How to Make a Cocktail “Sex on the Beach”

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Sex on the Beach is a fruity cocktail with a vodka base. This cocktail is both quick and easy to make and is suitable for almost any occasion. You can mix up a traditional Sex on the Beach with peach schnapps or try different flavors.

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Ingredient

Traditional Sex on the Beach

45 mL peach schnapps
45 mL vodka
45 mL cranberry juice
45 mL orange juice
A slice of orange or maraschino-soaked cherries for garnish

Servings: 1 cup

Sex on the Beach raspberries

3 tablespoons (45 mL) vodka
3 tablespoons (45 mL) melon flavored liqueur
3 tablespoons (45 mL) raspberry liqueur
About 8 tablespoons (120 ml) of pineapple juice

Servings: 1 cup

Sex on an Arizona Beach

2 shots (about 90 mL) of vodka
2 shots (about 90 mL) of peach schnapps
1 dash (0.8 mL – about 3 drops) grapefruit juice
1 dash of lemon juice
1 little pomegranate syrup

Servings: Optional

Traditional Sex on the Beach concoction

Pour all ingredients into a tall shaker. To make a traditional Sex on the Beach, you’ll need 45 mL of peach schnapps, 45 mL of vodka, 45 mL of cranberry juice, and 45 mL of orange juice. ^{[1] X Research Source}

The shaker here is a specialized cocktail glass or metal jar. Do not use ordinary glass jars.
The order in which the ingredients are placed in the shaker is not important.

Fill the shaker ¾ full with ice. If possible, use slightly larger ice cubes. Small ice cubes will melt too quickly, making the cocktail thin and pale. ^{[2] X Research Source}

Ice cubes made of ordinary ice trays of 2.5×5 cm are medium.

Shake the cocktail for about 15 seconds. Close the lid of the shaker first. Hold the shaker with two hands, one hand holding the lid, the other hand holding the bottom of the bottle. Shake for 15 seconds to thoroughly mix ingredients. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

Shake vigorously so that you can hear the ice cubes crunching in the jar.

Strain the mixture into a highball glass (tall, straight, no handle). Use a cocktail strainer to keep the ice in the sieve when pouring the cocktail into the glass. You can also hold the strainer over the glass and pour the cocktail through the sieve. ^{[4] X Research Sources}

If you don’t have a highball glass, you can use any tall glass.
Add a few ice cubes to the glass to keep it cold.

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Decorate cocktails. Garnish the drink with an orange slice attached to the rim of the glass. ^{[5] X Research Source} If you like, you can also use a maraschino cherry in place of orange slices.

Mixing Sex on the Beach Raspberry

Pour vodka and liqueurs into a tall glass. You will need 3 tablespoons (45 mL) of vodka, 3 tablespoons (45 mL) of melon flavored liqueur, and 3 tablespoons (45 mL) of raspberry liqueur. ^{[6] X Research Sources}

People usually drink the Sex on the Beach cocktail from a highball glass, but you can use any large glass.
At this point, you don’t have to add pineapple juice.

Mixing Sex on an Arizona Beach

Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker. You will need 2 shots (about 90 ml) of vodka and 2 shots of peach schnapps. You also need 1 dash (about 3 drops) of grapefruit juice, 1 dash of lime juice, and 1 dash of pomegranate syrup. ^{[9] X Research Source}

Cocktail shakers look like glass or metal shakers. Do not use regular glass jars as it may break.
The order in which the ingredients are put in the jar is not important.

Fill the shaker full with large ice cubes. Use large ice cubes made from a regular ice tray. Avoid using small ice cubes; Small ice will melt quickly and dilute the drink. ^{[10] X Research Source}

Using 2.5×5 cm ice cubes is better than small ice cubes because it does not dilute the taste of the drink.

Shake the cocktail for at least 15 seconds to mix the ingredients. Remember to shake vigorously enough so that you can hear the crunch of ice cubes inside the shaker. ^{[11] X Research Source}

Hold the lid tightly with one hand, the other hand hold the bottom of the jar while shaking to prevent the drink from splashing out.

Pour the drink into a tall glass through a sieve. A highball or hurricane glass (with the shape of a hurricane lamp, tall body, wide base) is often used to drink Sex on the Beach. However, any glass tall enough to hold the entire cocktail will work. ^{[12] X Research Source}

You can use a cocktail strainer or a regular strainer.

Warning

Drink responsibly.