Cocktail recipe
Avalon
Highball glass · Ordinary Drink · Global cocktail tradition
Pour Avalon when you want something citrus: a highball-style cocktail centered on Vodka.

Ingredients
- 3 partsVodka
- 1 partPisang Ambon
- 6 partsApple juice
- 1 1/2 partLemon juice
- —Lemonade
How to make it
- Fill a tall glass with ice.
- Layer the Finlandia Vodka, lemon and apple juices, Pisang Ambon, and top up with lemonade.
- Stir slightly and garnish with a spiralled cucumber skin and a red cherry.
- The cucumber provides zest and looks attractive.
- This drink, created by Timo Haimi, took first prize in the 1991 Finlandia Vodka Long Drink Competition.
Story
Built for the moment when a straightforward pour is exactly right, Avalon combines Vodka, Pisang Ambon and Apple juice. The result is citrus rather than showy, served in a highball glass.
Best for
celebratory · social · lighthearted · citrus