Great Cocktails You Can Make With Vodka: Their ingredients and how to mix them
Written by David MasifonPosted on 02 09, 2017
Vodka is a favourite when it comes to mixed drinks because it tastes at least decent with pretty much everything and goes down easy. You need some of the most popular vodka cocktails to get the best out of that date or party, and here are eight certified awesome cocktails:
- Rooftop Lemonade
- Moscow Mule
- Trouble Maker
- Vodka Gimlet
- Bloody Mary
- Cosmopolitan
- Elyx Cup
- Chicago Martini
Rooftop Lemonade
Ingredients
- 2oz vodka
- 3oz freshly-squeezed lemonade
- Cucumber slices
- Lemon wedges
How to make
- Mix vodka and lemonade
- Pour mix in Collins glass
- Drop cucumber slices in Collins glass
- Stir
- Garnish with lemon wedges
Moscow Mule
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz vodka
- ½ oz fresh lime juice
- ¼ oz simple syrup
- Ginger beer
- Lime wedges
How to make
- Mix vodka, lime juice, simple syrup and ginger beer
- Pour in copper mug
- Stir
- Garnish with lime wedge
Trouble Maker
Ingredients
- 4 slices of English cucumber and some more for garnish.
- 2 strawberries and some more for garnish
- 1 ½ oz vodka
- 1 oz Bonal (French aperitif)
- ¾ oz simple syrup
- ¾ oz lime juice
- Seltzer
How to make
- Muddle strawberries and cucumber
- Mix vodka, simple syrup, lime juice, and Bonal
- Pour mix and mesh of strawberry and cucumber in Collins glass
- Top with Seltzer
- Garnish with strawberry and cucumber slices
Vodka Gimlet
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- ¾ simple syrup
- Lime wedges
How to make
- Mix vodka, lime juice and simple syrup
- Shake
- Pour into a coupe
- Garnish with lime wedge
Bloody Mary
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka
- 4 oz tomato juice
- 2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
- A pinch of celery sauce
- A pinch of freshly ground black pepper
- 3 dashes of Tabasco sauce
- One squeeze of lemon
- 1 teaspoon of fresh horseradish
- Olives
- Lemon wedge
How to make
- For spicy Bloody Mary Mix, mix tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, celery sauce, black pepper, Tabasco sauce, lemon and horseradish.
- Pour vodka in Bloody Mary Mix
- Stir vigorously
- Garnish with olives and lemon wedge
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ oz lemon vodka
- ½ Cointreau
- ½ oz cranberry juice
- ½ oz lime juice
- ¼ oz simple syrup
- Lime wedge
How to make
- Mix vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, lime juice, and simple syrup
- Pour into a coupe
- Garnish with lime wedge
Elyx Cup
Ingredients
- 6 leaves fresh mint
- 2 slices of cucumber
- 2 oz vodka
- ¾ oz of lime juice
- ½ oz simple syrup
- Prosecco
How to make
- Muddle mint and cucumber
- Put in glass with ice.
- Add vodka, lime juice, simple syrup
- Stir
- Top with Prosecco
Chicago Martini
Ingredients
- 3 oz vodka
- ½ oz olive juice
- 3 skewered olives
How to make
- Mix vodka and olive juice
- Pour in a coupe
- Garnish with olives