Sea Breeze is a vodka highball with cranberry and grapefruit juice. It is tart, light, and built directly in the glass.
Build vodka, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice in a highball glass filled with ice. Stir until cold and serve without garnish.
Serve in a highball glass over ice with a clear pink-red color and no garnish. The Sea Breeze should look crisp, cold, and beach-bright, with cranberry juice setting the color and grapefruit juice keeping the drink visually light.
Pair it with seafood, green salads, turkey sandwiches, fried appetizers, goat cheese, or grilled chicken. Cranberry tartness and grapefruit bitterness make the drink useful with salty, creamy, and lightly rich food.
The modern Sea Breeze belongs to the cranberry-vodka highball family that became popular in late-20th-century American bars. Grapefruit juice gives it a sharper, more refreshing edge than sweeter cranberry-vodka drinks.
Best for brunch, beach-style menus, summer parties, casual long-drink service, and moments where a vodka cocktail should feel tart, clean, and lower-effort than a shaken sour.
Vodka gives clean strength, cranberry juice adds tart red fruit and color, and grapefruit juice contributes bitter citrus acidity. The profile should feel lean, bright, and refreshing rather than syrupy.
Tart, breezy, clean, citrusy, and refreshing.
Use ruby grapefruit juice for a softer fruitier Sea Breeze, or white grapefruit juice for a drier and more bitter profile. Keep the vodka, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice structure clear so it does not drift into another cranberry highball.
12%
⚠️ Alcoholic beverage: not suitable for minors, pregnant individuals, or designated drivers. Please enjoy responsibly.
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