National Vodka Day is October 4 and what better way to celebrate than with a vodka-focused cocktail? Browse the recipes below for some inspiration.
Berry Harvest Sangria
Ingredients:
2 honey crisp or pink lady apples, chopped
1 chopped Bosc pear
1 orange, sliced
1/2 cup fresh raspberries
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bottle of Pinot Grigio, chardonnay or any dry white wine
2 cups spiced apple cider
1/2 cup Smirnoff Raspberry vodka
1 cup club soda
Cinnamon sticks for garnish
Directions:
Mix all ingredients except club soda in a large pitcher and refrigerate for at least an hour. Add club soda just before serving. Pour over ice and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Recipe courtesy of Smirnoff. Photo credit: Heather Baird / Sprinkle Bakes
Sweet But Psycho
Ingredients:
2 oz. Grapefruit Vodka
2 oz. Strawberrry Juice (blended fresh strawberries with simple syrup)
1 oz. Lemon
Taffer’s Strawberry Basil Sparkling Craft Cocktail
Directions:
Add first to ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a glass rimmed with sugar in the raw. Top off with Taffer’s Strawberry Basil Sparkling Craft Cocktail. Garnish with Fresh Strawberries and Sugar.
Recipe courtesy of By Taffer’s Mixologist x @frontporchcocktails
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Ingredients:
2 parts Reyka Vodka
1 part Coffee Liqueur
1 part Heavy Cream
1/2 tsp. of Pumpkin Pie Spice
Garnish: Pumpkin pie spice dust
Directions:
Shake. Combine all ingredients into cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Serve on the rocks.
Recipe by Trevor Schneider, Reyka Vodka National Ambassador
Elderflower Splash
Ingredients:
1.5 oz CÎROC White Grape
3 oz Q Elderflower Tonic
Garnish: Cucumber and Grape
Directions:
Add CÎROC White Grape and Q Elderflower Tonic into a rocks glass over ice. Stir and garnish with skewered cucumber ribbon and white grape.
Recipe courtesy of CÎROC
Caramel Pumpkin Spice White Russian
Ingredients:
6-8 ice cubes
0.75 oz. Smirnoff Kissed Caramel Vodka
0.75 oz. coffee liqueur
1.5 oz. half-and-half or whole milk
1 Tbsp. pumpkin spice coffee creamer
Pumpkin pie spice
Directions (Served cold):
Fill a short cocktail glass with the ice. Add Smirnoff caramel kiss and coffee liqueur to the ice. Combine the half-and-half and pumpkin spice creamer and pour over the top. Lightly sprinkle the top with pumpkin pie spice.
Directions (Served Hot Caramel Pumpkin Spice Hot White Russian)
Omit the ice cubes. Combine the half-and-half and pumpkin spice creamer in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook until hot and steaming but not boiling. Pour in a mug and add Smirnoff Caramel Kiss to the mug; stir. Lightly sprinkle the top with pumpkin pie spice
Recipe courtesy of Smirnoff. Photo credit: Heather Baird / Sprinkle Bakes
Chocolate Toast Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz. Toast™ Vodka
.25 oz. Mexican hot chocolate syrup
3-5 dashes of orange bitters
Directions:
Stir all ingredients until combined. Strain mixture and pour over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange slice and chocolate shavings.
Recipe and photo courtesy of Toast Distillers, Inc.
Spiced Grape Mule
Ingredients
1.5 oz CÎROC White Grape
Splash of Lime
Top with Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Garnish: Ginger
Directions:
Add CÎROC White Grape and a splash of lime to a Collins glass over ice. Top with Fever Tree Ginger Beer and garnish with a long slice of fresh ginger.
Recipe courtesy of CÎROC
Pumpkin-Orange Shandy
Ingredients:
0.75 oz. Smirnoff Ice Zero Sugar Original
3 oz. orange juice (no sugar added)
3 oz. orange flavored beer
1 1/2 tbsp. Pumpkin puree
Orange slice
Pumpkin spice
Directions:
Combine Smirnoff Ice Zero Sugar Original, orange juice, and orange beer in a pilsner glass. Stir in pumpkin puree until well blended. Garnish with a dash of pumpkin spice and an orange slice.
Recipe courtesy of Smirnoff. Photo credit: Heather Baird / Sprinkle Bakes
Cranberry Martini
1.5 oz CÎROC White Grape
.75 oz Fino Sherry
3 Dashes Cranberry Bitters
Garnish: Skewered Cranberries
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass. Fill with ice and stir 20-25 times. Strain into chilled coupe. Garnish with three cranberries on a cocktail pick.
Recipe courtesy of CÎROC
“Toast’ed” Coco Loco
Ingredients:
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1 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Toast Coconut Syrup
2 oz Toast Vodka
2 oz Coconut Water
Directions:
Shake and strain all ingredients into chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with thin slice of lemon and toasted coconut.
Recipe and photo courtesy of Toast Distillers, Inc.
Two Chicks Cocktails Sparkling Vodka CuTea
Go for a canned vodka cocktail like this one from Two Chicks Cocktails. The Sparkling Vodka CuTea is made with premium vodka, peach, cucumber tea, and thyme. With a tight carbonation, the result is a refreshing, sophisticated, and balanced beverage with a botanical twist. Enjoy it over ice!
