Screwdriver (cocktail)
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| This drink is designated as an IBA Official Cocktail |
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| Screwdriver | |
| Type: | Cocktail |
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| Served: | "On the rocks"; poured over ice |
| Standard garnish: | orange slice |
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| IBA specified ingredients†: |
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| Preparation: | Mix in a highball glass with ice. Garnish and serve. |
| †Screwdriver recipe at International Bartenders Association }} | |
A Screwdriver is a cocktail made with orange juice and vodka, created sometime before October 24, 1949 (see Earliest Reference).
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[edit] Earliest Reference
The earliest reference to the Screwdriver is from the October 24, 1949 issue of Time:
"In the dimly lighted bar of the sleek Park Hotel, Turkish intelligence agents mingle with American engineers and Balkan refugees, drinking the latest Yankee concoction of vodka and orange juice, called a "screwdriver."
[edit] The Iranian Connection
One of the stories regarding the creation of the Screwdriver cocktail refers to Iranian Oil Workers mixing their Vodka and Orange Juices with Screwdrivers, hence the name. The first reference to oil workers in Iran creating the Screwdriver comes in an article from the April 1965 issue of House & Garden, "Cocktail lore and legend":
"...the screwdriver, which tastes like orange juice but is considerably more potent, is believed to have originated with American oil workers in Iran who drank vodka and orange juice, stirring it with screwdrivers they carried attached to their fatigue pants by loops."
[edit] Variations
Replacing the flat orange juice with a carbonated orange drink, such as fanta, produces a cocktail known as a Hi-Fi.
