In case you have a hankering to idle a couple of hours away in a rocking chair in your entrance porch after a day of working throughout hell’s half acre on errands that is the drink to idle away with. Cool and refreshing, pert with a kiss of peach combined with the citrus and tingly spices dancing on the tongue, it will absolutely get up your down yonder.
An iconic 70s cocktail that was/is commonly served as a shooter (particularly at Crimson Tide tailgate events), the Alabama Slammer is often known as the Yellowhammer, so named as a result of the Yellowhammer is Alabama’s state fowl. The unique identify, Alabama Slammer, hints at almost definitely the unique model of this cocktail being a shot. It’s believed to have first popped up within the late 60s on the College of Alabama. Because it gained reputation the Alabama misplaced its Slammer and taller cocktail variations softened with orange juice changed the collegiate, slam-worthy shooter. A number of extra consuming years down the nation roads the Southern Consolation, sloe gin and OJ had been left on the wayside and the Alabama picked up pineapple juice and vodka and became the Yellowhammer.
I imagine if you wish to keep true to the unique you simply cannot pass over the Southern Consolation and sloe gin and the pineapple juice ought to be left with the Tiki drinks. All you actually have to steadiness out this drink is mood the candy liqueurs with a little bit of recent lemon juice along with the recent OJ and alter the ratios. Now, consider it as a Screwdriver with a Southern kick.
Yup, not dangerous in any respect, particularly now that Southern Consolation liqueur is once more being distilled with a whiskey base versus the harsher, cheaper impartial grain spirit of earlier many years. We are able to thank Sazarac, who purchased the SoCo model in 2016, for that pretty, light swap again to a base that’s way more sympatico with the fruits and spices of Martin Wilkes Heron’s authentic Southern Consolation recipe. It undoubtedly makes the Alabama (Slammer) a extra sleek drink for at present’s extra refined palates.
The
ALABAMA
(SLAMMER)
INGREDIENTS
3/4 Oz. Southern Consolation
1/2 Oz. Amaretto
3/4 Oz. Sloe Gin
2 Oz. Contemporary Orange juice
1 Oz. Contemporary Lemon Juice
Garnish
Orange Slice
Cocktail Cherry
DIRECTIONS
Pour the amaretto, sloe gin, and Southern Consolation right into a highball glass. Prime off with the recent juices, add ice, stir, garnish and serve.
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FOR THE SHOOTER
1/2 ounce of every spirit and 1/4 ounce of every juice, layered in a shot glass.
Alabama Day, the day Alabama was admitted to the Union because the twenty second state, is well known yearly on December 14th.
