The Cocktail of the Week for Episode 52: CRN-a-versary! is the Fuzzy Navel and paying homage to our home state of choice, Florida, which grows some 14.6 BILLION pounds of oranges each year! This drinkie is courtesy of chowhound.com and all you need is one or two juicy oranges and lots of sweet liquor!. Reportedly, The Fuzzy Navel cocktail was invented in the 1980s by Ray Foley, a bartender and the founder of Bartender Magazine. But first The Fuzzy…according to punchdrink.com, “The crudest era in cocktail history begins with a man pruning his peach trees in Florida in the early ’80s. The gentleman in question is Earl LaRoe, a flavor scientist for National Distillers, a wine and spirits company that, at the time, was struggling mightily. In an effort to turn around sagging sales on the heels of a wave of anti-alcohol sentiment, executives at National Distillers asked him to help develop a lighter, sweeter, lower-proof product. Why not peach liqueur? he thought.
DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps was inauspiciously released in the early fall of 1984, two years after the first wave of “fruity” schnapps had hit the American market to decent success. A buddy of LaRoe reminded him the best drinkies are simply prepared and not complex. The super easy to make, Fuzzy Navel was such an immediate hit that DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps became the ninth best-selling alcohol in America moving over 12 million bottles in its first year on shelves. It was the fastest-selling new alcohol product since Prohibition!
Ingredients
2 ounces peach schnapps
6 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
Orange slice
Directions: Add a handful of ice to a highball glass. Pour in the peach schnapps, followed by the orange juice. Stir, and garnish with the orange slice.
Bonus facts: Add 1 ounce of vodka and it becomes a Hairy Navel!
Photo Credit: Liquor.com/Tim Nusog
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