# Sex on the Beach

> Sex on the Beach, the IBA official recipe: 40 ml vodka, 20 ml peach schnapps, 40 ml orange juice and 40 ml cranberry juice. Built in the glass and served long over ice, garnished with half orange slice.

Vodka, peach schnapps, orange and cranberry. A sweet, fruity 1980s highball.

- IBA category: [IBA: Contemporary Classics](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/contemporary-classics/index.md)
- Main spirit: [Vodka cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/vodka-cocktails/index.md)
- Method: Built (built straight in the glass)
- Glass: Highball glass
- Served: On the rocks
- Strength: about 12.4% ABV once diluted by ice, about 1.1 standard drinks (14 g of alcohol each)
- Volume: 140 ml (4⅔ oz) before ice, about 161 ml in the glass
- Taste: Fruity

## Ingredients

Amounts are for one drink. Ounces use 30 ml to the ounce.

- 40 ml (1⅓ oz) [Vodka](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/vodka/index.md)
- 20 ml (⅔ oz) [Peach schnapps](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/peach-liqueur/index.md)
- 40 ml (1⅓ oz) [Orange juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/orange/index.md)
- 40 ml (1⅓ oz) [Cranberry juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cranberry/index.md)

## Method

1. Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.

## Garnish

Half orange slice.

## If you like the Sex on the Beach

- [Sea Breeze](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/sea-breeze/index.md): Vodka, cranberry juice and grapefruit juice

## Source

- Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/sex-on-the-beach/
- IBA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjVMECfzTk4
- Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice; brands vary.

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