A Painkiller is a rum cocktail often associated with the British Virgin Islands, its place of origin. The Painkiller is a blend of rum with four parts pineapple juice, one part cream of coconut and one part orange juice, well shaken and served on the rocks with a generous amount of fresh grated nutmeg on top. One serving may be made with two, three, or four ounces of rum.
| Cocktail | |
|---|---|
 A Painkiller and a bottle of Pussers | |
| Type | Cocktail |
| Base spirit | |
| Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
| Standard garnish | Nutmeg |
| Commonly used ingredients |
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| Preparation | Shake and garnish. |
History
editThe original Painkiller was created in the 1970s at the Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay on the island of Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands.[1] The inventor may have been Daphne Henderson,[1] or George and Marie Myrick, previous owners of the Soggy Dollar.[2] It was originally made using Cruzan Rum.[2]
In 1989, Pusser's Rum Ltd. filed a US trademark on the Painkiller's name and recipe. When a Tiki bar named Painkiller opened in the Lower East Side of New York City in May of 2011, Pusser's sent a cease and desist order to owners Giuseppe Gonzalez and Richard Boccato, both for the bar's name and for selling Painkiller cocktails made with rums other than Pusser's.[3] Gonzalez and Boccato reached an out-of-court settlement with Pusser's, which included them renaming the bar to PKNY. In response to the news, numerous bartenders organized a boycott against Pusser's Rum.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Cocktail Origins: A Painkiller to Cure What Ails You". September 12, 2014. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Tom Bolt (June 13, 2011). "Pusser's VI Rum Wins Trademark Battle on "Painkiller"". Boltnagi.
- ^ Martineau, Chantal (2010-08-31). "The Era of Copyrighted Cocktails?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "Painkiller's Supporters Launch Boycott of Pusser's Rum | The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side". Retrieved 2022-01-25.