A breezy three-ingredient highball of vodka lengthened with cranberry and grapefruit juice, tart and faintly bitter beneath an easy summer sweetness. Built straight over ice, it owes its existence to Ocean Spray's mid-century push to pair cranberry juice with spirits — the same lineage that produced the Red Devil and the Bay Breeze — rather than to any single bartender. Refreshing, low-fuss, and unmistakably pink.
Garnish: Lime Wedge
Built · Highball · Cubed
build
Fill a highball glass with cubed ice.
add
Pour the vodka, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice directly over the ice.
stir
Briefly stir to combine and chill.
garnish
Garnish with a lime wedge (the IBA official spec calls for orange zest and a cherry).