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Recipes To Shake Up Vodka Day

09/30/2020

by: Melissa Dowling

Mojo Rising cocktail

Vodka may be the leading spirit in terms of consumption, but vodka cocktails typically don’t get a lot of love from mixologists. We’ve seen quite a few creative vodka cocktails in recent months, and have rounded up five for National Vodka Day on Oct. 4. So raise a glass to King Vodka this Sunday—Cheers!

Mojo Rising
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1 ¼ oz. Guillotine Heritage barrel-aged vodka
¼ oz. Sweet vermouth 
½ oz. Ginger syrup 
1 oz. Blood orange juice
¾ oz. Lemon juice
Spicy homemade tincture (clove, anise, cinnamon)

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake. Pour into a rocks glass and garnish with blood orange slice and maraschino cherry.

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The mixologists at Katana in West Hollywood, CA, created this recipe.

Toast to the Coast cocktail
Toast to the Coast

Toast to the Coast 
1 ½ oz. Humboldt organic vodka
¾ oz. Chareau Aloe liqueur 
½ oz. Lo-Fi dry vermouth
4 drops Alley 6 Candy Cap Bitters
Barspoon Marshall’s honey syrup

Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass for 30-45 seconds, then pour in a double rocks glass over a big cube. Garnish with jasmine.

Alicia Walton, bartender at The Sea Star in San Francisco, created this recipe.

Ocean Bleu cocktail
Ocean Bleu

Ocean Bleau 
1 oz. Coconut-infused Manifest vodka
½ oz. Combier Le Bleu orange liqueur
½ oz. Velvet Falernum
1 oz. Pineapple
1 oz. Coconut water

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass.

The mixologists at One Ocean Resort & Spa in Atlantic Beach, FL, created this recipe.

Arizona Sunset cocktail
Arizona Sunset

Arizona Sunset Cocktail
2 oz. Grey Goose L’Orange vodka
1 oz. Lemon juice
1 oz. Cranberry juice
1 oz. Agave syrup
 1 Jalapeño slice

Muddle jalapeño in mixing tin, then fill tin with ice. Add vodka, lemon juice, cranberry juice and agave syrup. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a jalapeño slice.

The mixologists at Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa in Tucson, AZ, created this recipe.

Apricot Collins cocktail
Apricot Collins

Apricot Collins
2 oz. Black Infusions apricot vodka
½ oz. Busnel Calvados
1 oz. Lime
½ oz. Simple syrup
Bar spoon Apricot jam

Fill shaker with ingredients and dry shake hard. Add ice and shake again and pour into a highball. Finish with a splash of tonic water and fill with soda, garnish with a lemon twist.

The mixologists at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills created this recipe.

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