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How to make a Hurricane cocktail

Mardi Gras is just around the corner and for those of us who live down south lots of us will probably head to New Orleans to celebrate and drink lots of hurricane’s. The hurricane is a rum based drink that was invented in the 1940’s in a New Orleans bar named Pat O’brien’s. During that time there was a shortage of whiskey so Pat O’brien’s took that opportunity to create the hurricane. I am going to show you how to make two versions. The first is the classic version that is similar to what you would have had in the 1940’s and the second is a modern New Orlean’s version like what Pat O’brien’s makes today.

Classic Version

Ingredients:

2 oz white rum

2 oz dark rum

2 oz passion fruit syrup

2 oz lemon juice

Directions:

  1. Mix together all ingredients in a tumbler with ice.
  2. Shake for 10 seconds.
  3. Poor into a hurricane glass filled with ice.
  4. Garnish and Enjoy!

Modern New Orleans Pat O’briens version

Ingredients:

2 oz white rum

2 oz dark rum

2 oz passion fruit juice

1 oz orange juice

1/2 oz lime juice

1/2 oz grenadine

Directions:

  1. Mix together all ingredients in a tumbler with ice.
  2. Shake for 10 seconds.
  3. Poor into a hurricane glass filled with ice.
  4. Garnish and Enjoy!
How to make a Hurricane cocktail

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How To Make A Painkiller Cocktail

The classic Painkiller that most of us know is the Pusser’s Painkiller.  Named for the Pusser’s brand of rum used in the drink.  According to Pusser’s own website the recipe for the Painkiller was inspired by Daphne Henderson, who owned the Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands.

The bar is famous for inventing the Painkiller and also because there is no dock, so the usual way in is to swim. Which naturally gets your dollars get wet, hence the name “Soggy Dollar Bar.”

The CEO of Pussers, Charles Tobias, was a patron of the Soggy Dollar Bar where the Painkiller was his favorite drink.  Eventually, he finally worked out the recipe on a “4-1-1-1” ratio—four parts pineapple, one part cream of coconut and one part orange juice adding Pusser’s Rum to suit.

Pusser’s started promoting the Painkiller and eventually it became known as Pusser’s Painkiller.  Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

2 ounces Pusser’s rum

4 ounces pineapple juice

1 ounce orange juice

1 ounce cream of coconut

Freshly grated nutmeg

Directions

  1. Add liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.
  2. Pour in a big glass filled with ice.  Grate fresh nutmeg on top.
  3. Garnish with an orange slice and cherry.
  4. Enjoy killing the pain.
How to make a Painkiller cocktail