Slow Comfortable Screw
Sloe gin, Southern Comfort and vodka topped with orange juice. A sweet, fruity long drink.
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Glass
- Highball
- Strength
- 2.5 UK units
How to make a Slow Comfortable Screw
- Fill the glass. Fill a highball glass with ice, right to the top.
- Pour the spirits. Pour in the vodka, sloe gin and Southern Comfort.
- Add the orange juice. Top with the orange juice, about 100 ml, until the glass is nearly full.
- Stir and garnish. Stir gently for 5 seconds, until the layers of colour have blended into one orange-red drink. Add an orange slice.
- Glass
- HighballNo highball? Any tall glass.
- Ice
- Ice cubes
- Garnish
- Orange sliceOr: A cocktail cherry.
What you need to make a Slow Comfortable Screw
Bottles we'd use
- Sloe ginSipsmith or Plymouth sloe gin are tart and fruity. Cheaper sloe gins can be very sweet.Find it on Amazon
- Southern ComfortThe brand is the point of the drink; there is no real substitute.Find it on Amazon
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Slow Comfortable Screw variations and swaps
Take out one spirit and you get a simpler cousin. Leave out the whiskey liqueur and you have a Slow Screw. Leave out the sloe gin and it is a Comfortable Screw. Either way you are pouring 50 ml of spirit instead of 75 ml, so the drink is lighter. For a longer, softer glass, cut each spirit in the recipe to 20 ml and finish with a splash of soda water. No sloe gin? Try 25 ml of blackcurrant liqueur for a similar berry note. It will taste a little sweeter, so go easy on the juice at first and taste as you go.
The Slow Comfortable Screw story
It is a variation on the Screwdriver, which is vodka and orange juice. The name lists what is in the glass: sloe gin for the slow, Southern Comfort for the comfortable, and the Screwdriver base. There is no reliable record of who first made it.
Sloe gin adds a berry sharpness and Southern Comfort a peachy sweetness, so fresh juice matters. Add more orange juice if it tastes too sweet. A squeeze of lemon also helps.
Slow Comfortable Screw: your questions answered
What is in a Slow Comfortable Screw?
A Slow Comfortable Screw is made with 25 ml vodka, 25 ml sloe gin, 25 ml Southern Comfort and 100 ml orange juice. Garnish: orange slice.
How strong is a Slow Comfortable Screw?
Made to this recipe, a Slow Comfortable Screw contains about 2.5 UK units of alcohol per drink. That is worked out from typical bottle strengths, so it changes with the bottles you use. UK guidelines advise not regularly drinking more than 14 units a week.
What glass do you serve a Slow Comfortable Screw in?
Serve a Slow Comfortable Screw in a highball over ice. No highball? Any tall glass.
