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 'rich' (2:1); 5 ml Maraschino syrup; 30 ml Aged Jamaican rum

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)

1/2 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Pineapple juice

1/3 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1/6 fl oz

Maraschino (Marasca) syrup (from cherry jar)

1 fl oz

Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk

How to make

Glassware

Method:

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).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Shark's Tooth (by Don Beach) contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.78% alc./vol. (41.57° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Caspian Berggren Premium Member 29w

I think we should use more Maraschino cherry syrup in our cocktails. It's acting kind of like Cherry Heering in cocktails - it's rich, heavy and slightly tart, which gives the cocktail a heft which is hard to achieve without making the cocktail too sweet.

Matt Premium Member 1y

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 2y

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 2y

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 Premium Member 3y

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.