Name: Cactus Banger
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Grand Marnier; 7.5 ml Galliano liqueur; 10 ml Lime juice; 45 ml Orange juice

Cactus Banger
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
²⁄₃ oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Galliano L'Autentico liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A "bangin", golden, sunny-looking and sunny-tasting cocktail.

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Variant:

A Cactus Banger is also a tequila-based Harvey Wallbanger

History:

I don't have any notes as to the origin of this version of the Cactus Banger but as one of the older recipes on my database, its origin is pre-late 1990s.

A Cactus Banger is perhaps better known as being a simple Harvey Wallbanger based on tequila rather than vodka and it is this version that appears in books such as Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

CACTUS BANGER
Tall Glass Build
1-½ oz Tequila
Fill with ice & orange juice
Float ½ oz Galliano
Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Cactus Banger contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
15.15% alc./vol. (15.15° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Ruth Harvey

20th June at 18:23

Despite my name - I prefer this to the Harvey version!

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Peter McCarthy

1st June at 17:09

Given the prominent orange/OJ, this seems like a good addition to the breakfast/brunch category here on DG (especially to accompany the Harvey Wallbanger).

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Jose Cruz

18th February 2024 at 03:53

Basically a Cadillac orange margarita :D lol great drink.

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Morten Carlsbaek

17th October 2023 at 18:46

Well, fine drink. Taste the ingredients and they fit, but the sum does not add up to more than its parts. Unfortunately.

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John Hinojos

23rd June 2022 at 01:27

Perfect. I little on the sweet side, but not noticeable. Unfortunately, very easy to drink. Plan to make a pitcher of these on a sunny afternoon when you have no plans.

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Peter McCarthy

1st June at 17:05

Agree on the sweetness; great balance of sweet, boozy, bitter, "funk" (from the Reposado), and tart. One of the best orange juice dominant drinks I've had so far...

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