Screwdriver
The Screwdriver is a citrusy highball made with Vodka and Orange Juice. It is built and served in a highball glass, about 12% ABV before ice melts.
- Method
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Served
- Highball
- Strength
- About 12% ABV before ice melts
- Family
- Highball
- Flavour
- Citrus
Ingredients
- 50mlVodka
- 120mlOrange Juice
How to make it
- Fill a highball glass with ice, add the vodka and top with orange juice.
- Stir briefly and garnish with an orange slice.
Tip: Fill the glass right to the top with ice so the drink stays cold without watering down fast.
About the Screwdriver
Popular legend credits American oil workers of the 1940s who stirred vodka into orange juice with a screwdriver. The drink first appeared in print in Time magazine in 1949.
Missing something?
- No Vodka? Use Citrus Vodka (Adds a lemon note)
- No Orange Juice? Use Orange (Squeeze fresh: 1 orange gives about 70 ml)
- No Orange Juice? Use Blood Orange Juice (Berry-like and deep red)
All swaps for Vodka and Orange Juice
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