Slow Comfortable Screw
A complex highball layering vodka, sloe gin, Southern Comfort, and orange juice.
Base spirit
Vodka
Style
Highball
Glassware
Highball glass
The Slow Comfortable Screw expands the standard Screwdriver by adding the herbal-berry notes of sloe gin and the fruit-spice of Southern Comfort. This pile-up of ingredients creates a dense, murky, fruit-punch profile that masks the alcohol almost entirely. It is a landmark of the 'sexual innuendo' era of bartending, where long names and sweet profiles drove sales. Despite the name, the blend of stone fruit and citrus is genuinely cohesive.
Ingredients
Servings
- • 1 oz vodka
- • 1 oz sloe gin
- • 1 oz Southern Comfort
- • 4 oz fresh orange juice
Did you know?
“The drink evolved as a word-game, adding 'Slow' (Sloe Gin) and 'Comfortable' (Southern Comfort) to the existing 'Screw' (Screwdriver).”
Source:Bartender's Guide to the 80s; PunchDrink
Bartender's Note
Float the sloe gin on top for a 'sunset' visual effect before stirring.
How to make the Slow Comfortable Screw
- 1Fill a highball glass with ice
- 2Add vodka, Southern Comfort, and orange juice
- 3Stir to mix
- 4Float sloe gin on top
- 5Garnish with an orange slice
