# Shrunken Skull

Equal measures of two forceful rums, fresh lime, and real grenadine form a stark, deep-red mid-century tiki sour.

Strength: 29% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Aged rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/aged-rum.md) — Use a gold Puerto Rican-style rum.
- 30 ml [Overproof Demerara rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/overproof-demerara-rum.md) — Use a 151-proof Demerara rum.
- 30 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 30 ml [Grenadine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grenadine.md) — Use real pomegranate grenadine.

## Glassware

Skull mug

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients vigorously with cubed ice.
2. Pour everything unstrained into a chilled skull mug.

## Related drinks

- [151 Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/151-swizzle.md): Donn Beach's formidable swizzle, driving overproof Demerara rum through lime, sugar, aromatic bitters, and a cool thread of anise.
- [Queen’s Park Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queens-park-swizzle.md): A high-octane Trinidadian swizzle that drives dark Demerara rum through fragrant mint, lime, sugar, and aromatic bitters.
- [Zombie](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/zombie.md): Donn Beach's formidable 1934 rum rhapsody, layered with citrus, cinnamon, spice, anise, and enough overproof depth to justify its legendary two-drink limit.
- [Cobra's Fang](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cobras-fang.md): Overproof Demerara rum drives orange, lime, passion fruit, falernum, bitters, and anise through crushed ice in a direct and unusually severe Donn Beach punch.
- [Jet Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jet-pilot.md): Three rums, two citrus juices, cinnamon, falernum, anise, and bitters form a compact Luau-era tropical drink with uncommon power and precision.
- [Nui Nui](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/nui-nui.md): Aged rum, orange, and lime carry cinnamon, vanilla, allspice, and bitters in one of Donn Beach's most aromatic and spice-led tropical drinks.
- [Queen’s Park Hotel Super Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queens-park-hotel-super-cocktail.md): Trinidad rum, sweet vermouth, lime, real grenadine, and Angostura form a tart, aromatic hotel classic wholly distinct from the Queen’s Park Swizzle.
- [Ancient Mariner](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ancient-mariner.md): Beachbum Berry's dark, dry reply to Navy Grog sets Jamaican and Demerara rums against grapefruit, lime, allspice, and restrained sugar.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/shrunken-skull
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/shrunken-skull-66429f1a.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/08/10/mai-kai-cocktail-review-drink-like-a-native-with-the-shrunken-skull/