How to Make a Volcano Bowl at Home

Volcano is the name of a cocktail served in many tropical themed bars and tiki bars. What sets it apart from other drinks is that it can be shared by multiple people, who use straws to drink it directly from a tropically decorated bowl. When the cocktail and the bowl are used together, the entire presentation is called a volcano bowl. The bowl itself has two sections. The outer ring holds the cocktail and the inner ring is for the flammable liquid, which is set alight to create a volcano effect.

Things You'll Need

• 6 oz. of squeezed grapefruit juice
• 2 oz. of squeezed lime juice
• 3/4 oz. of maple syrup
• 1/2 oz. of simple syrup
• 3 oz. of Demerara rum
• 2 oz. of Jamaican rum
• 1 oz. of gold rum
• Ice
• Volcano tiki mug
• Bottle of a 151-proof spirit
• 15- to 20-inch straws

Instructions

1. Squeeze grapefruits into a measuring cup until you have 6 oz.

2. Add the contents of the measuring cup to a cocktail shaker.

3. Squeeze limes into the measuring cup. Stop when you have 2 oz.

4. Pour this into the cocktail shaker with the grapefruit juice.

5. Add 3/4 oz. of maple syrup into the measuring cup and then tip it into the cocktail shaker.

6. Measure 1/2 oz. of simple syrup and add it to the shaker with the other ingredients.

7. Pour Demerara rum into the measuring cup until you have 3 oz. Add this to the cocktail shaker.

8. Measure 2 oz. of Jamaican rum and pour this into the cocktail shaker.

9. Fill the measuring cup with gold rum until you reach 1 oz. Tip the contents of the cup into the cocktail shaker. This is your last ingredient.

10. Take a new cocktail shaker and add ice to it. Stop when it is 1/4 full.

11. Pour the ingredients from the original cocktail shaker into the new shaker containing just ice.

12. Tip all of the contents from the new cocktail shaker, which is now ice and cocktail, into the original shaker again.

13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 around five times. This is an effective method of mixing and chilling the drink, called "rolling."

14. Add a straining lid to the cocktail shaker.

15. Half-fill the outer section of the tiki mug with large chunks of ice.

16. Strain the cocktail into the outer section of the mug.

17. Fill the inner section of the bowl with 151-proof rum. You could also use 151-proof vodka, as it is the flammability rather than the flavor that matters.

18. Light a match and set fire to the 151-proof spirit in the center of the mug.

19. Add colorful 15- to 20-inch straws to the outer section of the bowl. Supply one for each person who will be sharing the cocktail.

Tips & Warnings

• This is a lot of alcohol be responsible

• Be careful with any form of fire.

References

• Cocktail Spirit: The Volcano
• Cocktail Bar: Let's Burn All the Bitter Memories and Ignite Ecstatic Moments with Flaming Volcano