Head to head
Bloody Mary and Sea Breeze side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have vodka. Only the Bloody Mary has tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco, celery salt and pepper; only the Sea Breeze has cranberry juice and grapefruit juice. In parts, a Bloody Mary is 3 vodka, 6 tomato and 1 lemon; a Sea Breeze is 1 vodka, 3 cranberry and ¾ grapefruit. By volume, the Bloody Mary is 60% mixer and juice, 30% spirit and 10% citrus; the Sea Breeze is 63% mixer and juice, 21% spirit and 16% citrus. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Bloody Mary is the stronger drink in the glass (9.1% ABV against 7.7%) and holds more alcohol (1.01 standard drinks against 0.90). The Sea Breeze has more calories (about 170 against 118) and more sugar (18.1 g against 2.7 g). Both are served in a highball; the Bloody Mary is stirred, the Sea Breeze built.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 3 : 6 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Sea Breeze.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 1 : 3 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Bloody Mary.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.
Bloody Mary vs.
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