Post #288644 by captnkirk on Wed, Feb 28, 2007 3:52 AM

Well I consulted the bible on this one (Trader Vics Bartenders Guide)

Trader Vic claims to have invented this one too, but the drink is not listed in the old testament (1947 edition) so I consulted the new testament (1974 edition). FYI: at one point Trader Vic also had the US Patent on the design of the Suffering Bastard Mug.

Suffering Bastard (Trader Vic 1974)
3 ounces Mai Tai Mix
1 ounce light Puerto Rican Rum
2 ounces St. James rhum
lengthwise strip of cucumber peel
1 lime (cut and juiced)

Cut lime and squeeze juice into a mai tai glass (double old fashion) filled with shaved ice; save one shell. Add mai tai mix and rums. Hand shake. Decorate with cucumber peel, lime shell, fresh mint and a fruit stick.

There are a few problems with this drink, first your Suffering Bastard mug holds twice as much booze as a Mai Tai Glass. In his book Trader Vic substitutes 2 parts orange curacao, 1 part sugar syrup, and 1 part orgeat syrup for mai tai mix in his Mai Tai so it should work in this drink too.

Suffering Bastard (Adapted for your mug by me)
3 ounces orange curacao
1.5 ounces rock candy syrup
1.5 ounces orgeat syrup
2 ounces light Puerto Rican Rum
4 ounces St. James rhum
lengthwise strip of cucumber peel
2 limes (cut and juiced)

Cut limes and squeeze juice into a shaker containing shaved iced dumped in from one Suffering bastard mug; save one lime shell. Add booze and mixers. Hand shake. Dump without straining into mug and decorate with cucumber peel, lime shell, fresh mint and a fruit stick.