Cocktails! Are super drinks made from the mixtures of alcohols. Cocktails made of Vodka? Sounds interesting right! Yes you heard it right. Today we will get to know about certain cocktails made of Vodka.
Before knowing the cocktails made of vodka, let us know some interesting facts about vodka! Enough with the preamble, lets dive into the main matter. Have a happy reading ahead.
About Vodka
Vodka is an alcoholic distillate from fermented mash of gain. It has an alcoholic content of 40%. The quality of Vodka depends on the quality of grain and it is distilled at the strength of 80 to 190 proof.
Service of Vodka
- Vodka is best drunk chilled and neat in schnapps glasses. The Russians traditionally eat it with caviar, salmon or pickled cucumbers.
- It is also a good mixer with any proprietary beverage like coke, tonic water, lemonade, ginger ale or fruit juices and served in tall glasses. Orange juice that goes well with Vodka.
Popular brands of Vodka
- Absolute
- Skyy Vodka
- Stolichnaya
- Finlandia
- Smirnoff-red, blue, black, silver, citrus, raspberry.
These were certain amazing facts about Vodka. Now let us come to the popular cocktails made of Vodka. Excited to know, scroll the article down to know the popular cocktails!
Popular Cocktails Made of Vodka
Bloody Mary
Ingredients:
- 60 ml Vodka
- Tomato juice
- Dash of Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 drops of Tabasco Sauce
- Salt and pepper
- Lemon juice
- Garnish: Lemon peel
Steps to prepare: Frost a glass with salt on the rim. Mix with vodka with Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and lemon juice with crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour into crusted glass and top up with tomato juice. Sauce with swizzle stick. It may be garnished with lemon peel.
Salty Dog
Ingredients:
- 30 ml Vodka
- 75 ml Grapefruit juice
- 2 teaspoon salt
- Orange or Lime Wedge
Steps to prepare: Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange wedge.
Moscow Mule
Ingredients:
- 15 ml Smirnoff vodka
- 3 oz. Ginger slices
- 1 teaspoon sugar syrup
- 3 ml line juice
- 1 sprig mint
- 1 slice lime
Steps to prepare: In a copper mug, pour vodka over ice. Add sugar syrup and lime juice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with mint sprig and lime slice.
Screwdriver
Ingredients:
- 30 ml vodka
- 75 ml orange juice
- Orange slice
Steps to prepare: Mix both the ingredients in a highball glass with ice. Garnish with a slice of orange.
Vodka Martini
Ingredients:
- 30 ml vodka
- 15 ml dry vermouth
- Garnish: Cocktail olive
Steps to prepare: Shake both the ingredients in a shaker with ice cubes and strain into cocktail glass.
Vodka Sour
Ingredients:
- 30 ml vodka
- 15 ml lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon superfine sugar
- Garnish: Cherry
Steps to prepare: Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a sour glass and garnish with cherry.
White Russian
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Vodka
- 1 oz. Light cream
- 1 oz. Kahlua
Steps to prepare: Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes.
Sex on the Beach
Ingredients:
- 20 ml vodka
- 10 ml Peachtree schnapps
- 7 ml crème de cassis
- 30 ml orange juice
- 30 ml cranberry juice
- Orange slice
- Maraschino cherry
Steps to prepare: Combine all ingredients and shake in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into an ice-filled 10 ounce highball glass. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients:
- 11/2 oz. Citrus vodka
- ¾ oz. Cointreau
- Juice of ½ lime, hard extracted
- ½ oz. Cranberry juice
- Lemon spiral
Steps to prepare: Combine liquid ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and shake until well blended. Strain into a chilled 10.25 oz. Anchor Hocking Hollywood martini glass. Garnish with a lemon spiral.
So these are the amazing popular cocktails made from Vodka. Hope you enjoyed it.
Just give it a try! You will surely rock the evening party or day enjoyment!
