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Alabama Slammer cocktail

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Alabama Slammer Cocktail

  • Medium
  • citrus
  • sweet

A citrus and sweet, medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a highball glass.

Serve in: highball glass

Ingredients

  • 1 ozSouthern Comfort
  • 1 ozSloe gin
  • 1 ozAmaretto
  • 2 ozOrange Juice
  • 1Whole Cherryoptional
  • 1Orange wheeloptional
  • Ice cubesoptional

How to Make an Alabama Slammer

Instructions

  1. Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.
  2. Shake, and strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.

Garnish

Decorate with an orange wheel and a cherry.

Tips & substitutions

  • No gin? Try vodka, tequila or white rum.
  • No amaretto liqueur? Try almond liqueur, coffee liqueur or chocolate liqueur.

The glass

Serve this one in a highball glass. Tall and narrow with straight or slightly flaring sides, the highball glass is used to serve highball cocktails and other mixed drinks. A highball glass is taller than an Old Fashioned glass, and shorter and wider than a Collins glass.

Did you know

This cocktail was futured in the '70s movie 'Cocktail - The Last Barman Poet' by Tom Cruise.

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