Mary Pickford (cocktail)

Mary Pickford

IBA official cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Base spirit	Rum
Served	Straight up: chilled, without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
IBA specified ingredients†	4.5 cl white rum 4.5 cl fresh pineapple juice 0.5 cl Grenadine 0.75 cl Maraschino
Preparation	Shake and strain into a chilled large cocktail glass
Commonly served	All Day
† Mary Pickford recipe at International Bartenders Association

A Mary Pickford is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with white rum, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine, and Maraschino liqueur. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a Maraschino cherry.

History

Named for Canadian-American film actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979), it is said to have been created for her in the 1920s by either Eddie Woelke^[1] or Fred Kaufmann at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba on a trip she took to Havana with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks.^[2]

See also

• Bloody Mary (cocktail)
• Queen Mary (cocktail)

References

1. "Mary Pickford Cocktail". Imbibe Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
2. Thompson, Kester (2011). Cocktails, Cocktails, and More Cocktails. Watertown, MA: Imagine Pub. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-60734-423-0. mary pickford cocktail.