A dressed-up Screwdriver: vodka and fresh orange juice over ice, crowned with a golden float of Galliano whose vanilla-anise sweetness is the drink's whole signature. That herbal cap drifts slowly down through the bright, juicy base, so each sip moves from sweet spice to clean citrus and leaves it a world away from a plain Screwdriver.
Garnish: Orange Wheel, Maraschino Cherry
Built · Highball · On the Rocks
build
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
add
Add the vodka and fresh orange juice over the ice.
stir
Stir briefly to combine.
top
Slowly float the Galliano on top, pouring over the back of a bar spoon so it layers on the surface.
garnish
Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
No one holds a clean claim to it: some credit the mixologist Donato "Duke" Antone, though it remains unclear whether he devised it for a promotion or simply renamed a drink of his known as "Duke's Screwdriver." What made it famous was a 1969 push by McKesson Imports to sell Galliano, run by George Bednar and fronted by a cartoon surfer called Harvey Wallbanger, drawn by Bill Young. A tale about a Los Angeles surfer lending it his name back in 1952 is widely held to be a fabrication. The drink went on to earn a place among the IBA's official cocktails.