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Menehune Juice
Slightly sweet and strong. According to Vic, "One sip and you may see a Menehune."
james McMakin
3rd February at 03:29
Not a fan of sweet Tiki. I was curious about Vic’s cocktails, this was a blast from the past. Dad the Major and fam were stationed at Schofield Barracks on Oahu. I was 12 left at 16. I saw plenty of menehunes (the equivalent of an Irish leprechaun). I wasn’t of legal drinking age, it was the early 70’s, with plenty of substances making meme- hunes appear often. Hawaii has changed since the 70’s We’ve destroyed the islands through greed and tourism. Love the juice with just orgeat though.
13th September 2024 at 17:35
absolutely delicious. Great balance.
7th August 2024 at 16:07
Came across this one randomly, searching for a few cocktails ahead of the holidays. I will definitely make this but use my Mai Tai mugs and add a monkey decoration (from my large tiki collection which I am permitted to take home from my local Tiki bar, if only they knew how many boxes of them I have now lmao)
10th August 2024 at 11:31
Sipping this right now. Followed the advice of another discerning drinker and added only Orgeat syrup (15ml). Instead of a monkey, added a little cork Mexican man from my collection
9th December 2023 at 06:41
i cant help myself, i just wont add simple syrup to any tiki drinks that uses orgeat, i just double up on orgeat instead of sugar syrup. we making tiki drinks or daiquiri rifts eh Vic ;)
20th April 2023 at 18:57
Wow! I used Havana Club 3 and the balance was wonderful! The almond of the orgeat, the slight ester of the rum and the subtle orange essence of the Triple Sec and of course, the sourness of the lime combined so well. I would drink so many of these to see a Menehune if needed.
1st July 2022 at 01:24
Having multiple original Tiki cocktail recipes along with a collection of vintage tiki glasses, this was what I was expecting. Many of the original Tiki drinks used light rum to accent the flavours of the other mixers. This is a very nice tiki drink. Not the best or the booziest, but very nice.
1st January 2022 at 12:41
Ok, it’s light rum instead of dark rum, but with otherwise identical ingredients, albeit in fractionally different quantities, this is so similar to a Mai Tai I don’t think it qualifies to be called anything else. At least I know I’ll like it however, the Mai Tai’s a fabulous drink.
1st July 2022 at 01:23
A Mai Tai must always be made with aged gold or dark rum. Like other tiki drinks, many of them originally used white rum as it was easier to get than the darker rums.
1st August 2021 at 00:00
Ok, can I retract/amend my previous comment, haha?... I did make this again and by the color and potency of the second shake, I may have been short an oz or two of rum on the first attempt... Even with my error and subsequent fix, the ratio of the supporting ingredients is on point! Still an excellent sip.