Astro pop (cocktail)

Astro pop
Type Mixed drink
Served Typically layered
Commonly used ingredients

Vodka, blue curaçao, grenadine, sweet and sour mix and others

Notes Some versions are served as a cocktail or shooter

An astro pop cocktail is a layered cocktail, mixed drink or shooter so named because it resembles the Astro Pop lollipop candy brand.[1] Various recipes exist that use liquor and liqueurs to produce the drink. A version of the drink exists that is layered with red, white, and blue colors and served in a shot glass.[1] It is a popular alcoholic beverage in some drinking establishments. Astro Pop candy was originally produced by Nellson Candies.[2] Spangler Candy Company purchased the candy brand from Nellson Candies in 1987,[2] and the candy brand is now owned and produced by Leaf Brands.[3]

Varieties

An astro pop may be served as a cocktail,[1] mixed drink or shooter.[2] Several recipes exist. Alcoholic beverages used in the drink's preparation can include vodka, raspberry vodka, blueberry vodka, Prosecco (an Italian sparkling white wine), blue curaçao liqueur, Crème de banane and melon liqueur.[1][2][4][5]

Drink mixers used in its preparation can include sweet and sour mix, simple syrup and grenadine.[1][4][5]

Additional ingredients and garnishes can include sugar, raspberries, lemon juice and lemon.[4][5]

A cocktail spoon is sometimes used to aid in layer separation when preparing the drink, in which various beverages are slowly poured over the back of the spoon.[2]

A drink named Skylab Fallout, similar in appearance, was created at Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans in 1979, during the time of the Skylab descent back to Earth.[6] The Skylab Fallout was concocted with blue curaçao liqueur, apricot brandy, grain alcohol, rum and orange juice.[6] In its preparation, liquids that are the densest settle at the bottom of a glass.[6] This Pat O'Brien's creation involved the alcohol strength increasing as one drank it, with stronger alcoholic beverages existing in the lower layers of the cocktail.[6]

In 2013 at the Burke Street Pub in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is version of the astro pop was the most popular cocktail drink ordered by patrons.[7]

Similar beverages

In addition to producing Astro Pop candy, Leaf Brands produces an Astro Pop soft drink in several flavors.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Healthy Hollywood: Fab Food Friday – Billy Bush's Decade-Themed Bash!". Access Hollywood. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Charming, Cheryl (2005). The Everything Cocktail Parties And Drinks Book. Adams Media. ISBN 1440538069.
  3. 1 2 Bensinger, Ken (5 January 2013). "Reviving brands that aren't quite forgotten". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Sturrock, Stacy (25 October 2012). "Buccan's berry delicious beverage". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Moffa, MikeAnthony (1 November 2004). "Astro Pop". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dalide, Monica M. (2008). 683 Things about New Orleans. 683 Things About New Orleans. p. 82. ISBN 1432737058.
  7. ↑ Norcross Watts, Kathy (27 March 2013). "Hey Bartender! She wants to make a difference, not just a drink". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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