Harvey Wallbanger

The Harvey Wallbanger is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 5 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a highball. That makes 152 ml in the glass: a middling measure.

Ingredients

• 45 mlvodka
• 67.5 mlfresh orange juice
• 5 mlrich sugar syrup
• 2 mlOrange Bitters
• 12.5 mlGalliano

Method

1. Build the vodka, orange juice, syrup and bitters in an ice-filled highball glass.
2. Stir, then float the Galliano on top.

Garnish: Garnish with an orange slice.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from fresh orange juice, with 0.4 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.

round → sour

Acidity leaves it halfway: 108th of 186, and the acid comes from fresh orange juice.

light → strong

15.7% after dilution: the middle band, 77th of 186.

Its closest neighbour is the Mary Pickford: 98 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• Mary PickfordBuilt on rum and with white rum in place of fresh orange juice.
• ScrewdriverSame corner of the map, 143 ml in the glass: what changes is what is in it, not how it lands.
• Spicy FiftyWith vanilla vodka in place of fresh orange juice and shorter by 36 ml.
• Planters PunchBuilt on rum and with gold rum in place of fresh orange juice.
• Tom Collins3 degrees lighter and built on gin.

Every drink near the Harvey Wallbanger on the map

Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026