I wrote a reply to this last night, but the computer ate it. Here's the short
version.
I work in the French Quarter in New Orleans, the home of the hurricane.
Needless to say every bar serves them, and almost every bar makes them
differently. At Pat O'Brien's, the place where they invented it- it's made
with 4 oz of rum and passion fruit juice. It is sweet enough to make your
teeth fall out on the spot. Maui tropical schnapps is the most common
substitute for passion fruit juice or syrup. My bar carries neither. When
anyone asks for a hurricane on the rocks (we have frozen "hurricanes" in a
slurpy machine, but you don't want to know what's in those- trust me.) I make
the following drink. It's not quite true to the original, but it's close, a
tasty substitute and I've had no complaints. A few people even say it's the
best they've tried in New Orleans!
The 'Riacane:
1 1/2 oz light rum
1 1/2 oz dark rum
1/2 oz grenadine
healthy splash sour mix
fill with pineapple juice
shake
garnish with a cherry (If I'm at home, I'll use a kiwi slice if there's one
on hand)
enjoy!
Also, a mini-rant on the subject of hurricanes- whoever says Southern Comfort
has any place in this drink is a fool. That's a damn lie made up by
advertising people. I'm not a purist by any stretch (obviously) but it pisses
me off when drink companies decide to totally revise recipes. Why can't they
just make up new ones?