Pineapple Juice

Tropical fruit juice — the backbone of Piña Colada, Painkiller, and Jungle Bird.

Juices
Flavor profile: sweetfruity

Fresh-pressed pineapple juice is transformative: silky, tropical, and capable of producing a lush foam when shaken hard (enough that some bartenders use it as a vegan egg-white substitute). Canned pineapple juice is perfectly acceptable for most tiki drinks — Dole from a can makes a fine Painkiller. Fresh is noticeably better if you have a juicer and a pineapple on hand.

Common uses

Piña Colada, Painkiller, Jungle Bird, Rum Punch.

Cocktails that use Pineapple Juice

  • Piña Colada — White rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice — Puerto Rico's pride
  • Jungle Bird — Blackstrap rum, Campari, pineapple, and lime — the bittersweet tiki outlier
  • Rum Punch — One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak — the Caribbean formula
  • Painkiller — Navy rum, pineapple, orange, and coconut cream — created in the British Virgin Islands