Simple Vodka Cocktail Recipes You Can Make At Home

Recreate your favourite vodka-based cocktails in 10 minutes or less. Check out this list of super simple vodka cocktail recipes that you can try at home. Let’s get started!

Vodka Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Spirit of York Vodka
• 3/4 ounces dry vermouth
• 2 dashes bitters
• Lemon twist or olives for garnish

Instructions:

1. Collect all the ingredients.
2. Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
3. Shake vigorously.
4. Strain all the solid particles.
5. Pour into a cocktail glass.
6. Add a lemon peel twist or olive for garnishing.

Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 50 ml Spirit of York Vodka

• 50 ml of apple juice

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• 1 tbsp maple syrup

Instructions:

1. Gather all your ingredients.
2. Fill a cocktail shaker with crushed ice.
3. Add all the ingredients in the cocktail shaker.
4. Mix everything until the cocktail shaker feels cold to the touch.
5. Strain and pour the beverage into a martini glass.
6. Garnish with a thin slice of fresh green apple.

Bloody Mary

Ingredients:

• 125 ml fresh tomato juice
• 50 ml Spirit of York Vodka
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 25 ml sherry
• ¼ tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 drops of Tabasco hot sauce
• Celery salt and fennel seeds
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. In a large, ice-filled cocktail shaker, add in all the ingredients.
2. Shake vigorously to make sure all ingredients are blended.
3. Strain and pour liquid contents into a tall glass with ice.
4. Finish this simple vodka cocktail recipe with a stick of celery, lemon wedge, and a cherry tomato for garnishing.

Vodka Tonic

If you know how to make the famous gin and tonic cocktail, whipping up a vodka tonic would a piece of cake for you. Here’s a simple vodka cocktail recipe that yields a single serving within three minutes.

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Spirit of York Vodka
• A splash of freshly squeezed lime juice
• 5 shots of tonic water
• Lime wheels for garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine the vodka with the lime juice in a cocktail glass packed with ice.
2. Add the tonic water.
3. Jazz it up with lime slices, et voila! You’ve made one of the easiest vodka-based cocktails in the playbook like a pro.

Screwdriver

The Screwdriver packs a punch with its perfect blend of citrus undertones and spicy vodka flavour. Despite its masculine name, it’s a certified ladies drink. But it’d sure sound so cool ordering one! Here’s a quick Screwdriver cocktail recipe for one that can be prepared in less than 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 2 small oranges
• 1 clementine
• 50 ml Spirit of York Vodka
• Angostura bitters
• Orange wedges for garnishing

Instructions:

1. Squeeze the oranges and clementine.
2. Get a tall glass and fill it with ice.
3. Pour vodka into it.
4. Add the freshly squeezed juice.
5. Mix gently.
6. Add a splash or two of Angostura bitters.
7. Top with orange wedges for presentation.

Cosmopolitan

Pretty in pink, the Cosmopolitan, or Cosmo, is a delightfully sweet, tart, and fruity summer cocktail made more invigorating and intoxicating with its sharp notes of vodka. Depending on your preference, you can adjust this simple vodka cocktail recipe to be fruitier by adding more cranberry juice or stronger with a little more vodka.

Ingredients:

• 50 ml mandarin vodka
• 1 tbsp orange liqueur
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 50 ml cranberry juice

Instructions:

1. In a cocktail shaker, mix the vodka and the orange liqueur.
2. Add the lime juice and the cranberry juice.
3. Fill it up with ice.
4. Shake vigorously to mix all the flavours.
5. Strain into a martini glass.
6. Style with a slice of orange zest, and enjoy to your heart’s content!

White Russian

Here’s a simple vodka cocktail recipe that’ll satisfy all self-confessed coffee addicts. The White Russian is rich, creamy, and incredibly delicious.

Ingredients:

• 50 ml Spirit of York Vodka
• 25ml coffee liqueur
• 1 tbsp single cream

Instructions:

1. Get a large glass or tumbler.
2. Fill it with ice.
3. Pour the vodka into it.
4. Add the coffee liqueur and the single cream.
5. Stir and serve!

Spirit of York Vodka

The success of your vodka cocktail concoction relies heavily on the quality of vodka that you use. Trust us; nothing can mask the subpar flavour of a poor-quality spirit. Give your simple vodka cocktail recipes a suave and sophisticated touch with the Spirit of York Vodka. Our vodka is distilled to perfection using only Ontario-grown rye, a specially sourced strain of distiller’s yeast, and crystal-clear water from the township of Springwater, Ontario – the purest water in Ontario. It’s a grain-to-glass spirit guaranteed to take your simple vodka cocktail recipes to the next level. Get your hands on Spirit of York’s Vodka and other premium-quality products in our Distillery located at 12 Trinity Street, Toronto Ontario and in provinces across Canada. For detailed inquiries, please get in touch with the Spirit of York team now!