Name: Shark's Tooth (by Don Beach)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Pineapple juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 5 ml Maraschino syrup; 30 ml Aged Jamaican rum

Shark's Tooth (by Don Beach)
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₆ oz	Syrup from Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
1 oz	Jamaican aged blended rum with funk

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Garnish: Pineapple wedge & cherry

How to make:

BLEND first 5 ingredients with 4oz scoop of crushed ice and pour into an old-fashioned glass. POUR Jamaican rum into shot glass and serve alongside drink, instructing drinker to pour rum into cocktail prior to sipping (without straw).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This cocktail should be blended so the ice is dissolved to chill and dilute the drink which should end up with a long-lasting frothy head.

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Variant:

Trader Vic's Shark's Tooth No.1

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Don Beach in the 1960s.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Shark's Tooth (by Don Beach) contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.78% alc./vol. (20.78° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt

8th October 2024 at 02:41

Delicious. Mostly rum, so make sure you use rum you like to taste. I used Pusser's and Appleton 8 yr, and was very happy. The pineapple and lime are classic - I'm not sure how much the maraschino cherry syrup brings, but I note that it is very thick, rich and flavorful, and so I think it is significiant. I used syrup from Bada Bing jarred cocktail cherries.

Jose Cruz

8th April 2024 at 04:39

no pineapple around, Giffard pineapple liquor to the rescue, Hamilton black pot for jamaican rum. For the crushed ice, i poured the drink into a dry glass, put the remaining ice on my beastly blendtec and pulsed a few times and re-joined them on the same glass. the idea is shaken ice carries some of the cocktail flavors already thus minimizing overall waste of ice and cocktail ... next time no simple syrup, falernum ;)

Chris Dimal

24th January 2024 at 11:53

Interesting drink. Starts easy with pineapple, Maraschino cherry juice and rum, but it gets drier as you progress, with the Jamaican rum really changing the end result.

John Hinojos

17th May 2023 at 01:54

You can't go wrong with any of the tiki cocktails from Don the Beachcomber. I was lucky to eat in two of his restaurants. The cocktail is fruity without being too sweet. The melting ice is key with this as with many of the tiki cocktails. Loved it.

Joseph Murray

31st July 2022 at 22:19

A nice treat in hot weather. Tasted like an original Mai Tai with cherry instead of almond flavor, and more slushy.

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