Gin and Blue Curaçao come together in this gorgeous blue cocktail recipe!

This gorgeous gin and Blue Curaçao cocktail recipe has hints of cherry from Maraschino liqueur and a hit of pineapple juice that will transport you to the tropics. It tastes as utterly divine as it looks!

The key to this vibrant cocktail is the gin and, for us, it can only be one: Gin YVY Mar from YVY Distilaria in Brazil, Craft Gin Club’s January 2023 Gin of the Month. Made with botanicals unique to Brazil, it has a one-of-a-kind palate that’s brimming with citrus and spice tones that are simply divine.

Not only do those tones work so well with the orange perfume of the blue curaçao but they also complement the rich, sweet cherry notes of the Maraschino liqueur.

The pineapple juice then adds a refreshing hit of fruit that rounds everything out wonderfully.

What kind of alcohol is Blue Curaçao?

Blue Curaçao is an orange-flavoured liqueur invented on the Caribbean island of Curaçao by Dutch settlers in the 19th century. It originally came in a range of colours but is now most famous for, and more commonly found, in its iconic blue colour.

Is there alcohol in Blue Curaçao?

Blue Curaçao does contain alcohol and it is usually found with an ABV of between 20% and 25%.

What’s Blue Curaçao made of?

Blue Curaçao is made from the dried peel of Curaçao oranges, otherwise known as Laraha oranges, a citrus fruit found on the Dutch-Caribean island of Curaçao. They are distilled in alcohol with sugar to make blue curaçao, which gets its blue colour from blue colourings.

Gin YVY Mar is also fantastic in our Banana Gin Daiquiri cocktail recipe. Give it a go here…