Those of you who have perused our Deadbeat Bar cocktail menu may have noticed that one of our drinks, The Shrunken Bum, used to come with a warning that the recipe is too dangerous to reveal. But since we’ve been making them for over a year now and no one has died, or even shrunk, after drinking them, we here divulge it to you.
Not that you asked, but first a little background info: It all started because our pal Bosko came up with a Shrunken Bum sculpture in our honor … at any rate, we prefer to think it was in our honor, given the sad end to the Bum the piece envisions (see photo above). The sculpture caused a minor sensation when Bosko exhibited it at the 2004 Tiki Oasis event in Palm Springs, so Bosko followed it up with a pint glass bearing a Shrunken Bum logo (photo below). Since even a glass this interesting is more interesting with a drink in it, the Bum concocted a cooler to complete the picture.
To make a Shrunken Bum, place in your blender 1 ounce fresh lemon juice, 1 ounce apple juice, 1 ounce dark Jamaican rum, 3/4 ounce 151 Bacardi rum, 1/4 ounce sugar syrup, 1/8 level teaspoon powdered cinnamon, and 8 ounces (1 cup) crushed ice. Blend on high speed for at least 20 seconds. Pour into a Shrunken Bum glass half-filled with ice cubes (see link below to order one).