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Blue Lagoon

Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) · Long drinks and highballs · The Swimming Pool

4.0 151 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/3 oz Vodka
1 oz Blue curaçao liqueur
2/3 oz Lime juice
2 1/2 oz Lemon-lime soda

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

  1. 3 POUR first 3 ingredients into glass and briefly stir.
  2. 4 FILL glass with ice.
  3. 5 TOP with lemon-lime soda (or lemonade)and briefly stir.

Garnish

  1. 6 Garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry.

Flavour profile

10.6% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 112 calories

History

Lurid blue, easy-drinking and zesty citrusy. This cocktail, also known as The Swimming Pool, is about lounging beside one.

Two versions of this vibrant blue cocktail exist, both arguably superior to the 1980 film of the same name. Despite critical panning, the movie achieved the ninth-highest grossing status for 1980, possibly aided by a young Brooke Shields and a suggestive plot set on a tropical island. Returning to the drink, a blended iteration was created either in the 1960s or, more specifically, in 1972 by Andy MacElhone, son of Harry, at Harry's New York Bar in Paris, France. No one appears to claim creation of the built-in-the-glass/shaken version of the Blue Lagoon, but its simplicity has made it the popular choice.

Also known as Sometimes known as the Swimming Pool · Created by Andy MacElhone