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You make a Bay Breeze by mixing together Vodka, Cranberry Juice, and Pineapple Juice together in a Highball Glass.
Wanna know how to make a Bay Breeze cocktail? We’ve got ya covered!
You make a Bay Breeze cocktail by mixing Vodka, Cranberry Juice and Pineapple Juice together in a Highball Glass.
There’s just one: you need to be really careful with this cocktail…they are far too drinkable!
In this article, you’ll learn:
- How to make a Bay Breeze.
- How many Calories are in a Bay Breeze.
- The History of the Bay Breese.
- The best Vodka to use for the Bay Breeze.
BONUS: As a bonus, this article also contains a How to Make a Bay Breeze infographic that you can save to your phone or your computer and take with you. For Free.
Let’s dive right into the cocktail recipe.
How to Make a Bay Breeze
Bay Breeze Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- Vodka 40ml / 1.4oz.
- Cranberry Juice 120ml / 4.1oz.
- Pineapple Juice 30ml / 1oz.
- a slice of lime
Recipe
- Add Ice, Vodka, Cranberry Juice, and Pineapple Juice to a Highball Glass.
- Garnish with a slice of lime.
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As you can see from the Bay Breeze recipe above, you don’t need a whole lot of stuff to make a Bay Breeze.
You just need:
- Vodka.
- Cranberry Juice.
- Pineapple Juice.
- Lime.
- A Highball Glass.
- Ice.
The cocktail is built in the glass, so you don’t even need a Cocktail Shaker for this one.
The Best Vodka for Cocktails
The key to the Bay Breeze cocktail is its base spirit: Vodka.
So which brand of Vodka should you use? Which brand of cocktail is the best for Cocktails?
If you already have Vodka in your booze cupboard, use that.
…BUT if you don’t have any Vodka in and you need to get some, then you should check out our detailed Vodka comparison.
Here, we examined 12 different brands of Vodka and extensively compared them and…SPOILER ALERT: Smirnoff Red Label came out on top.
So, we absolutely recommend Smirnoff Red Label Vodka.
Highball Glass
It’s traditional for the Bay Breeze to be served in a Highball Glass, but some people like to use a Hurricane Glass too.
But different cocktail glasses are typically used to improve the look of the cocktail, not the taste.
If you’ve got a tall glass at home, then use that. If not, here’s what we recommend:
For Hurricane Glasses:
For Highball Glasses:
How Many Calories are in a Bay Breeze?
So now that we know how to make a Bay Breeze and what glasses are traditionally used, let’s take a look at how the cocktail is going to affect our waistline.
The History of the Bay Breeze
The Bay Breeze (much like the Sea Breeze) is a child of the Cape Codder cocktail.
What I mean by that is: the Cape Codder, which is made up of Vodka and Cranberry Juice, forms the base of the Bay Breeze (and the Sea Breeze).
The Bay Breeze adds Pineapple Juice to the Vodka and Cranberry Juice mixture, whereas the Sea Breeze adds Grapefruit Juice instead.
Scary Cranberries
Like the Sea Breeze, the Bay Breeze cocktail origins come from the Cranberry scare of 1959. Yes. A Cranberry scare. I’m not making this up.
In 1959, a small crop of Cranberries from the Pacific Northwest was found to contain a herbicide called Aminotriazol. Aminotriazol was controversial at the time because it was found to cause abnormal growths in lab rats
The story was sensationalised by Arthur S. Flemming, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, who advised that if people didn’t know where their Cranberries came from, they shouldn’t buy them.
Overnight the $50 million a year Cranberry market took a nose dive.
The Comeback of the Cranberry
It took quite a while for the Cranberry market to recover.
It was a collective of Cranberry growers, who went by the name Ocean Spray, who spearheaded the comeback of the Cranberry.
They did this by creating and distributing Cranberry-based recipe booklets.
These booklets included both cooking and cocktail recipes and helped to improve the popularity of Cranberries after the 1959 scare.
Both the Sea Breeze and the Bay Breeze cocktail recipes were in this Ocean Spray recipe booklet.
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Summary
So, in the article we’ve learnt:
- How to make a Bay Breeze: you add Vodka, Cranberry Juice, and Pineapple Juice to a Highball Glass and garnish with a slice of lime.
- A Bay Breeze typically contains 173 calories.
- A Bay Breeze is typically served in a Highball Glass.
- A Bay Breeze is typically garnished with a slice of lime.
- The Bay Breeze was made popular by recipe booklets distributed by Ocean Spray.
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