Last month the Liquid Culture column asked readers to submit original Malibu-based cocktail recipes. After drinking our way through the entries, these were are five favorites and the authors each received a 350-ml bottle of Malibu.

Ryoko Yamaguchi of Saitama Prefecture sent in a whopping seven recipes, suggesting either a talent for mixology or an incredible thirst for coconut rum. The most inventive of her creations paired Malibu with fruit juices and awamori, Okinawa’s distilled rice liquor.

15 ml Malibu
15 ml awamori
30 ml orange juice
30 ml grapefruit juice

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