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Painkiller（ペインキラー）

Painkiller served in a hurricane glass glass
ペインキラー · 1970sHurricane glass · Shaken

Pusser's rum, pineapple, orange, coconut — the Soggy Dollar's cure for the swim back.

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01Recipe

Recommended recipe

House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

Ingredients and measures
IngredientMeasure
Dark rum (Pusser's)60 ml
Pineapple juice100 ml
Orange juice30 ml
Coconut cream25 ml

Total volume (pre-dilution)

  1. 01

    Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.

  2. 02

    Shake hard until frothy and chilled.

  3. 03

    Pour over crushed ice in a hurricane glass. Dust with nutmeg.

Garnish — Freshly grated nutmeg · pineapple wedge

02Taste profile

Sweetness
70Strong
Sourness*
0Faint
Bitterness
15Faint
Fruitiness
85Intense
Herbal*
0Faint
Alcohol
35Light
Crisp
48Moderate

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

03History

Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, early 1970s. Daphne Henderson ran the Soggy Dollar Bar — 'soggy dollar' for the wet cash swimmers paid with — and built the Painkiller on the Piña Colada's chassis with a darker, funkier rum.

Pusser's Rum trademarked the drink in the 1980s, an unusual move that makes it the rare cocktail whose home spec is written into trademark law: a Painkiller must use Pusser's, or it must change its name.

That legal quirk aside, the formula — 4 parts pineapple, 1 each orange and coconut, 2 of rum — is just sound: sweeter than a Colada, drier than it looks.

Origin contested — the entry keeps verified record and received legend distinct.

Sources — Soggy Dollar Bar · Pusser's · Difford's Guide

04Recipe versions

Each version is shown exactly as recorded in its source — unverified claims are flagged.

Total volume (pre-dilution)
  • Soggy Dollar Bar, BVI

    Soggy Dollar Bar, BVI

    Daphne Henderson / Pusser's · Bar · unverified

    • Pusser's rum2 part
    • Pineapple juice4 part
    • Orange juice1 part
    • Coconut cream1 part

    Shake, pour over crushed ice.

    The trademarked spec — Pusser's is written into the name.

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05Variations

06The map

Spirits

SpiritDark RumBrandPusser's
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