# Angostura Colada

Zac Overman's audacious colada makes aromatic bitters the base, rounded by coconut and pineapple and sharpened with lime and overproof Jamaican rum.

Strength: 15% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 15 ml [Overproof Jamaican rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/overproof-jamaican-rum.md)
- 60 ml [Fresh pineapple juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-pineapple-juice.md)
- 45 ml [Cream of coconut](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/coconut-cream.md)
- 30 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)

## Glassware

Brandy snifter

## Garnish

- Orange slice — Use a thin slice.
- Pineapple leaf — Use two upright leaves.
- Nutmeg — Freshly grate over the drink.

## Method

1. Add all the ingredients to a shaker and shake with cubed ice until chilled.
2. Pour the shaker contents unstrained into a large brandy snifter.
3. Fill with crushed ice and stir gently.

## Related drinks

- [Piña Verde](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pina-verde.md): Erick Castro's modern classic turns Green Chartreuse into a tropical base spirit, vivid against creamy coconut, pineapple, and lime.
- [Brancolada](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brancolada.md): Jeremy Oertel’s frozen colada makes minty Brancamenta a full partner to Jamaican rum, pineapple, orange, and rich coconut.
- [Piña Colada](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pina-colada.md): Puerto Rico's enduring frozen classic, with white rum held in a lush but clean balance of fresh pineapple and cream of coconut.
- [Painkiller](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/painkiller.md): A rich tropical drink of aged rum, pineapple, orange, and coconut beneath fragrant nutmeg.
- [Lost Lake](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/lost-lake.md): Paul McGee's modern Chicago tropical classic, balancing funky Jamaican rum and passion fruit with a dry, bittersweet seam of Campari and maraschino.
- [Chartreuse Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chartreuse-swizzle.md): A vivid herbal swizzle balancing Green Chartreuse with pineapple, falernum, and lime.
- [Singapore Sling](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/singapore-sling.md): The modern Raffles branch folds gin, cherry, orange, Bénédictine, bitters, and grenadine through fresh pineapple and lime into a long, foaming tropical classic.
- [Port au Prince](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/port-au-prince.md): Aged Haitian cane-juice rum stays central while pineapple, lime, falernum, pomegranate, and bitters form a compact, gently spiced tropical punch.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/angostura-colada
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/angostura-colada-be05c6e8.webp
- Recipe source: https://punchdrink.com/recipes/angostura-colada/