Soggy Dollar Gold Rum
Soggy Dollar Gold Rum is the house rum of the legendary Soggy Dollar Bar in White Bay, Jost Van Dyke — a blend of aged Caribbean rums, four times distilled from first-press sugarcane molasses and bottled at 40% ABV. This is the rum the bar builds its original Painkiller on: rich, golden, and made for tropical drinks. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Type: Gold Rum — blend of aged Caribbean rums
- Origin: British Virgin Islands brand; Caribbean rums, imported by Levecke Corp., California
- Process: Four times distilled, first-press sugarcane molasses
The Story
The Soggy Dollar Bar sits on the white sand of White Bay on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands — with no dock, so sailors anchor offshore, swim in, and pay for their drinks with wet bills, which is how the bar got its name. In the 1970s it gave the world the original Painkiller, and its motto says the rest: "a sunny place for shady people." Soggy Dollar Rum bottles that bar — blends of aged Caribbean rums (including Puerto Rico and Trinidad) in a bottle embossed with the bar's palm-tree medallion, imported by Levecke Corp. of Mira Loma, California.
Tasting Notes
Per the brand: rich flavors of golden molasses and allspice, followed by decadent cocoa, with notes of black cherry on the finish — a full, warm gold rum with enough body to stand up in tiki drinks and enough sweetness to sip over ice.
How to Enjoy
Make the original Painkiller the Soggy Dollar way: 2 oz Soggy Dollar Gold, 4 oz pineapple juice, 1 oz orange juice, and 1 oz cream of coconut over ice, finished with fresh-grated nutmeg. It also anchors a classic Daiquiri or a Rum Punch. For the clear version, see Soggy Dollar Platinum Rum; for the spiced take, the Soggy Dollar Island Spiced Rum; and for the aged reserve, the Soggy Dollar Private Stock Rum.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Soggy Dollar Bar?
A beach bar on White Bay, Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, famous as the birthplace of the Painkiller cocktail — and named for the wet bills sailors swim ashore with, since the bay has no dock.
Which rum goes in a Painkiller?
Traditionally a rich gold/dark rum — this Gold is the bar's own house pour for it.
How strong is it?
40% ABV (80 proof).
Order Soggy Dollar Gold Rum online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego — one sip and you're on the sand at White Bay.