Cocktail recipe
Happy Skipper
Highball glass · Ordinary Drink · Global cocktail tradition
Pour Happy Skipper when you want something citrus and spicy: a highball-style cocktail centered on Spiced rum.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 clSpiced rum
- —Ginger ale
- —Lime
- —Ice
How to make it
- Pour Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum over ice, fill glass to top with Ginger Ale.
- Garnish with lime.
- Tastes like a cream soda.
- Named for the Gilligan's Island reference ("The Captain" *in* "Ginger" is a Happy Skipper!)
Story
Think of Happy Skipper as a study in contrast. Spiced rum, Ginger ale and Lime share the glass without losing their individual character, creating a result that feels citrus and spicy.
Best for
celebratory · social · lighthearted · citrus · spicy