Loud and sweet, the Alabama Slammer stacks equal measures of amaretto, Southern Comfort and sloe gin over ice and stretches them with orange juice into a candy-red highball. Almond and berry ride on a wave of bright citrus, the whiskey-and-peach warmth stays hidden underneath, and the whole thing goes down dangerously easily.
Garnish: Orange Wheel
Built · Collins · On the Rocks
build
Fill a Collins glass with ice cubes.
add
Pour the amaretto, Southern Comfort, and sloe gin over the ice.
top
Top with orange juice to fill.
stir
Stir briefly to combine.
garnish
Garnish with an orange slice.
No one holds a documented claim to the Alabama Slammer, which grew out of American college drinking in the 1970s and has no recorded inventor. A persistent myth hands the credit to quarterback Brett Favre, but the story is legend rather than record. By the 1980s it was a fixture with college crowds, shaken down into shots or mixed by the pitcher at chain restaurants.