Cobra's Fang
ClassicDark rum, passion fruit, and falernum with venom to match its name.
Dark and fruity, with molasses-rich rum meeting tangy passion fruit. Falernum layers in clove and lime-leaf spice, while a whisper of absinthe and a double dash of bitters sharpen the finish into something almost brooding.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Dark Rum
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.5 oz Fresh Orange Juice
- 0.5 oz Falernum
- 0.5 oz Passion Fruit Syrup
- 1 dash Absinthe
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- Lime wheel · optional garnish
- Mint sprig · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add every ingredient to a shaker with crushed ice.
- 2
Shake hard until well chilled.
- 3
Pour unstrained into a rocks glass and top with more crushed ice.
- 4
Garnish with a lime wheel and a mint sprig.
The Story
The Cobra's Fang is a Donn Beach original from the Beachcomber's coded canon, later decoded by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry. Built on a single dark rum rather than a blend, it leans on passion fruit and falernum for its tropical heart, with absinthe and bitters supplying the "venom" its name promises. It is one of the more approachable of Donn's reconstructed recipes.
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