Sea Breeze Cocktail History. Back then it looked a little from the version we have today. The Bay Breeze cocktail is often called the Downeaster or the Hawaiian Sea Breeze.
Gin equal-parts house-made grenadine and fresh ruby-red grapefruit juice. Its a delicious spiked fruit punch thats a refreshing delight on hot summer days. This recipe adds a hint of tart grapefruit juice to the Cape Codder aka vodka cranberry.
Apparently the Sea Breeze began as a gin and grenadine cocktail during the Prohibition Era and was still a gin-based drink even in the 1930s when apricot brandy and lemon juice were added to the ingredients list.
Sea Breeze cocktail an alcoholic mixed cocktail drink. Perhaps you have time for further in-depth dogged searching but at this moment of rabbit hole research were going to declare the following. Starting out as a gin based punch in a 1922 citation the Savoy Cocktail Book then lists their Sea Breeze Cooler as gin apricot brandy grenadine and lemon juice in 1930. The Sea Breeze is an icon of 1980s drinking a light and refreshing cocktail that pairs perfectly with sunny days at the beach.