Bloody Mary
The Bloody Mary is an IBA Contemporary Classic: 7 ingredients, stirred in a mixing glass and served in a highball. That makes 188 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodStirred in a mixing glass
GlassHighball
In the glass188 ml
Strength9.6%
Ingredients
- 45 mlvodka
- 90 mltomato juice
- 15 mlfresh lemon juice
- 2 mlWorcestershire Sauce
- 1 mlTabasco
- 0.5 mlsalt
- 0.5 mlpepper
Method
- Stir gently all the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, pour into rocks glass.
- NOTE:
- If requested served with ice, pour into highball glass.
Garnish: Celery, lemon wedge (Optional).
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 0.4 out of 10 of bitterness, 111th of 186.
- round → sour
- Acidity leaves it halfway: 70th of 186, and the acid comes from tomato juice.
- light → strong
- Just 9.6% in the glass: lighter than 67% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on vodka.
Five that come close
- Sherry CobblerWith amontillado sherry in place of tomato juice and shorter by 44 ml.
- PalomaBuilt on tequila and with grapefruit soda in place of tomato juice.
- John CollinsSweeter and built on gin.
- Jungle Bird3 degrees stronger and built on rum.
- BatangaSweeter and built on tequila.
Every drink near the Bloody Mary on the map
Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026