Pineapple juice - unless you are making fresh pineapple juice, Dole brand pineapple juice works great.

Be sure to shake it well, because the coconut solids tend to separate out from the syrup in the bottle. I've used Coco Real Cream of Coconut, but Coco Lopez is another well-known brand too. Navy strength rum (57% alcohol rather than the more common 40 to 42%) works well in this drink if you're feeling adventurous! At home, you can use your favorite dark rum.

Since Pusser's Rum has trademarked this drink, though, it has to be made with that rum if it's being sold under the name Painkiller. Dark Rum - the original recipe is said to have been created using Cruzan Rum.Here's what you'll need to make this cocktail: Also check out my Rum & Ramazzotti cocktail, or this amazing Mango Mai Tai! Jump to: If you want another delicious tropical cocktail, try the Mermaid Water rum punch recipe. But despite its crazy history, this drink couldn't be more relaxing and delicious to enjoy! Many bartenders now refuse to serve Pusser's in reaction to the lawsuit (read more about the lawsuit here).

The trademark battle ruffled a bunch of feathers in 2011 when Pusser's forced Painkiller bar in New York City to change its name. He went on to trademark the cocktail name Painkiller in multiple countries, so that on a cocktail menu, it must be made with Pusser's Rum in order to be called a Painkiller. The owner of Pusser's Rum, Charles Tobias, reverse engineered the recipe and came up with his own version. The bar's owner, Daphne Henderson, was locally famous for her secret Painkiller recipe (although some sources say the drink was developed by the previous owners of the bar, George and Mari Myrick).

It was developed in 1970 at a bar called the Soggy Dollar Bar in the British Virgin Islands. This tropical drink has a pretty interesting backstory.

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