This cocktail was a highlight of Sunday’s happy hour special event at Trader Vic’s Emeryville organized by some local tiki folks. We gathered in the Lanyu room and could order at that room’s bar for the cocktails on the special menu, plus food items from the regular lounge menu. We did see a few people go to the main bar to order other drinks, but it seemed like most people were happy with the varied options that included the Original Mai Tai, a Navy Grog, a Clarified Essence of San Juan, the classic Trader Vic’s Stinker.
The flame was quite impressive and I enjoyed this cocktail in any case, thanks to the Trader Vic’s Grog mix and a blend of spirits.
Trader Vic’s Stinker
1 oz Lime Juice
2 oz Pineapple juice
½ oz Trader Vic’s Grog Mix
½ oz Sloe Gin
2 oz Trader Vic’s Dark Rum
Flash Blend or shake and pour into a Menehune bowl or goblet.
Garnish with spent lime shell filled with 151 rum and ignite
The recipe for the Stinker was shown on Trader Vic’s now defunct Twitter account in 2020, adding “Squeeze half of a lime, save spent shell” but there’s no way they were using ~1½ oz of lime juice in this and eyeballing the recipe it seems like too much in any case.
