Woo woo explained

Iba:no
Woo woo
Type:Cocktail
Flaming:no
Tequila:no
Served:rocks
Garnish:Lime Wedge
Drinkware:highball
Ingredients:
Prep:Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge.

A woo woo (also called teeny weeny woo woo)[1] [2] is an alcoholic beverage made of vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice. It is typically served as a cocktail in a highball glass or can be served as a shot. It can also be served in a rocks glass.[3] The ingredients are usually shaken together with ice or stirred as preferred. A lime wedge is used as a garnish.

The drink became popular in the 1980s along with other cocktails containing peach schnapps such as the Fuzzy Navel and Silk Panties. Writing on the then-recent rise of peach schnapps in Esquire for March 1988, food and drink writer William Grimes commented:[4]

The woo woo is a relative of the Cape Codder (vodka and cranberry juice) and both have shared highball relatives in the Sea Breeze, the Bay Breeze, the Madras, and Sex on the Beach.[5] The baby woo woo is a shooter variation containing equal parts vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice.[6]

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  1. Book: Grimes . William . Straight Up or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail . 2001 . North Point Press . 9780865476011 . 123 . First revised .
  2. Book: Cross . Robert . The Classic 1000 Cocktails . 2003 . Foulsham . 9780572028527 . 149 .
  3. Book: Calabrese . Salvator . Complete Home Bartender's Guide . 2002 . Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. . 9781402726484 . 135 .
  4. Impeachable Offenses. March 1988. Esquire. Grimes. William. 36. 0194-9535.
  5. Book: Regan . Gary . The Joy of Mixology . 2003 . Clarkson Potter . 978-0-609-60884-5 . 148 . First .
  6. Book: Calabrese . Salvator . Complete Home Bartender's Guide . 2002 . Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. . 9781402726484 . 208 .