The Flip
Piña Colada
Ingredients
- 2 ounces
- ½ ounce Cruzan Black Strap
- 1½ ounces fresh juice
- 1½ ounces House
- Garnish: 1 wedge and 1 brandied cherry on an umbrella skewer
Method
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker and whip, shaking with a few pieces of crushed ice, just until incorporated, then dump into a double Old-Fashioned glass and fill the glass with crushed ice. Garnish with the pineapple wedge and cherry and serve with a straw.
History
Declared Puerto Rico's national drink, with its modern rum-coconut-pineapple form generally credited to bartender Ramón "Monchito" Marrero at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan in 1954.