins
- Serves
- 1
- Glass
- Highball glass
Ingredients
Makes 1 drink.
Method
- Add ice, white rum, passion fruit juice, lemon juice, and lime juice to a highball glass.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon and a slice of lime.
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Gaugin FAQs
What Ingredients do you need to make a Gaugin?
To make a Gaugin, you need 50ml / 1.7oz white rum, 50ml / 1.7oz passion fruit juice, 15ml / 0.5oz lemon juice and 15ml / 0.5oz lime juice, plus a slice of lemon and a slice of lime to garnish. There’s more about white rum and passion fruit juice above.
What Equipment do you need to make a Gaugin?
You’ll need a highball glass.
What alcohol is in a Gaugin?
The only alcohol in a Gaugin is white rum: 50ml / 1.7oz.
Is a Gaugin shaken or stirred?
Neither. A Gaugin is built straight in a highball glass: pour the ingredients over ice and serve. No shaker needed.
What glass is a Gaugin served in?
Serve a Gaugin in a highball glass.
How do you garnish a Gaugin?
Garnish a Gaugin with a slice of lemon and a slice of lime.
How do I make a Gaugin for a group?
The recipe makes one drink. Multiply every measure by the number of drinks you want: for 4, you’d need 200ml white rum, 200ml passion fruit juice, 60ml lemon juice and 60ml lime juice. Build each drink in its own glass.
