The recipe

How to make it

Garnish: Half an orange slice.

The ratio

2 : 1 : 2 : 2

In parts, a Sex on the Beach is 2 vodka, 1 peach schnapps, 2 orange and 2 cranberry. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Vodka · 2Peach schnapps · 1Orange · 2Cranberry · 2

Vodka → Tequila

Ranch Water

2 : 1 : 1 : 4

Vodka → Tequila

Paloma

1 : 2

Vodka → Rum

Dark ’n’ Stormy

1¾ : 1

Also vodka

Bloody Mary

3 : 6 : 1

Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise)

Standing on the bar, Brian recites his 'last barman poet' poem listing the drinks America orders from him.

“The Sex On The Beach...the Schnapps made from peach!”

Alabama Slammer — Amaretto, Southern Comfort and sloe gin stirred over ice with a splash of lemon: sweet, fruity and nutty, a college-bar favorite.
Bay Breeze — Vodka with cranberry and pineapple juice: a Sea Breeze with pineapple in place of grapefruit.
Blue Lagoon — Vodka, blue curaçao and lime topped with lemon-lime soda: electric blue, sweet-tart and fizzy.
Cuba Libre — Rum and cola with lime, which is the difference between this and a plain rum and Coke.
Fernandito — Fernet-Branca and cola over ice. Bitter, minty and easier to drink than it sounds.
Fuzzy Navel — Peach schnapps and orange juice over ice: the drink that sold peach schnapps in the 1980s.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 170

Sugar

≈ 14 g

Strength

≈ 13%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.1

Vodka ≈ 88Peach schnapps ≈ 40Cranberry juice ≈ 23Orange juice ≈ 19 How we estimate