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Seabreeze

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (62)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz Ketel One Vodka
2 1/2 fl oz Cranberry juice (sweetened)
1 fl oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Seabreeze contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 9.49% alc./vol. (18.97° proof)
  • 15.8 grams of pure alcohol
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History

Marketing by Absolut Vodka and Ocean Spray helped drive this cocktail's popularity throughout the 1990s but the Seabreeze may have originated in the 1980s or even 1960s along with the Harpoon.

Review

Many don't bother to shake this simple drink, instead simply "building" by pouring ingredients into ice-filled glass and then briefly stirring to mix.

Cocktail of the day:

10th May 2026 is National Shrimp Day

Variations/similar cocktails

Bay Breeze; Cape Codder

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Comments & Discussion

John Hinojos Premium Member
Perfect on a warm afternoon. Since we have unsweetened Cranberry Juice, we opted to use Giffard's Creme de Pamplemousse to sweeten. Adds just a hint more grapefruit flavour.
score: 2
John Hinojos Premium Member
This is one of the quintessential summer cocktail. I remember having them in the late 1970s. Designed to be sour enough to drink slowly, but the vodka flavour should not be prevalent.
You need to use good vodka as the cheap stuff with give the cocktail an off taste.
The same goes for the cranberry juice. It should be strong of flavour and not watered down. I used an unsweetened organic cranberry and add my own sugar. Some of the premixed juice can be big on sugar and short on taste.
score: 2
Avery Garnett
It's cranberry juice with a slight hint of grapefruit. That's it. Calling it boring is an insult to serviceable yet unexciting drinks.
score: 3
Hunter Newsome
Something unexpected happens in this drink. The cranberry and grapefruit coalesce to create a new flavor that is very refreshing and strangely reminiscent of an ocean breeze.
score: 3
Katie Sonnenberg
I’d say it’s /fine/ but it was kind of boring. It could use something else but I don’t know what.
score: 1
G. M. Genovese Premium Member
Gin.
score: 5
Jonathan Schwartz
good. added some rosemary as a garnish.
score: 1
Patrick Brady
It's very easy drinking, with the grapefruit and vodka smoothing all the edges from the cranberry. It's simple to make - if you are stuck for grapefruit juice, a fresh fruit will yield ~150ml with very little effort. All positives, and it's no wonder it was so popular. May feel overly diluted to some taste buds, and it's really hard to resist skipping the shake and just building this simple concoction in the glass over ice.
score: 3