The Sex On The Beach has a couple of different origin stories and like a lot of drink we don’t exactly know where this one started. The most accepted version of this story has it that in 1987 a spirits company called National Distribution wanted to boost Sales of Peach Schnapps. The launched a competition to award $1000 to the bar that sold the most peach Schnapps and $100 to the bartender who did.

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.

Although that is the most touted version there are those who say that it couldn’t be true because the actual original recipe of the Sex On The Beach was actually first recorded in a book called “American Bartenders School Guide To Drinks” published in 1981, so if it’s true it kinda refutes the Pizio story.

I don’t know if anyone has a copy of this book or it’s merely conjecture but I’m thinking it’s the latter because if someone had the actual book this would be an easy one to get to the bottom of. Seems like someone thinks they saw it in the book and put it out there that the other story is false. We on the other hand may never know, but does it really matter?

Update: We have now tracked down the book, and it was published in 1981 by Jack Tiano and the book does not contain a recipe for Sex on the Beach, nor can we find another cocktail with the same specs.

Sex on the Beach

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Servings 1 Cocktail

Ingredients

 

OZML

• 1.5 oz Vodka
• .5 oz Peach Liqueur
• 1.5 oz Orange Juice
• 1.5 oz Cranberry Juice

Garnish

• Orange Twist Garnish
• Maraschino Cherry
• Umbrella

Glassware

• Hurricane Glass

Instructions

 

• Add Ice to glass
• Add ingredients on a time
• Garnish with Cherry, Orange and Umbrella

Keyword cranberry juice, infused vodka, orange juice, peach, peach liqueur