Scorpion bowl

Scorpion Bowl (Trader Vic)
Cocktail
TypeMixed drink
ServedCommunally, with straws
Standard garnishMultiple fruits, gardenia flower
Standard drinkwareSpecial: Scorpion Bowl
Commonly used ingredients
  • 6 oz light Puerto Rican rum
  • 1 oz brandy
  • 6 oz orange juice
  • 4 oz lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 oz orgeat syrup
PreparationCombine with 2 scoops of shaved ice in a blender. Pour and add additional ice cubes.
NotesFor 3-4 people

A Scorpion Bowl is a communally shared alcoholic tiki drink served in a large ceramic bowl traditionally decorated with wahine or hula-girl island scenes and meant to be drunk through long straws. Bowl shapes and decorations can vary considerably. Starting off as a single-serve drink known as the Scorpion cocktail, its immense popularity as a bowl drink in tiki culture is attributed to Trader Vic.[1][2]

The drink contains light rum, brandy, and orgeat syrup along with orange and lemon juice and is typically heavily garnished.[3] The ceramic vessel itself is also referred to as a "scorpion bowl".

Different versions can have multiple types of rum (overproof, dark and white), gin, wine, and fruit juices. If a sparkling wine "floater" is being added this should be done last after the other ingredients have been mixed.[4]

  1. ^ "Scorpion Bowl". blog.distiller.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ Riffs, Kitchen. "The Scorpion Cocktail". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. ^ Vic, Trader (1972). Bartender's Guide, Revised (revised ed.). Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 179.
  4. ^ Duggan McDonnell (2015). Drinking the Devil's Acre: A Love Letter from San Francisco and her Cocktails. Chronicle Books. pp. 94–97. ISBN 9781452140629. Retrieved 11 December 2015.