Home Team BBQ’s entrance into Aspen in 2016 was a game-changer for a lot of reasons.<\/p>\n
While best known for their slowed cooked meats and southern-style barbecue, it’s root, root for the Home Team with their signature cocktail that got its name changed with a twist.<\/p>\n
Up until a decade or so ago, the Game Changer used to be called the Painkiller at Home Team’s Charleston, South Carolina, store.<\/p>\n
It was so popular that it became a destination drink there.<\/p>\n
“It’s our No. 1 selling item,” said Sean Daniher<\/a>, an operating partner with Home Team BBQ. “It has its own following.”<\/p>\n As the Painkillers were overflowing from the blender at Home Team in Charleston, an executive with Pusser’s Rum, which is the main ingredient in the drink, watched on.<\/p>\n Soon, a cease and desist order came, and Daniher took the renaming of the drink to Facebook. The winner of the “Game Changer” won a year’s worth of barbecue.<\/p>\n “That secured his position with the company,” laughed Brad Mosier, general manager of the Aspen location about Daniher’s game-winning move.<\/p>\n The drink is still a painkiller in many ways. With two ounces of rum (not Pusser’s), in every glass, all aches, pains and problems leave your body.<\/p>\n On top of the copious amounts of rum, the Game Changer has orange and pineapple juices, blended with coconut cream and ice. And just for fun, Home Team bartenders will put a rum or Grand Marnier floater on top and finish it off with freshly ground nutmeg.<\/p>\n “It’s great for brunch, you get your vitamin C and other juices \u2026 it’s great with wings, very refreshing,” Daniher said. “Coming off the mountain it can be a great nursing agent. Everyone loves them. Grandmas love them and newly-minted 21-year-olds love them; come to Home Team and get your game changed.”<\/p>\nRecommended Stories For You<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n