Hairy Navel
The Fuzzy Navel's more potent sibling: peach schnapps and orange juice with vodka added for extra kick and a more spirit-present finish.
- 1Fill a highball glass with ice.
- 2Add vodka and peach schnapps.
- 3Top with orange juice.
- 4Stir gently.
- 5Garnish with orange slice.
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The Hairy Navel is a stronger variation of the Fuzzy Navel, the peach schnapps and orange juice cocktail that became a breakout commercial success for DeKuyper in the mid-1980s. The Fuzzy Navel's name was a double entendre playing on the fuzz of a peach skin and the navel orange, and it introduced an entire generation to peach schnapps as a bar staple. When bartenders and customers wanted something more potent, they added vodka — a modification that created the Hairy Navel. The name played on the same double entendre, suggesting that vodka added a masculine edge to the sweeter original, fitting neatly into the cheeky, innuendo-driven naming culture that dominated casual American bar culture throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. The drink became a fixture in casual bars and restaurants during this period, appealing to drinkers who wanted sweet fruit cocktails with a more substantial alcoholic kick.
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