Talk:Screwdriver (cocktail)

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[edit] Name?

The drink isn't really called a "Screwdriver cocktail". Shall I move this article to Screwdriver (cocktail)? --Spikey 06:16, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

I wrote this "Screwdriver, is a wordplay. In bar lingo, the two main ingredients are called screw (orange juice) and driver (vodka)." is this wrong? That's what I've heard, but does anyone know if it's wrong or not? Any bartender?--84.217.116.165 22:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name unknown in Britain?

Fawlty Towers was filmed a long time ago. I'm sure Screwdriver was the standard name for this when I was a student. However, I'm far from a cocktail buff... — Haeleth Talk 11:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

What I definitely know is that the name is practically unkown in Germany, too.

I have heard the name screwdriver for vodka & orange in a film or read it in a book, but when I was exchange student in England in 1990's (I am from Finland) the bartenders did not know that name, but I had to order vodka & orange. It is my favourite drink.