We begin this month of delicious vodka cocktails! As a bonus you can read a short history about them here.
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Let’s get to it!
GK mix
Ingredients
- 50 ml Absolut Grapefruit Vodka
- Half a kiwi cut in cubes
- 25 ml lime juice
- 10 ml simple syrup
- Ice: cubes & big ice cube for presentation
- Garnish: dry grapefruit wheel
Tools
- Cocktail strainer
- Shaker
- Tea strainer
- Rocks glass
The how to
In your shaker add vodka, kiwi cubes, lime juice, simple syrup and ice. Shake well. Double strain it in your glass over the big ice cube. Garnish by placing the dry grapefruit wheel on top of the ice cube in the middle of the glass.
Grapefruit fizz
Ingredients
- 50 ml Absolut Grapefruit Vodka
- 1 egg white
- 15 ml grapefruit syrup
- 15 ml blood orange syrup
- 10 ml lime juice
- Tonic
- Ice
- No garnish
Tools
- Shaker
- Cocktail strainer
- Tea strainer
- Collins glass
The how to
In your shaker add the vodka, egg white, grapefruit syrup, blood orange syrup and lime juice. Shake well with no ice.
Add ice and shake again. Double strain it in your glass with no ice. Top the glass with tonic. Pour it in through the middle.
Wanna be tonic
Ingredients
- 50 ml Absolut Grapefruit Vodka
- 25 ml cucumber syrup
- 25 ml lime juice
- 5 cucumber slices
- Tonic
- Ice
- Garnish: mint leaves & lime wheels
Tools
- Bar spoon
- Balloon glass
The how to
In your glass add ice to the to, add the vodka cucumber slices, cucumber syrup, lime juice and stir well. Add the tonic and stir again. Garnish with the mint and lime as you see fit.