Barrel Colada Cocktail

Name: Barrel Colada Cocktail
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American

Recipe: Josh Gandee, Watershed Kitchen and Bar, Columbus, Ohio

Photo: Greg Davis

March 26, 2019

A delicious twist on the Piña Colada.

The Piña Colada cocktail gets a modern twist with barrel-aged gin and a banana coconut syrup at Watershed Distillery’s Kitchen and Bar in Columbus, Ohio.

Ingredients

1¼ oz. barrel-aged gin (Gandee uses Watershed barrel-aged gin)
¾ oz. rum (Gandee uses Hamilton Demerara)
¼ oz. fresh lemon juice
1 oz. banana coconut syrup

Tools:shaker, strainer
Glass:collins
Garnish:mint bouquet, dehydrated banana

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin and shake to chill. Strain over crushed ice. Garnish with a mint bouquet and dehydrated banana.

Banana Coconut Syrup: Toast 2 cups of unsweetened coconut flakes until fragrant, then add 1½ cups of coconut milk and 1 cup of white sugar. Stir until dissolved and strain out the solids. Add 1 oz. of Giffard banana liqueur and shake to combine.