The pins & needles is a brilliant concoction from alex day at honeycut in los angeles. Its big and grassy and tart and just-sweet-enough, and terrifically refreshing. Day calls for la favorite coeur de canne, a rhum agricole blanc. He also calls for lillet blanc, a ros wine apritif cocchi rosa will be just as lovely in a pinch. For the pineapple syrup, we havent found any that we love so much as the one by small hand foods which you can order online in some regions.