Madras
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
- Strength
- 8.0%
- Std. drinks
- 1.35
- Calories
- 213
- Sugar
- 16.7 g
- 2 ozVodka60 ml
- 3 ozCranberry juice90 ml
- 2 ozOrange juice60 ml
The ratio · 1 : 1½ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Sex on the Beach.
Head to head
Madras and Sex on the Beach side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Vodka, cranberry and orange juice in both. The Sex on the Beach adds peach schnapps and uses less juice, so it is shorter, peachy and stronger in the glass.
By the numbers
Both have vodka, cranberry juice and orange juice. Only the Sex on the Beach has peach schnapps. In parts, a Madras is 1 vodka, 1½ cranberry and 1 orange; a Sex on the Beach is 2 vodka, 1 peach schnapps, 2 orange and 2 cranberry. By volume, the Madras is 71% mixer and juice and 29% spirit; the Sex on the Beach is 57% mixer and juice, 29% spirit and 14% liqueur.
The Sex on the Beach is the stronger drink in the glass (12.7% ABV against 8.0%), but the Madras is the bigger drink, so it holds more alcohol (1.35 standard drinks against 1.10). The Madras has more calories (about 213 against 170) and more sugar (16.7 g against 13.6 g). Both are served in a highball; the Madras is shaken, the Sex on the Beach built.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 1 : 1½ : 1
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 Madras.
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