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