The Hammer Cocktail
While you’re mixing up this fantastic cocktail, why not listen to an episode of the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast as your soundtrack to crafting Tikimon’s Hammer Cocktail.
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 3/4 oz Passion Fruit Juice
- 1/4 oz Real Grenadine
- 1/2 oz Licor 43
- 1/2 oz Midori
- 1/2 oz Cointreau
- 1/2 oz Elderflower Liqueur
- 1 oz Gold Barbados Rum (Plantation 5 yr)
- 1 oz Aged Gold Jamaican Rum (Appleton Signature)
- 2 dashes of  Angostura Bitters
- 5 oz  Crushed Ice
Garnish:
- Lime spiral
Instructions:
Place all ingredients into a blender and flash blend for 5 seconds. Pour into your favorite glass or mug and fill to top with more crushed
ice. Garnish with a lime spiral.
Prepare to get hammered!
Note: If you add 1/2 oz of Navy Rum you’ll have a Sledge Hammer. Yikes!
🌋 The Legend of Tikimon’s Hammer
A backstory for the mighty cocktail that “prepares you to get hammered.”
Long before Tikimon became the island’s most celebrated mixologist, he was known for something far more dangerous than his cocktails – his legendary strength. Island lore tells of a time when Tikimon helped rebuild the docks at Blue Whale Tiki Bar after a fierce tropical storm. With nothing but determination, a bamboo mallet, and a questionable amount of rum in his system, he worked through the night, pounding support posts into the sand as the moon rose high over Exotic Tiki Island.
By sunrise, the docks stood stronger than ever… but Tikimon’s mallet did not survive. The handle snapped, the head cracked, and the villagers joked that the only thing powerful enough to break Tikimon’s hammer was Tikimon himself.
To commemorate the feat, Tikimon set out to create a drink worthy of the story – a cocktail with the force of a storm, the brightness of sunrise, and the mystery of island magic.
He began with fresh lime and passion fruit, the flavors of the island’s wild groves. Then he layered in exotic liqueurs – Licor 43, Midori, Cointreau, and elderflower – each representing a different spirit of the island. Finally, he added not one but two mighty rums: a bold Barbados gold and a deep Jamaican aged rum. A couple dashes of bitters, a flash blend of crushed ice, and the drink roared to life.
When Tikimon first served it, the villagers took one sip and declared:
“This isn’t a cocktail… this is a hammer!”
And the name stuck.
To this day, Tikimon’s Hammer is the drink you make when you want to feel the full power of the island – a tropical knockout that hits hard but tastes heavenly. And for the brave (or foolish), Tikimon offers a secret upgrade: add a splash of Navy Rum and you unlock the fearsome Sledge Hammer, a drink whispered about in the darker corners of the Blue Whale Tiki Bar.
