4 Ways To Make A Piña Colada!

The Piña Colada may very well be the king of the Tropical cocktail. While credit should be given to Puerto Rico for the popularity of the Piña Colada, drinks consisting of the same or similar ingredients had been around for some time before the Caribe Hilton Piña Colada version. There's no doubt that the creation of CocoLopez in 1949 evolved this drink into the resort staple it is today.

There are many ways to make a Piña Colada and in this video, we'll make it shaken, in a drink mixer, with a blender, and with a Ninja Creami.

_Recipes at the bottom of this description_

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📃 *Episode Chapters* 📃
00:00 Introduction
01:00 History of the Piña Colada
02:57 WTF is a CREAMi
04:15 Ingredients List
04:28 Piña Colada Recipe Card
06:10 A Ninja CREAMi Cocktail
06:57 Making the 3 other cocktails
08:07 Tasting all of them

📖 *Recipe(s)* 📖
1 dash Angostura biters
1 oz of pineapple juice
_or acid adjust 100 mL of Pineapple Juice with 2 grams citric acid and 1 gram malic acid._
2 oz coconut mix
1 oz light puerto rican rum
1 oz gold or dark puerto rican rum

*Tropical Standard Coconut Mix*
142 grams of coconut milk
425 grams coco Lopez or REAL

#PiñaColada #Cocktails #rum

[DylanSanchez]

The host's expertise and passion for mixology shine through in every video. Cheers to learning new recipes and impressing friends with my

[wheremagicbeginsnow]

The addition of the acid adjusted pineapple juice has now made this one of my top choices. Really good idea. Since I do not have a drink master (waiting to see more on this topic in the future) I used my immersion blender and it turned out fantastic. Thank you…

[garrukapex]

I'm glad this showed up in my recommended, really interesting comparison! Your production quality is really good and the content is interesting, you've def earned another subscriber

[anandsrinivasan]

Ha. Family just got back from Disneyland. I bought a parrot mug from the Enchanted Tiki Room gift shop. Now have something to use it for. I’ll have to sing the song making it.

[DarkSky]

I met a bartender in Phoenix that put me on to a secret ingredient that I absolutely love for a Pina Colada - a float of Macadamia Nut Liquor on top (or blended in if you're making a frozen blended recipe). Definitely worth a shot if you can find a bottle of Trader Vic's.

[bobsbottomshelf]

So if I say tomorrow is officially National Blue Hawaii Day, I guess no one can say otherwise because I'm the source! A Midori Colada is my favorite version. Great Episode!

[jcloiseau]

This episode is so interesting because it underlines so well societal changes. The concerns for sugar is really something born much later than this drink.
Back then it was: "oh a summer dessert with tons of booze? Count me in!" but we're now looking desperately to achieve "balance" and reduce sugar levels.

[richardscott]

I know you said you weren't messing with the ingredients, but I went to a bar recently near me that specializes in Chartreuse cocktails and they made a Pina Colada and subbed out the rum for green Chartreuse and boy does it work so well.

[sergisamongas]

Pina Colada is one of my favorites. It is very forgiving to rum used.

[Jeremy-kgzr]

I really like a split of a generic flavor white rum(Tiki Lovers on my bar atm) and Coruba. Cheap and tasty. Also a touch of lime juice, which now that you mention the acid adjustment in the pineapple, it makes sense why I like them that way.

[neptune]

If you have never been to the Caribe Hilton Hotel in Puerto Rico, you are missing out.

[ultimatemaitai]

Very interesting comparison. Interesting that the blended version topped your list.

[wally]

I think you choose the correct rums it is a Puerto Rican drink, it's meant to be refreshing and it's more of a drink to let the pineapple and coconut shine to a bold rum to over power and it should be sweet as a desert cocktail.

[fiddler]

I'm a cocktail nerd and a huge fan of the blended pina colada, I could have so many of these. I haven't tried the diluted coco lopez so I'm interested to try that, one tip I would give that to me is essential is to add several chunks of frozen pineapple (not from a can) to your blender. This really helps the texture and gives it an emulsifying effect, especially if you have a blender that can handle it. I love pineapple though so my Pinas are more pineapple-y.

[mattviolet]

any particular reason you decided to omit the xantham gum that Tropical Standard calls for? I've been trying to up my blended game lately and I can't make up my mind on xantham.

[ryann]

You can mix in a half ounce of lime juice and it'll do the same thing as his acid adjuster

[AlfonsoVallarta]

VERY interesting specs, especially accounting for the reduced sweetness of the coconut element and increased acidity of the pineapple juice. I've long thought piña coladas are for people who can't make painkillers at the time, but I might try out this one tomorrow.

[omgkatstephens]

Interesting recipe! I don't think I've seen one before that used angostura bitters and an acid adjuster. The acid adjuster feels like a lot because I don't have it in my bar and I want a pina colada now after watching this lol, but I'm moving on to the the video you have about that topic and maybe I feel better.

[lrvogt]

My guests have been very pleased with this recipe:
2 Plantation 3 Stars Rum
2 Pineapple Juice
1 Cream of Coconut
1/4 Lime Juice (adds acidity to the pineapple)
1/8 Orgeat (adds nuttiness to the coconut)
5 drops Saline (enhances the overall flavor)

[aliastheaddikt]

142-425 feels like a completely unhinged ratio lol