# Missionary’s Downfall

Donn Beach's pale-green frozen classic, fragrant with fresh pineapple, mint, peach, honey, and lime over a light rum base.

Strength: 17% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [White rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/white-rum.md) — Use a light Puerto Rican-style rum.
- 15 ml [Peach liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/peach-liqueur.md) — Use a quality crème de pêche rather than peach schnapps.
- 30 ml [Honey syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/honey-syrup.md) — Mix equal parts honey and warm water.
- 15 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 4 pieces [Pineapple](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/pineapple.md) — Use fresh 2.5 cm chunks, about 60 ml by volume.
- 10 leaves [Mint](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/mint.md) — Use ten to twelve large leaves.

## Glassware

Goblet glass

## Garnish

- Mint sprig

## Method

1. Add all the ingredients and 180 ml crushed ice to a blender.
2. Blend on high for 20 seconds to finely purée the pineapple and mint.
3. Pour unstrained into a chilled goblet.

## Related drinks

- [Aku Aku](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aku-aku.md): Fresh pineapple and mint are flash-blended with lightly aged rum, peach liqueur, lime, and demerara before being fine-strained into an unusually vivid up drink.
- [Clairin Regal Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/clairin-regal-sour.md): Wild Haitian cane spirit, lemon, raw honey, grapefruit bitters, and salt make a compact sour with remarkable savoury and coastal depth.
- [Don’s Special Daiquiri](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dons-special-daiquiri.md): Donn Beach turns the Daiquiri tropical with a Jamaican-led rum split and equal measures of tart lime, vivid passion fruit, and soft honey.
- [Beachcomber](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/beachcomber.md): A compact white-rum sour where lime and dry orange liqueur meet enough maraschino to turn a Daiquiri outline floral, nutty, and faintly bitter.
- [Mojito](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mojito.md): Cuba's defining mint highball keeps white rum, lime, sugar, soda, and whole fresh leaves in a cold, fragrant, sparkling balance.
- [Air Mail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/air-mail.md): Lightly aged rum, lime, and concentrated honey form a bright Cuban sour before Champagne turns it into a long, sparkling drink over ice.
- [Hotel Nacional](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hotel-nacional.md): An elegant Cuban rum sour whose restrained pineapple, apricot, and lime suggest the tropics without sacrificing the spirit beneath them.
- [Navy Grog](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/navy-grog.md): A bracing Don the Beachcomber punch in which three distinct rums meet grapefruit, lime, honey, and a small sparkling lift.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/missionarys-downfall
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/missionarys-downfall-83f7c883.webp
- Recipe source: https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/missionarys-downfall-don-beachcomber