Sea Breeze
The Sea Breeze is an IBA Contemporary Classic: 3 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a highball. That makes 218 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassHighball
In the glass218 ml
Strength7.3%
Ingredients
- 40 mlvodka
- 120 mlcranberry juice
- 30 mlgrapefruit juice
Method
- Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.
Garnish: Garnish with an orange zest and cherry.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 1.2 out of 10 of bitterness, 39th of 186.
- round → sour
- A sour through and through: 10th of 186 for acidity, carried by cranberry juice.
- light → strong
- Just 7.3% in the glass: lighter than 76% 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
- Berry Blast7 degrees lighter and with cold black tea in place of vodka.
- Virgin Caipirinha7 degrees lighter and with tonic water in place of cranberry juice.
- Virgin Mary7 degrees lighter and with tomato juice in place of cranberry juice.
- Not so CosmoSweeter and 7 degrees lighter.
- PalomaRounder and 4 degrees stronger.
Every drink near the Sea Breeze on the map
Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026