Piña Colada recipes

I'm a pretty hardcore whiskey drinker these days but I used to make Piña Coladas in my dorm room many years ago (so long ago, in fact, that the drinking age was 18 and we were actually legal). Having had a terrific rendition at Scofflaw recently and also having received a Vitamix for my birthday, I decided to resurrect them and see if they were still good. Of course, I've learned a lot about libations in the decades since freshman year of college. So, most of this recipe is updated to reflect that. There is, however, one component that has not changed and cannot be changed: Coco Lopez. Accept no substitutes. If you can't get it, make a different drink. Seriously.

1 part Rum blend
50% Cruzan Aged clear rum
25% Barbancourt 4-year rum
25% Lemonhart 151 rum

2 parts Coconut-Pineapple Blend
50% Coco Lopez (do not substitute)
50% Pineapple Juice (do not used canned. Use refrigerated plastic, paper or glass pack)

Fresh-squeezed lime juice
Simple syrup (by volume, 50% granulated white sugar, 50% water)
Ice

Place 2 parts Coconut-Pineapple blend and 1 part Rum blend in blender. From squeeze bottles, squirt in healthy dashes of the lime juice and simple syrup. Add enough ice to just break the surface of the liquid. Blend until homogenized and tweak if necessary. After that, pour and enjoy. Add mini umbrella and/or other garnishes if desired.

I made these a couple times this summer and that'll certainly be it until it gets hot again sometime in 2014. Every once in a while -- and you'll know exactly when that time comes -- you just have to have a piña colada.

Does anyone else have a variation or recipe they're into?

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