Hairy Navel

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (35 ratings)

Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Ketel One Vodka
1 oz Peach schnapps liqueur
3 12 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered orange slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (sail).
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered orange slice and maraschino cherry (sail).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 3/10

Review:

Fruity and a touch on the sweet side, this is a Screwdriver with added peach schnapps liqueur.

(Don't be tempted to shake as this detrimentally thins the cocktail. Instead, consider rolling or throwing.)

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Variant:

Without vodka, this is a Fuzzy Navel; with vodka and cranberry juice, this is a Pierced Hairy Navel. The Hairy Navel cocktail is also very similar to a Iguana Wana.

History:

The Fuzzy Navel, a mix of peach schappes and orange juice, was named by an adverting agency in 1984 as part of a campaign to support the US launch of De Kuyper Original Peachtree. "Fuzzy" in the name refers to the peach schnapps while "navel" refers to the orange variety of the juice. Given the rise of vodka at the time (Absolut launched in 1980), it was only a matter of time before someone added vodka to the mix, upgrading this cocktail from being merely being "Fluzzy" to "Hairy". The next logical development was to add another popular product at the time, cranberry juice, to make a Pierced Navel cocktail.

Nutrition:

One serving of Hairy Navel contains 231 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 10.5% alc./vol. (10.5° proof)
  • 18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
13th June at 11:07
It's as you would expect. My experience mirrors the review.
Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
14th February 2024 at 03:35
Kirkland French ... i guess its probably good for something sweet and light. i like fruit but i want boozier.
Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
5th March 2024 at 04:46
tried again with fresh OJ. not much better. maybe i dont like Bols.
Lorenz Kock’s Avatar Lorenz Kock
2nd April 2022 at 12:02
Any idea how it got the name?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
2nd April 2022 at 15:41
I've added the history behind the Hairy Navel above.