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Sex on the Beach(セックス・オン・ザ・ビーチ)

Sex on the Beach served in a highball glass
セックス・オン・ザ・ビーチ · 1987Highball · Shaken

Vodka, peach schnapps, OJ, cranberry — the spring-break flagship.

01Recipe

Recommended recipe

House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

Ingredients and measures
IngredientMeasure
Vodka40 ml
Peach Schnapps20 ml
Orange Juice40 ml
Cranberry Juice40 ml

Total volume (pre-dilution)

  1. 01

    Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.

Garnish — Garnish with half orange slice.

02Taste profile

Sweetness
30Light
Sourness*
90Intense
Bitterness
5Faint
Fruitiness
85Intense
Herbal*
0Faint
Alcohol
40Moderate
Crisp
45Moderate

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

03History

Pizio at Confetti's, Cocoa Beach, built the drink to push peach schnapps and gave it the name that would travel. The IBA canonised it in 2011 — proof that drinkability outlasts embarrassment.

Cranberry sits on top if you build it right — the sunrise fade is the look.

Sources — IBA Official Cocktails · DeKuyper — peach schnapps

04Recipe versions

Each version is shown exactly as recorded in its source — unverified claims are flagged.

Total volume (pre-dilution)
  • IBA Official Cocktails

    IBA Official Cocktails

    International Bartenders Association · iba-web-current · Official

    • Vodka40 ml
    • Peach Schnapps20 ml
    • Orange juice40 ml
    • Cranberry juice40 ml

    Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. — Garnish with half orange slice.

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05Variations

06The map
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