Garnish:
Orange slice & maraschino cherry
How to make:
POUR first 3 ingredients into glass and STIR. Fill glass with ice and TOP with lemon-lime soda.
| 1 fl oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1 fl oz | Blue curaçao liqueur |
| 2/3 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| Top up with | Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up) |
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AKA:
The Swimming Pool
Review:
Lurid blue, easy-drinking zesty citrusy. This cocktail is also known as The Swimming Pool and lounging beside one, or at least imagining you are, is what this cocktail is about.
Variant:
Blend the following with a 6oz scoop of crushed ice, pour into a glass and serve with a straw: 30ml gin, 30ml vodka, 30ml blue curaçao, 30ml lime juice and 30ml sugar syrup.
History:
There are two versions of this bright blue cocktail, both rather better than the film of the same name which despite being panned by the critics was the 9th-highest-grossing film of 1980. Perhaps a young Brooke Shields and a sexually charged plot set on a tropical island paradise helped. But I digress. Back to the drink:
Blended version (see variation): Created either in the 1960s or more specifically in 1972 by Andy MacElhone (son of Harry) at Harry's New York Bar, Paris, France.
Built-in-the-glass/shaken version: We're unaware of anyone claiming to have created this perhaps later version of the Blue Lagoon but due to its simplicity, this is now the popular version.
Nutrition:
There are approximately 165 calories in one serving of Blue Lagoon.
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