Piña Colada

[FrogPrincesse]

I am guessing it's a reference to the Tom Cruise character in the movie Cocktail.

 

Anyway, I would ditch the piña colada idea and learn how to make an Old Fashioned a la Ryan Gosling.

Minimal equipment required* and she will be impressed, guaranteed.

 

 

 

* photoshopped abs excluded

Edited June 25, 2014 by FrogPrincesse (log)

[Adam George]

Being that we do not have abs like Ryan, photoshopped or otherwise we serve Ryan Gosling with our Rye 'n' Gosling cocktail.

/shameless TDP plug.

[Czequershuus]

While I agree with the posters above, If these really are your only three options, and you are dead set on a Piña Colada, I would say either of the first two options should be serviceable.

 

Putting a bar made drink in the fridge or freezer will likely cause the coconut cream in the drink to solidify, leaving you with a very unpleasant concoction.

 

The pre mixed bottled cocktails are usually pretty bad, but I would guess I would not matter much with a classic Piña Colada.

 

If you go the rum and mixer route, just choose a nice solid white rum. My standard is Cruzan, which is very cheap, and I have always found to have a pleasant flavor. Other will have different recommendations.

 

However, if you are willing to put in just a bit more work, I agree with dan up thread about shaking the ingredients. this will be far superior to the other alternatives.

[Monkeyleg]

Thanks for all the replies. 

 

I plunged ahead despite the warnings above. I got some Finest Call mix. I figured Bacardi white was pretty neutral, so I bought a pint of that. I bought hurricane glasses, straws and little umbrellas. A few hours before our meet I got some pineapple wedges and cherries from a nearby nightclub. I got ice from the hotel ice machine and crushed it in a plastic baggie. 

 

I measured the ingredients into a glass jar, shook them to mix, assembled the drink, and she was delighted. She had four, so I guess she was happy, and so was I.

[mkayahara]

She had four, so I guess she was happy, and so was I.

At the end of the day, that's the important thing!

[Adam George]

Thanks ...

...I plunged ...

Sometimes it's not whether you used the right tool, but whether or not the job got done.

Edited July 8, 2014 by Adam George (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Shaken pina colada over shaved ice...

 

 

3 oz Cana Brava

3 oz fresh pineapple juice

2 Tablespoons cream of coconut

2 Tablespoons coconut cream

juice of one lime

 

[Katie Meadow]

12 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Shaken pina colada over shaved ice...

 

 

3 oz Cana Brava

3 oz fresh pineapple juice

2 Tablespoons cream of coconut

2 Tablespoons coconut cream

juice of one lime

 

What is the difference between cream of coconut and coconut cream?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, Katie Meadow said:

What is the difference between cream of coconut and coconut cream?

 

Cream of coconut is sweetened coconut puree:

(eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

 

Coconut cream is simply coconut puree.  I find if I use all cream of coconut the drink is far too sweet.  I might try omitting the coconut cream and using just a small amount of cream of coconut, so that pineapple flavor would be more prominent.  I'd cut down on the rum too I'd think.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I feel a little foolish.  When I went to wash the shaker there was a big glob of coconut puree at the bottom.  Shaking was not enough to get the coconut cream into suspension.  The improvement I noted was almost certainly due to using less cream of coconut than in my prior pina colada.  I could try homogenization but I doubt that it will happen.  It's not like I were making a mai tai or something.