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Harvey Wallbanger(ハービー・ウォールバンガー)

Harvey Wallbanger served in a highball glass
ハービー・ウォールバンガー · 1960sHighball · Built

A Screwdriver wearing a Galliano crown — the drink that made vanilla-anise a 1970s household word.

01Recipe

Recommended recipe

House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

Ingredients and measures
IngredientMeasure
Vodka45 ml
Orange juice90 ml
Galliano15 ml

Total volume (pre-dilution)

  1. 01

    Fill a highball glass with ice.

  2. 02

    Add vodka and orange juice, stir.

  3. 03

    Float the Galliano on top. Garnish.

Garnish — Orange slice · cherry

02Taste profile

Sweetness
72Strong
Sourness*
0Faint
Bitterness
15Faint
Fruitiness
68Strong
Herbal*
12Faint
Alcohol
28Light
Crisp
40Moderate

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

03History

Claimed by Donato 'Duke' Antone at his Los Angeles bar in 1952 — though the cocktail world credits the 1960s Galliano marketing machine for the name. Harvey was a surfer, or a regular, or invented for the ad; accounts disagree.

Either way, the formula is real: Galliano's vanilla-anise float turns a plain Screwdriver into something with an actual personality.

Origin contested — the entry keeps verified record and received legend distinct.

Sources — IBA · Difford's Guide

05Variations

06The map

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