Screwdriver

The Screwdriver is the most elemental of highballs: vodka lengthened with orange juice over ice, clean and bracingly simple. It traces to World War II, when American servicemen reportedly cut neutral spirit with juice and—lacking a spoon—stirred it with a screwdriver; the name first surfaced around Ankara and Istanbul in the mid-1940s. Smirnoff's mid-century advertising blitz turned it into a household staple and the template for drinks like the Harvey Wallbanger.