Piña Colada
Mastering the Piña Colada With Erick Castro
In "Masters of X," we spotlight bartenders chasing perfection in one drink. Here, Erick Castro takes on the Piña Colada.
- story: Amy C. Collins
- photos: Jim Sullivan
Erick Castro’s Piña Colada
Erick Castro incorporates four rums into his Piña Colada recipe, in a nod to tiki tradition.
Five Easy Upgrades on the Piña Colada
This frozen combination of pineapple juice, rum and coconut cream makes for an eminently riffable formula.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
What’s Your Desert Island Cocktail?
Ever wondered what you might drink while cast away on a tropical island, equipped with limited resources and plagued by boredom and isolation? We asked bartenders that very question, and…
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Miami Vice
This version of the campy frozen classic from the Broken Shaker on Miami Beach tosses out any processed syrups or mixers and uses real strawberries, fresh coconut cream and a…
Angostura Colada
Based on the structure of a traditional Piña Colada (rum, pineapple and coconut), Zac Overman's riff on the Piña Colada replaces most of the rum with spicy Angostura bitters.
Will the Real Piña Colada Please Stand Up?
Over time, the Piña Colada has fallen into the same disrepair as many tropical-at-heart cocktails, but it needn't be so. Derek Brown visits Puerto Rico to search for an authentic…
- story: Derek Brown
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The New Yorker’s Guide to Vacationing in Koreatown
New York's Koreatown is an alternate universe where soju, karaoke and piña coladas are requisite and bars are hidden in high-rise office buildings. Leslie Pariseau on the odd appeal of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Audrey Sel
Maison Premiere’s Absinthe Colada
NYC bartender Maxwell Britten’s absinthe-infused variation on the Piña Colada.
Painkiller
With coconut cream, pineapple and orange juice and a Virgin Islands birthplace sometime in the 1970s, this rum-based cocktail is a tropical drink to the core.
