Vodka Cocktails

34 recipes, including Wine Sour, Cinnamon Caipiroska, Raspberry Moscow Mule.

34 Vodka cocktail recipes, with ingredients and how to make them.

  • Wine Sour — A technical drink that showcases the body of the wine, with a velvety texture.
  • Cinnamon Caipiroska — Cinnamon liqueur with lime and a cherry in syrup.
  • Raspberry Moscow Mule — Vodka and raspberry jam finished with ginger foam.
  • Berry Sour — A vodka sour made with high-quality mixed berry jam.
  • White Russian — Split-vodka technique with a deliberately half-mixed look.
  • Aperol Vodka Spritz — A take on the Italian spritz that pairs vodka and orange juice with the bitterness of Aperol.
  • Kamikaze — A balanced classic of vodka, lime, and triple sec.
  • Vodka Banoffe Bliss — A creamy take on banoffee pie, with caramel vodka, banana liqueur, and vanilla.
  • Caramel Espresso Martini — A modern Espresso Martini riff that balances bitter coffee with sweet caramel.
  • Solstício — A bridge for palates not yet used to Negroni-level bitterness, with Aperol, caramel vodka, and honey syrup.
  • Orange Spritz — Built right in the glass and refreshing: vodka, orange juice, and Laranja Spritz syrup, topped with sparkling water.
  • Green Apple Vodka Fresh — A built highball: vodka and green apple syrup topped with Lemon Fresh, with optional citrus foam.
  • Bloody Mary — The vodka-and-tomato classic with homemade juice from tomato paste, soy sauce in place of Worcestershire, and a double strain.
  • Vodka Martini — A stirred classic of vodka and dry vermouth, served ice-cold up, with a lime twist.
  • Caipiroska — The classic caipirinha with vodka instead of cachaça: lime, simple syrup, and ice in a rocks glass.
  • Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's classic: vodka, coffee liqueur, and espresso shaken until crowned with foam.
  • Orvalho — A pale spritz of vodka and dry white wine, with lemon and thyme.
  • Cosmopolitan — Shaken classic of vodka, orange liqueur, lime, and cranberry juice, served up.
  • Porn Star Martini — Homemade take with caramel vodka, passion fruit pulp, and egg white, served with a shot of sparkling wine on the side.
  • Moscow Mule — Classic of vodka, ginger beer, and lime, built in a copper mug.
  • Cherry Caramel — Highball of caramel vodka, cherry syrup, and vanilla, lengthened with soda water.
  • Aperol Limoncello Punch — Long punch of Aperol, limoncello, and vodka, topped with orange juice.
  • Caramel Coffee — Short shaken drink of caramel vodka, caramel coffee liqueur, and vanilla syrup, served over ice.
  • Pingo Salgado — Vodka sour with coffee liqueur and salted caramel syrup, served up in a chilled coupe.
  • Blackberry Moscow Mule — Vodka mule with blackberry syrup and lime, lengthened with ginger beer in a mug.
  • Sex on the Beach — Classic highball of vodka, peach liqueur, orange juice, and cranberry.
  • Lemon Drop Martini — Vodka sour served up: triple sec, fresh lemon, and a sugar rim.
  • Apple Ice Lemonade — Highball of vodka and green apple syrup with lime juice, lengthened with soda water.
  • Sunset Mule — Vodka mule with orange juice and grenadine, built in the glass for a sunset gradient.
  • Long Island Iced Tea — IBA party classic: vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and Cointreau, lengthened with lemon, syrup, and a splash of cola.
  • Sea Breeze — Classic vodka highball lengthened with cranberry and grapefruit juice, built in the glass.
  • French Martini — '90s martini: vodka, raspberry liqueur, and pineapple juice, shaken until it foams in the glass.
  • Godmother — 1970s stirred duo: vodka and amaretto in a rocks glass — the Godfather's sister.
  • Vesper — Bond's classic: gin, vodka, and Cocchi Americano (or Lillet Blanc), stirred and served up.

More in this list

  • Wine
  • Cachaça
  • Liqueur
  • Tequila
  • Gin
  • Whiskey
  • Rum