The Cape Codder or Harpoon – also known as vodka cranberry – is a cocktail consisting of vodka and cranberry juice. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink.

The name refers to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a peninsula and popular tourist destination located in the eastern United States which is famous for growing cranberries.

This drink was conceived in 1945 by the Ocean Spray cranberry grower’s cooperative under the name “Harpoon” and its descendants such as the Greyhound, the Salty Dog, the Bay Breeze, and the Sea Breeze were later created.