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Peanut Lolita is the name of a thick whiskey and peanut-based liqueur produced in the 1960s and 1970s. The liquor was produced by Continental Distilling in Linfield, Pennsylvania.

History

The label for Peanut Lolita features a belly dancing woman in a 1970s Persian-inspired design. It was sold as a nutty dessert alcohol, sweet and gritty in texture. Peanut Lolita alcohol was 53 proof.

Billy Carter was the official spokesperson for this liqueur while his brother Jimmy Carter held presidential office.

See also

• Brown Bomber (cocktail)
• Peanut liqueur

References

1. ^ Wilson, Jason (April 30, 2010). "Spirits: Finding Lolita in a bottle". Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
2. ^ Wilson, Jason (April 2, 2008). "A Flowery Find That Left Us in the Dust". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
3. Mosbaugh, Erin (May 15, 2015). "Four 'Forgotten' American Spirits that Didn't Quite Succeed". First We Feast. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
4. "Peanut Lolita". New York Magazine. December 19, 1977. p. 13.
5. "Billy Carter, hugs belly dancer Ladonn Amato". Reno Gazette-Journal. August 31, 1977. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
6. Watson, Robert P. (2012). Life in the White House: A Social History of the First Family and the President's House. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0791485071. Retrieved April 2, 2017.

External links

• "Peanut Lolita: A liqueur lost in time". The Liquid Culture Project.

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