Name: Alabama Slammer (long)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml Southern USA-style liqueur 40% (e.g. Southern Comfort); 15 ml Amaretto liqueur; 15 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 90 ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Skewered orange slice & Luxardo Maraschino cherry (sail)

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. (Don't be tempted to shake as this detrimentally thins the drink. Instead, consider rolling or throwing.)

1 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
3/4 fl oz	Southern USA-style liqueur 40% (e.g. Southern Comfort)
1/2 fl oz	Disaronno amaretto
1/2 fl oz	Hayman's Sloe Gin
3 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Southern Slammer

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Review:

A Screwdriver that's flavoured and lightly sweetened with a trio of liqueurs.

History:

Said to have been made famous by American former football quarterback Brett Favre. Just eight weeks after a near-fatal car accident resulting in 30 inches (76 cm) of his small intestine being removed, on 8th September 1990, Favre led Southern Miss to a comeback victory over Alabama. The Alabama coach, Gene Stallings, is quoted as saying, "You can call it a miracle or a legend or whatever you want to. I just know that on that day, Brett Favre was larger than life."

Truth is, the Alabama Slammer was popular in the U.S. a decade before Favre's miracle win and was being served in bars, including T.G.I. Friday's, in the 1980s.

There are numerous recipes for this cocktail dating from the late 1980s, some with orange juice and others with grenadine replacing the sloe gin found in better recipes.

AMABAMA SLAMMER
1 oz. amaretto
1 oz. Southern Comfort
½ oz. sloe gin
Dash lemon juice
Mix amaretto, Southern Comfort, and sloe gin in a chilled highball glass with ice and add a dash of lemon juice. Stir well.
John J. Poister, The New American Bartender's Guide, 1989

Alabama Slammer
1 shot Absolut® / Vodka
1 shot Southern Comfort®
Fill with Orange Juice
½ splash Grenadine
Shake
Orange Flag Garnish
Collins/Poco Glass
Mark Torre, The Bartender's Cherry, 1989

Nutrition:

One serving of Alabama Slammer (long) contains 254 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
11.89% alc./vol. (23.78° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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