Destin Boat Drinks

Growing up in Destin, Florida in the 1970s and '80s, these were the drinks at dock parties, pool parties, fish fry's, the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival and back porch cookouts. Mix some up, kick back, and let the good times roll—Destin style.

 

Orange Lime Margaritas

1 (6 oz) can limeade

1 cup tequila

1/2 cup orange juice

1 Tablespoon powdered sugar

1/4 cup orange liquor

Process ingredients in a blender and serve over ice.

 

Holy Cow Beergaritas

1 (6 oz) can limeade

1/2 limeade can of tequila

1 limeade can of beer

Ice

Add ingredients and enough ice to fill the top of a blender or to taste. Blend.

 

Pink Panty Pull Downs! 

1 liter 7 Up or lemon lime soda

1/4 bottle vodka

1 small can concentrate pink lemonade

Combine and serve over ice.

 

Fuzzy Navel

1 part peach schnapps 1 part vodka 4 parts orange juice Ice

Fill a tall glass with ice, add peach schnapps and vodka, top with orange juice. 

Stir and garnish with an orange slice. 

Sweet, peachy, and dangerously easy to drink.

 

Sea Breeze

1 1/2 oz vodka 

3 oz cranberry juice

1 oz grapefruit juice 

Ice 

Lime wedge for garnish

Fill a highball glass with ice. Add vodka, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice. Stir gently and garnish with a lime wedge. 

 

Overboard Bahama Mama

1/2 oz dark rum 

1/2 oz coconut rum 

1/2 oz grenadine 

2 oz orange juice 

2 oz pineapple juice 

Splash of lemon juice 

Ice 

Pineapple wedge and cherry for garnish

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a tall glass filled with ice. Garnish with pineapple and cherry. 

 

The Bushwacker (The official Pensacola beach/dock drink)

A Brandy Alexander with a mullet! 

 

4 oz cream of coconut (Coco Lopez) 

2 oz Kahlua (or coffee liquor)

1 oz dark rum

1 oz Creme de Cacao 

4 oz half-and-half 

Combine ingredients in a blender then add desired amount of ice. 

Pour into a small or medium sized hurricane glass and garnish with a cherry or a drizzle of chocolate syrup.  

 

Havana Martini

1 1/2 oz light rum

1/2 oz dry vermouth

2 dashes of orange Curacao

1 dash grenadine (make your own - it's easy!)

1 maraschino cherry - garnish 

Mix all ingredients in a mixing glass. Avoid shaking, it can dilute the drink. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Chill your glass by placing it in the freezer for 20-30 minutes or fill with ice water as you mix the martini. 

Garnish with a maraschino cherry. A twist of lemon peel is also an option.

 

Red Dress 

2 Tablespoons sugar

10 fresh raspberries

2 ounces raspberry-flavored vodka

Splash of rose Prosecco or rose champagne 

Wipe one raspberry around the rim of a champagne flute. Place 2 tablespoons of sugar on a saucer and dip the rim of the glass in the sugar.  

Muddle the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar and 6 raspberries in a shaker. Crush with a muddling stick 9or back of a spoon) against the side of the shaker. Add the vodka and fill shaker with ice. Shake it like you mean it to dissolve the sugar. Strain into a champagne flute. 

Add a splash of of rose prosecco or champagne. Add the remaining raspberries as a garnish.  

 

Hog's Breath Saloon's Hogrita

Hog's Breath Saloon originated in Fort Walton Beach by Jerry Dorminy in 1976. It is a popular watering hole for sailors, fishermen and high schoolers. He remembers his grandmother saying, "Hog's breath is better than no breath at all." 

1-1/2 ounces of tequila

3/4 ounce orange liquor 

Scan 1/4 ounce orange juice

Splash Rose's lime juice

Splash of sour or margarita mix

Salt

Add ice to shaker. Pour in tequila, orange liquor, OJ and Rose's lime juice and fill maker with margarita mix to reach 8 ounces. Shake the mixture  and strain into a salt rimmed margarita glass.