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Legend has it that a bartender named Ted Pizio who worked at a bar called Confetti in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. created the Sex On The Beach and won the competition.

The story behind this cocktail is about as romantic as its name- the bartender, Ted Pizio, was taking part in a competition to sell as much peach schnapps as possible. He was working at Confetti’s bar and felt that the two main reasons most people came to that part of the world were sex, and the beach…see what he did there. However, there has been some doubt cast on this, as there was actually apparently a recipe printed in a Bartender’s Guide even earlier but needless to say, we have the 80’s to thank for this cocktail.

Now we bartenders can be guilty of taking ourselves too seriously sometimes, and perhaps looking down on a drink like this one, but when it’s made with good ingredients it can be a perfect, refreshing summertime cocktail.

“Sex on the beach” is a contemporary classic cocktail, which will have you longing for warmer days on the beach with its fruity and refreshing characters. Learn who invented the famous cocktail, how to mix it, and discover the different variations here!

The ORIGINAL “Sex on the beach” is a light, fruity, orange-coloured cocktail containing vodka, peach liqueur, cranberry juice, grenadine, and orange juice.

LET’S MAKE A ORIGINAL “SEX ON THE BEACH”
40 ml vodka
20 ml peach liqueur/archers
40 ml cranberry juice
60 ml orange juice
Ice cubes
Garnish: 1 slice of orange, 1 slice of pineapple & 1 cocktail cherry.

DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF “SEX ON THE BEACH”

THERE IS NO LIMIT TO CREATIVITY – TRY IT!

• The original: The original drink was made using vodka, peach liqueur, orange juice and grenadine. Today it is more commonly used to replace grenadine with cranberry juice.  
• The “Virgin Sex on the beach”: Also known as “cuddles on the beach”. Simply replace the peach liqueur with juice or nectar and leave out the vodka. A delicious alternative.
• Grapefruit: In some bars, bartenders replace orange juice with grapefruit juice.
• “Sex in the Driveway”: Simply replace the cranberry juice with blue curaçao and the orange juice with lemonade. To get a beautiful blue summer drink.
• “Woo Woo”: This is the harder version of the “Sex on the beach” Simply leave out the orange juice to get a Woo Woo.