Friday, December 26, 2025

megalodon's fang

1 1/2 oz Planteray Stiggins' Fancy Pineapple Rum
3/4 oz London Dry Gin (Tanqueray)
1/4 oz Cointreau
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/4 oz Lemon Juice (*)
1/2 oz Falernum (Velvet)
1 tsp Grenadine
2 dash Angostura Bitters

Whip shake with crushed ice, strain into a Megalodon Relic Tiki mug (Pirhana mug), and garnish with mint sprigs and a dehydrated grapefruit wheel (grapefruit twist only).
(*) My guess is that there will be no harm if the lemon juice is omitted and the lime is upped to 1 oz (I happened to have a sample of lemon superjuice on hand to save juicing 3 fruits for this recipe).
For another recipe for my new Tiki mug acquisition, I opted for the Megalodon's Fang from a collection of Tikiland Trading Co.'s recipes that were posted on Reddit's Tiki forum. The Megalodon's Fang was perhaps a riff on Trader Vic's Shark's Tooth No. 1 from the 1940s and probably not the Cobra's Fang. It was created by Kelly Merrell at Trader Sam's at Disneyland and included as a recipe card to accompany Tikiland Trading's Megalodon Relic mug. Once prepared, the Megalodon's Fang siezed onto grapefruit and dark spice aromas. Next, a trio of grapefruit, lime, and lemon notes on the sip swam towards pineapple, pine, berry, and clove flavors on the swallow.

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