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The Fuzzy Navel is a very simple, sweet juice cocktail. Made with peach schnapps and fresh orange juice, garnished with an orange slice.
The fuzzy navel was one of the first drinks to arise in the new popularity of cocktails and mixed drinks in the 1980s. It was created by Doug Schuster in Dublin, Ohio who was working for National Distillers at the time. National Distillers owned the right to distribute a new product from DeKuyper called Peachtree Schnapps. Doug was tasked with creating new drinks containing the Schnapps. He found that it tasted best when mixed with orange juice. He christened it the "Fuzzy Navel" after the marketing department came up with the slogan, "You can taste the fuzz".
A competing claim has its origination in Omaha Nebraska at the Wagon Tongue Bar. It was mixed by Jack Sherman, who worked for Phillips & Sons Liquor, who gave it the name "fuzzy navel".
"Fuzzy" in the name refers to the peach, and "navel" to the orange.
tWow! Good call! I messed up in editing... Sorry about that! Way to pay attention! Thanks for the call out! Best wishes!
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