Dark 'n' Stormy
60 ml Dark rum, 100 ml Ginger beer, 10 ml Lime juice, 1 Lime wedge
Ingredients
- 60 ml Jigger One large side (50 ml) of a standard jigger, plus two teaspoons. Dark rum - Pusser's is the traditional pour; any dark, molasses-rich rum will do
- 90 ml Jigger One large side (50 ml) and one small side (25 ml) of a standard jigger, plus a tablespoon. Pineapple juice
- 30 ml Jigger One small side (25 ml) of a standard jigger, plus a teaspoon. Orange juice
- 30 ml Jigger One small side (25 ml) of a standard jigger, plus a teaspoon. Coconut cream
- 1 pinch Spoons A pinch taken between finger and thumb - about a quarter of a teaspoon. Nutmeg - Grated fresh over the top, and worth the trouble
- 1 slice Orange slice (optional)
Measured in Millilitres (UK). Sign in to read these in American measures. Print a kitchen card at this size.
What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Shake the four liquids with ice and pour into a tall glass over crushed ice.
Method
- Shake the rum, both juices and the coconut cream with ice for 12 seconds.
- Pour into a tall glass over crushed ice.
- Grate nutmeg over the top until you can smell it from where you are standing, and add a slice of orange.
Serve it
Painkiller
The Painkiller comes from the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, which is named for the dollar bills sailors swim ashore with and hang up to dry. The bar is reachable only by boat, which is the sort of detail that makes a drink taste better, and the recipe was eventually adopted by Pusser's rum, whose version is the one most people know.
Getting it right
The number of the drink tells you how much rum is in it: at the bar you can order a two, a three or a four, and four is a serious commitment. This one is a two-and-a-bit, which is plenty. Coconut cream rather than coconut milk is what gives it the body it needs, and the grated nutmeg on top is not decoration - it is the top note the whole drink leans on.
Tasting notes
Rich and creamy, with pineapple and coconut up front and a proper dark rum finish that reminds you it is not a smoothie. It tastes like the end of a very good day.
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