Post #783911 by thejp2000 on Tue, Feb 13, 2018 8:19 PM

Well Prikli Pear, I'm no journalist, and all the information I found was from different blog posts on the internet, so it should all be taken with a grain of salt. (And remember, I DID cop to being blasphemous up front!) However, I did find several sources claiming that fassionola was the original syrup used in the Hurricane. The best article I found was this one: https://www.eater.com/drinks/2015/9/3/9253267/fassionola-tiki-syrup

Also, from the Cocktail & Sons fassionola page: "Fassionola is considered the original component syrup for a classic Hurricane cocktail." https://store.cocktailandsons.com/Fassionola-p/00005.htm

So there IS quite a bit of evidence out there that fassionola was used instead of a straight passion fruit syrup. From what I gather (and this is purely speculation), I'm surmising that fassionola wasn't readily available until recently, and the Bum recommended passion fruit syrup as the recommended substitute. Once that got published, I think people started taking it as gospel. (Because who'd be idiot enough to challenge the Bum!? Oh, wait...)

So probably even a MORE authentic Hurricane would be to just use the Cocktail & Sons Fassionola, but it's seasonal, and isn't currently available; so that's not exactly a reliable option.

My variation can be made any time, with ingredients a lot of tiki enthusiasts probably already have in stock.