The 5 Easiest VODKA Cocktails

Here are five delicious and dead simple cocktails where the ONLY alcoholic ingredient you need is vodka. The other ingredients are things you can find in your pantry or a quick trip to the market.

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EQUIPMENT

1. Cocktail set (includes Boston shaker, jigger, bar spoon, hawthorne strainer, fine mesh strainer, julep strainer, muddler, cocktail picks)

2. Angled measuring jigger

   • Version using ml measurements

3. Coupe glass

4. Collins glass

5. Herb keeper

6. Spoon straw

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Lemon Drop

• 2 oz (60ml) blanco vodka

• .75 oz (45ml) fresh lemon juice

• .75 oz (45ml) simple syrup

1. Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin with ice

2. Shake and then double strain into a chilled coupe glass

3. Garnish with a lemon twist

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Moscow Mule

• 2oz (60ml) of blanco vodka

• Juice from half a lime 

• 4oz (120ml) ginger beer

1. Add vodka to a collins glass with ice

2. Squeeze in fresh lime juice

3. Top with ginger beer

4. Garnish with a lime wedge

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Cucumber Mint Vodka Soda

• 2oz (60ml) vodka

• 4oz (120ml) sparkling water

• 2 slices of cucumber

• 4-5 mint leaves

• Sprig of mint

1. Add vodka into a collins glass

2. Add mint then cucumber to a the glass

3. Gently muddle to extract cucumber juice and mint oils

4. Add ice and top with sparkling water

5. Insert straw and garnish with a mint sprig

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Grapefruit Julep

• 2oz (60ml) vodka

• 1.5oz (45ml) fresh grapefruit juice

• 1oz (30ml) pomegranate juice

• .5oz (15ml) fresh lime juice

• .75oz (22ml) honey syrup (1:1 mix of honey and water by volume)

• 4-5 mint leaves

• Sprig of mint

1. Add honey syrup and mint to a shaker glass

2. Gently muddle mint to extract the oils

3. Add the rest of the ingredients and ice

4. Shake for 15 seconds

5. Double strain into a collins glass with cracked ice

6. Garnish with a mint sprig

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Straw-vod-berry-ka

• 2oz (60ml) vodka

• .75oz (22ml) fresh lime juice

• .5oz (15ml) honey syrup

• 2 strawberries

• 1-2 oz (30-60ml) Ginger beer

1. Add honey syrup and strawberries to a shaker glass

2. Muddle to extract juices

3. Add all ingredients except ginger beer to the shaker

4. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds

5. Double strain into a large coupe glass

6. Top with ginger beer

7. Garnish with half a strawberry