Harvey Wallbanger
Orange, vanilla, pure Seventies.
A Screwdriver crowned with a float of Galliano, the Italian vanilla-and-anise liqueur. Orange juice leads the way, while the Galliano on top adds a sweet, herbal perfume to every sip.
- Long drink
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Built
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 2 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Vodka
45 ml
-
Orange juice
90 ml
-
Galliano
15 ml
Garnish
- Orange slice
- Maraschino cherry
Proportions
How to make
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour the vodka.
- Add the orange juice.
- Stir gently.
- Float the Galliano on top.
- Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
The Harvey Wallbanger is inseparable from Galliano. It is credited to Donato "Duke" Antone, a bartender and mixology teacher from Hartford, Connecticut, named as its creator in a 1977 Hartford Courant article. The most retold version, in which he invented it in 1952 at the Blackwatch Bar in Hollywood for a surfer called Tom Harvey, is regarded as legend. What is documented is the advertising campaign launched in the late 1960s by McKesson Imports, then Galliano's US importer, led by George Bednar and built around a cartoon character drawn by Bill Young. The drink became a 1970s icon, splashed across T-shirts, mugs and bumper stickers.
Sources (6)
- Wikipedia — Harvey Wallbanger (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Difford's Guide — Harvey Wallbanger (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Kitchen Geekery — Harvey Wallbanger (opens in a new tab) recipe
- IBA — All Cocktails, page 2 (Harvey Wallbanger absent) (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Wikipedia — List of IBA official cocktails (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Punch — Harvey Wallbanger (opens in a new tab) history
Taste profile
- Fruity
- 4 out of 5
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Citrus
- 3 out of 5
- Herbal
- 2 out of 5
