What is Mexican Screwdriver?
1.
It wasn't until vodka swept through mid-twentieth-century America that the Screwdriver - along with other tempting libations (Moscow Mule and Martini to name a couple), began to gain recognition with bartenders as the modern contemporary of highball. Suffice to say a premium vodka (Absolut, Stoli, Smirnoff) or tequila (Arandas, Reserva de la Familia, Jose Cuervo) will often be considered essential for this drink. Pour 2 ounces of this (over a few ice cubes) into a highball glass, and fill the glass with 4 - 6 ounces Tampico, Citrina, hell even tang or the classic freshly squeezed orange juice. Add an orange wheel or a dash of angostura bitters to your highball for a lick of (optional) garnish. Enjoi bitches!
2 oz Vodka/Tequila
5 oz Tampico/Orange Juice/drink
Put 3 ice cubes into a highball glass. Pour in vodka. Fill balance of glass with orange juice, stir, and serve.
2.
A cocktail combining one part sunkist soda and one part vodka, (generally lower quality vodka).
"Ey bro, I'm pretty low on cash you wanna get some sunkist and vodka and knock back a few mexican screwdrivers?"
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