And that dash of bitters is just enough to bring out the other flavors in stark relief. Angostura bitters are never about adding much flavor on their own. The flavors are all about the coconut and pineapple, with the rum in the background.
Some cocktail snobs turn up their noses at this drink. For the coconut cream, Coco Real is perfect. You can play around with your pina colada recipe if you want to. Try using a pineapple flavored rum to amp up the pineapple flavor. Or try a coconut flavored rum to amp up the coconut flavor. But be careful about substituting anything for the cream of coconut.
This recipe is for one drink, but to make two, just double your ingredients. You can read more about making big batch cocktails here. This one from esteemed rum-maker Plantation is up for the task. Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, this rum shows pie fruit characteristics along with a nice oak influence. The baking spice aspects are especially tasty and fare well with the coconut flavors of the cocktail. It has a bit of spice to it, along with some tremendous citrus notes that play beautifully with pineapple.
This Pedro Mandinga rum is all about finesse and offers a kick of banana that rounds out the cocktail swimmingly. Buy at Passion Spirits. This Venezuelan gem is a bona fide sipper and it does great things to a Pina Colada, especially a more delicate recipe that really sits back and lets the rum do the talking. The sweeter flavors like vanilla, banana, and caramel taste amazing with the coconut cream in a pina colada, and the oak finish cuts through the sweetness just a little so there's no overwhelming sweetness.
Bacardi Gold is aged in toasted oak barrels, with the complex flavors and striking gold color coming as a result of a blend of charcoals that only Bacardi knows. For many, this classic Malibu Original rum is what summer memories are made of. The drink was literally created to be the perfect addition to a sweet, beachy, tropical cocktail. The Caribbean rum is made with premium sugarcane and pure water which is aged for a solid two years in oak barrels.
The drink is also popular for its fantastic price point without sacrificing quality. The low price is what has people using it to host parties and beach days, offering sweet tropical drinks to all their friends. Wray and Nephew is a successful distillery based in Jamaica. Of their selection, the Overproof White Rum is among the strongest and most potent.
It offers a fruity aroma with hints of molasses and spice. The palate also comes across as quite fruity with notes of banana, demerara, oak, and some spice. The finish is long and more spicy than anything. The potent spirit brings satisfying depth and strong flavor to the drink. The strong molasses and hints of spice throughout balance the sweetness just enough without taking the drink over.
Don Q wanted to make a sweet, coconut-flavored rum that invoked the nostalgia of a tropical beach and made for some great summer memories. They were successful with this expression, using rum that was aged between one and one and a half years and mixed with the natural flavor of coconut. The aroma is strong with sweet coconut, as was the intent of the drink. The palate presents a similar sweetness. The mouthfeel is oily with a hint of minerals in the background.
It finishes with notes of white chocolate.
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