Blue Lagoon
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
- Strength
- 12.8%
- Std. drinks
- 1.26
- Calories
- 196
- Sugar
- 17.5 g
- 1¼ ozVodka40 ml
- 1 ozBlue curaçao30 ml
- ¾ ozLime juice20 ml
- 2½ ozLemon-lime soda75 ml
The ratio · 2 : 1½ : 1 : 4
Highlighted: not in the Sex on the Beach.
Head to head
Blue Lagoon and Sex on the Beach 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 Blue Lagoon has blue curaçao, lime juice and lemon-lime soda; only the Sex on the Beach has peach schnapps, orange juice and cranberry juice. In parts, a Blue Lagoon is 2 vodka, 1½ blue curaçao, 1 lime and 4 lemon-lime soda; a Sex on the Beach is 2 vodka, 1 peach schnapps, 2 orange and 2 cranberry. By volume, the Blue Lagoon is 46% mixer and juice, 24% spirit, 18% liqueur and 12% citrus; the Sex on the Beach is 57% mixer and juice, 29% spirit and 14% liqueur. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
They are about equally strong in the glass (12.8% and 12.7% ABV), but the Blue Lagoon is the bigger drink, so it holds more alcohol (1.26 standard drinks against 1.10). The Blue Lagoon has more calories (about 196 against 170) and more sugar (17.5 g against 13.6 g). Both are built and served in a highball.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 2 : 1½ : 1 : 4
Highlighted: not in the Sex on the Beach.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 2 : 1 : 2 : 2
Full Sex on the Beach recipe →
Highlighted: not in the Blue Lagoon.
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.
Blue Lagoon vs.
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