Painkiller
Soggy Dollar Bar, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, 1970s, possibly Daphne Henderson
The Painkiller is Pusser's Rum, pineapple, orange and cream of coconut, shaken and open-poured over ice with fresh nutmeg on top. Pusser's rich navy-style rum gives it depth, and the nutmeg adds warm spice over the fruit. Made for summer beach weekends.
- GlassRocks
- MethodShaken
- Ingredients4
Directions
- Shake all ingredients with ice.
- Open pour, ice and all, into a double rocks glass.
ToolsJiggerShakerHawthorne strainerRocks glass
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The Painkiller was created in the 1970s at the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, possibly by Daphne Henderson. The bar got its name because there was no dock, so customers swam ashore and paid with wet bills. Pusser's Rum filed a trademark on the name and recipe in 1989.
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What you'll need to buy
Based on 750ml bottles (25.4 oz), rounded up.
Bottle math, generally
Batching dilution
When you batch, there's no ice melting in a shaker, so you add the water yourself: 18% for spirit-forward drinks, 25% for shaken ones.
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