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A New Orleans classic, the Hurricane cocktail dates to World War II and was created in response to a whiskey shortage. Here's how to make it.

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Happy new year! i'm on the river with my friend, katie. one of my favorite drinks is the hurricane. you only get it the right way in new orleans. katie will walk me through how to make the hurricane and give us some history on where it all came from. let's do it. >> all right. the first you take a hurricane glass and fill it with ice. >> ice. tell me about the history of this. where does this come from? >> it started in the prohibition, louisiana can't get scotch or whiskey. we could just get cases and cases of rum. >> you weren't going to let them hold you back. >> no. >> so we would have to ...

Seems like it's getting full fast. what do i do to stop it? >> you add 4 ounces of the pat o'brien run and 4 ounces of hurricane mix. >> where does the glaze come from? the rum or the juice? >> we make our own rum. it's super unique. >> i'm going to let you mix it up. you do this every day. i am new to, this is this new orleans style or what? >> amazing. >> look at this texan coming to new orleans and making it happen. we have a lot of stuff for your guys. we're going to make some binets. also fan fest going across from us. we're going to let you have some reaction to this fan contest that we'...