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Painkiller

Rum

Painkiller

Base
Rum
Family
Tiki and tropical
Era
1970–1989: the disco years
Date
around 1971
Glass
Tiki mug
Technique
Shaken
Flavour
Sweet, Creamy
Strength
Medium

Ingredients

IngredientAmount
Dark rum60 ml
Pineapple juice100 ml
Orange juice30 ml
Cream of coconut30 ml
Nutmeg (garnish)a little
Pineapple (garnish)a wedge

Method

  1. Shake everything with ice.
  2. Serve over ice and grate nutmeg on top.

Tools

Place of origin

Jost Van Dyke · British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands
Natural Earth

Where it is most consumed

Very typical of the British Virgin Islands and Caribbean beach bars.

An impression, not a measured figure

Curious stories

Documented

It was created in the 1970s at the Soggy Dollar Bar on the island of Jost Van Dyke, though its author is unclear.

Sources

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