Sea Breeze
ClassicIBA OfficialCranberry, grapefruit, and summer.
ClassicFruitySummerRefreshing
3 minEasyLight
Tart and fruity. Cranberry's sweet-sharp bite and grapefruit's bitterness ride over clean vodka — easy-drinking and thirst-quenching.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 3 oz Cranberry Juice
- 1.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
- Lime wedge · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Fill a highball glass with ice.
- 2
Add the vodka and cranberry juice, then top with grapefruit juice.
- 3
Stir briefly and garnish with a lime wedge.
The Story
A 1980s beach-bar staple that grew out of earlier gin-and-grenadine versions into the vodka, cranberry, and grapefruit trio we know today. It anchors a whole family of fruity coolers — swap the grapefruit for pineapple and it's a Bay Breeze; for orange, a Madras.
Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Lime wedge
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