Are Pina coladas in pubs/clubs disappearing?
Posted by ChrissyWakeUpHey@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 20 comments
Hello all,
So the other day me and my mates gone for a pub/bar crawl and i noticed that only one of them served pina colada which I absolutely looooved
it got me thinking
Years ago it was everywhere
Even pre mixed bottles/cans in shops dont have em as often as they usually do and slim selection
What is up with that?
I know i can make it myself but sometimes i just don’t want the hassle
Thank you
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
You ok Del?
HumanBeing7396@reddit
Bailey’s and cherryade, please Michael.
Natural_Trick4934@reddit
Blenders are a pain in the arse. And noisy.
JurassicM4rc@reddit
No, no, that's not how you're supposed to use them!
dinkidoo7693@reddit
I only know of cocktail bars who serve them. They aren’t popular either. Much nicer cocktails are on the menu
WalterZenga@reddit
When the barman said they'd stopped doing them i was so mad I got in my 3 wheeled van and went home to my brother and uncle.
BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit
I would say most cocktails always were more widely available in venues that marketed themselves as “bars” or clubs as opposed to pubs.
It obviously depends on the vibe of the business, but I don’t really recall “nearly every pub” I went in to serving pina coladas and I’ve genuinely been on the circuit and putting my name down for karaoke etc. since I was about five due to a number of family members being publicans.
Confident_Yak_1411@reddit
I think they got supplanted by mojitos and the pornstar martini.
I was a cocktail barman about 10 years ago and even then it was rare to be asked for one, I think it’s the creaminess, it puts a lot of people off.
Educational_Try_6105@reddit
they don’t use the cream at cheaper places, more like a syrup
Educational_Try_6105@reddit
Prob because the premixed ones they use are horrible
that syrupy coconuty thing they use is just too sweet and offputting
you want to use cream of coconut (I made it from coconut milk, sugar, and single cream), but it’s prob more expensive and doesn’t keep as long
the fat in it rounds off the sweetness of the pineapple nicely
Harrry-Otter@reddit
It’s a pretty dated cocktail. Like everything, fashions change and the pina colada has seemingly gone the way of magnolia paint and FHM magazine.
Zealousideal-Low3388@reddit
I’ve never known a non-chain pub to serve a piña colada.
Unlikely_Plane_5050@reddit
If you like pina coladas, better head for a chain
Zealousideal-Low3388@reddit
But I’m not into health food…
cupidstunt01@reddit
I'm into champagne
HappyUnicorn212@reddit
They don't stock the ingredients just like not all pubs stock the heavy cream for making White Russians (two of my favourite cocktails!) Would be great if they did though
-You_Cant_Stop_Me-@reddit
They probably are because few other common cocktails have coconut milk in them so you might be the only person who orders a Piña Colada for ages; this means they'll either not have coconut milk in or of they do they open a carton for you and end up throwing the rest out when it goes off.
Having said that if you're in a cocktail bar any half decent bartender should know how to make a Piña Colada even if it's not on the menu so ask them, you might get lucky.
Pizzagoessplat@reddit
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I've been in the industry for thirty years and it most certainly wasn't normal to serve Pina Coladas in pubs.
If anything its becoming more of a thing.
The last place I'd be ordering a cocktail would be a pub.
GeggingIn@reddit
You Pina Coladas and they don’t sell in the rain.
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