Cocktail
Screwdriver
The Screwdriver is the archetypal easy highball — vodka and fresh orange juice, built straight over ice in a tall glass and finished with a slice of orange. Pale gold and bright, it is one of the simplest and most ubiquitous mixed drinks in the world, a brunch-and-poolside staple that hides its liquor behind fresh citrus.
Sweet-tart11% ABV
At a glance
Signature
Orange & Juicy
Sweet
Strength
Moderate ABV
11% ABV
Pale gold in the glass, the Screwdriver smells almost entirely of fresh orange — juicy, sweet and lightly zesty — with only a faint clean, spirituous whiff of vodka behind it. On the palate it leads with bright sweet-tart orange, rounded and easy, the vodka slipping in almost undetected to add a gentle warming lift rather than any flavour of its own. It finishes clean and refreshing, gently sweet with a soft citrus tang, at a modest 10 to 12 percent alcohol in the glass — the drinkability that has always made it a brunch and daytime favourite.
Taste balance
BitternessSmooth
SmoothBitter
StrengthMedium
LightStrong