Benny Hill: What will it be today?
Customer: Uh, Harvey Wallbanger.
Benny Hill: What's he do that for? Harvey's got a wife!
Sorry. Had to get that out of my system. (It's funnier if you read it with a British accent?)
Like my sense of humor, the Greyhound and the Harvey Wallbanger are not for everyone. They each have strong, distinct flavors that you'll either really like or simply not care about.
You can make a Greyhound with grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka. I preferred it with vodka. I actually like grapefruit juice, so this went down well, but you can really only drink one or two of these. Otherwise the pucker factor kicks in.
I experimented with the Wallbanger, too: Instead of buying the fancy liqueur or whatever, I picked up a small vial of black walnut flavoring at the grocery store. Mix the vodka and orange juice in a shaker with ice, pour into martini glass, and then drop the flavoring in from on high (just a splash!).
It looks REALLY cool. It swirls and morphs and spins; in my case, it ended up looking like either the planet Jupiter or the Yin-Yang symbol. Or maybe, for you hard-core geeks out there, the Eye of Jupiter supernova from Battlestar Galactica.
It smells good too, but the drink still isn't all that exciting. It's a Screwdriver, basically, and as you drink it the flavoring mixes more and turns the cocktail into a gray blah.
Greyhound
Manly or girly? Neither
Appearance: Pink
Consistency: Juice
Taste: Grapefruit with a kick
Stomach acceptance: Fine
Good drink for: Cocktail parties where you want to look a little adventurous
Hangover factor: Low
Would I actually order this in public? Maybe. But only for the Vitamin C.
Harvey Wallbanger
Manly or girly? Kinda girly, despite the boy name
Appearance: Orange with swirling darkness
Consistency: Juice
Taste: You can taste the vodka separately from the OJ
Stomach acceptance: Bien
Good drink for: Entertaining LSD trippers, Benny Hill jokes
Hangover factor: Low
Would I actually order this in public? No
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