For its relatively short life (about 20+ years), the cocktail "Sex on the Beach" managed not only to change its name and recipe two or three times, but also to become famous all over the world at the expense of the legendary series "Santa Barbara" and then enter the top barmen association as one of the best drinks among the recipe of modern classics.
Of course, there is a standard recipe for this simple, but very picturesque cocktail, but like any recipe, this one suffered transformation and improvement not only in bar circles, but also because of home recipes.
The recipe for the classic cocktail "Sex on the Beach"
Let's start, perhaps, with the reference formula. Cooking "Sex on the beach" is very simple, but the taste will turn out brilliant if you observe all the proportions. Make sure that you brought the shaker for cocktails and highball to the list of necessary purchases.
Ingredients:
- vodka - 60 ml;
- Peach liquor - 30 ml;
- cranberry juice - 60 ml;
- orange juice - 60 ml.
Preparation
Ingredients for the cocktail "Sex on the beach" should be poured into an ice-filled shaker and shaken carefully. After that, strain the drink through the strainer into the highball filled with fresh ice and decorate it. Traditional ornament is a slice of orange and a pair of bright tubes, of course.
Alcoholic cocktail "Sex on the beach" with schnapps
In one of the modern variations, if any, can be at the cocktail with a 20-year history, some of the vodka can be replaced with other alcohol. In the framework of this scheme, we work very well on a strong peach schnapps.
Ingredients:
- peach schnapps - 30 ml;
- vodka - 30 ml;
- juice of orange or fresh - 60 ml;
- pineapple juice - 45 ml;
- juice of a slice of a lemon.
- cranberry juice - 45 ml.
Preparation
In an ice-filled shaker, pour in schnapps and vodka, add a mix of fruit juices and shake thoroughly. We fill the iceball with ice, pour the resulting cocktail over ice and finish the drink with a little lemon juice.
How to cook "Safe sex on the beach"?
The composition of the classic cocktail "Sex on the beach" we already know, but what about the non-alcoholic version? In the people of non-alcoholic analogues of the famous cocktail called "Safe sex on the beach." The new name became so established that it passed into the bar sphere.
Ingredients:
- pineapple juice - 30 ml;
- cranberry juice - 30 ml;
- juice of peach - 45 ml;
- pomegranate juice - 20 ml.
Preparation
As with the classic alcoholic cocktail, cooking "Safe sex on the beach" is elementary. In a shaker with ice pour all kinds of juice, mix thoroughly shaking and pour into a highball filled with fresh ice.
Cocktail "Sex on the beach" with raspberries
Raspberry "Sex on the beach" in fact can acquire the taste of any berries, most importantly, find your favorite berry syrup and observe proportions. Fresh berries can decorate a ready-made cocktail.
Ingredients:
- vodka - 45 ml;
- liqueur crimson or berry - 8 ml;
- cranberry juice - 60 ml;
- peach schnapps - 15 ml;
- pineapple juice - 60 ml.
Preparation
We fill the ice in the shaker and pour it over the vodka with schnapps, raspberry liquor and mix from the juice of cranberries and pineapple. Carefully mix all the ingredients with ice, shaking the shaker. We pour the drink into highball with ice, using the bar strainer.
Cocktail "Sex on the beach" with black currant
Ingredients:
- vodka - 45 ml;
- peach schnapps - 20 ml;
- liquor Сreme de cassis - 15 ml;
- cranberry juice - 60 ml;
- orange juice - 60 ml.
Preparation
In an ice-filled shaker, fill in all the ingredients necessary for cooking and shake it vigorously, mixing them together. We pour the cocktail into highball with ice.