Head to head

Fuzzy Navel vs. Harvey Wallbanger

Fuzzy Navel and Harvey Wallbanger side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.

The difference, by the numbers

Both have orange juice. Only the Fuzzy Navel has peach schnapps; only the Harvey Wallbanger has vodka and Galliano. In parts, a Fuzzy Navel is 1 peach schnapps and 2½ orange; a Harvey Wallbanger is 1 vodka, 4 orange and ½ Galliano. By volume, the Fuzzy Navel is 71% mixer and juice and 29% liqueur; the Harvey Wallbanger is 73% mixer and juice, 18% spirit and 9% liqueur. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.

The Harvey Wallbanger is the stronger drink in the glass (10.1% ABV against 4.2%) and holds more alcohol (1.03 standard drinks against 0.38). The Harvey Wallbanger has more calories (about 176 against 117), but the Fuzzy Navel has more sugar (17.3 g against 15.1 g). Both are built; the Fuzzy Navel is served in a rocks glass, the Harvey Wallbanger in a highball.

Fuzzy Navel

Highballs & Fizzes · Peach schnapps

Strength
4.2%
Std. drinks
0.38
Calories
117
Sugar
17.3 g

Built, served in a rocks glass. About 5½ oz (159 ml) in the glass. Garnish: An orange wedge.

The ratio · 1 : 2½

Full Fuzzy Navel recipe →

Highlighted: not in the Harvey Wallbanger.

On the ratio map

SpiritVermouthCitrusMixerSyrupLiqueurFuzzy NavelHarvey Wallbanger

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