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Highballs & Fizzes · Amaretto

Alabama Slammer

Amaretto, Southern Comfort and sloe gin stirred over ice with a splash of lemon: sweet, fruity and nutty, a college-bar favorite.

Strength
≈ 22% ABV
Calories
≈ 188
Glass
Highball
Method
Built

The recipe

How to make it

  1. 1Fill a highball with ice.
  2. 2Pour in the amaretto, Southern Comfort and sloe gin, add a splash of lemon juice and stir.

Variations: Most recipes now add orange juice and shake it: Southern Comfort’s own uses 1 oz each of Southern Comfort, amaretto and sloe gin with 2 oz orange juice. It is also poured as a shot.

Mr. Boston doesn’t measure the splash of lemon juice; the numbers assume ¼ oz.

The ratio

2 : 2 : 1 : ½

In parts, an Alabama Slammer is 2 amaretto, 2 Southern Comfort, 1 sloe gin and ½ lemon. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

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By the numbers

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 188

Sugar

≈ 15 g

Strength

≈ 22%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.3

Amaretto ≈ 82Southern Comfort ≈ 70Sloe gin ≈ 34Lemon juice ≈ 2 How we estimate