Harvey Wallbanger

Ingredients:
1 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Galliano
4 oz Orange juice
Mixing instructions: Pour vodka and orange juice into a collins glass over ice cubes and stir. Float Galliano on top and serve.

About Galliano: In 1896, as hundreds of thousands of Southern Italian pioneers were embarking on a long and arduous voyage to the California Gold Rush, a young distiller, Arturo Vaccari, ingeniously created a new liqueur for them as a souvenir of their homeland. The liqueur was made by blending local Italian ingredients (anise, lavender, mint) with herbs and plants from far away countries (vanilla, cinnamon, coriander). Vaccari chose yellow as the color of Galliano to symbolize the gold rush and named his creation in honor of Giuseppe Galliano, an Italian hero from the Abyssinian Italian colonial wars.
Among the many ingredients in Galliano are star anise from China , Mediterranean anise, juniper, musk yarrow, ginger, lavender and peppermint as well as vanilla with its delicate aroma and cinnamon with its spicy touch. Vanilla is the most important ingredient in Galliano. Neutral alcohol is infused with the pressings from all herbs and plants with exception of vanilla. The liquid is distilled and then infused with pressed vanilla. In the final stage distilled water, refined sugar and pure neutral alcohol are blended with the base. 30% alcohol by volume, Galliano possesses a unique, complex, intense, yet mellow aroma. When drunk, a full smooth flavor fills the mouth. The fresh aniseed flavors balance the sweet vanilla ones. Galliano is an ideal "marrying" ingredient. It adds no intrusive flavor, but serves to deepen and give character to an astonishing range of other ingredients, both ordinary and exotic. Literally hundreds of recipes involving Galliano are used worldwide; its versatility is legendary, and appears in such well-known cocktails as the Harvey Wallbanger and Jungle Juice.

Origins: Like so many well known drinks there are a couple of theories of Harvey Wallbanger.

Version 1: Bartender Bill Doner created it while a bartender at 'The Office' in Newport Beach, California. Simple and believable.

Version 2: In California a surfer named Harvey liked his screwdrivers spiked with Galliano. After a bad day, when he lost an important surfing contest, he had one too many. Trying to leave the bar, Harvey stumbled into both furniture and the wall. Being a regular at this bar, and despite his performance, he returned and simply became known as “the Wallbanger”.

Version 3: Concocted in the 1970s after a Grand Master of Chess lost the final for want of the right Scotch Whisky! Liquor at its bangin’ best!