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Vodka Cocktails

Vodka gets out of the way — which is exactly the point. It carries ginger in a Moscow Mule, coffee in an Espresso Martini and cranberry-lime in a Cosmopolitan without ever fighting the flavor you actually want.

47guided recipesml + ozprecise specs

These are the cleanest drinks to learn on: most are built or shaken in under three minutes, and every one scales cleanly for a crowd.

Moscow Mule in a real hammered copper mug with a full handle styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Moscow Mule

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

The Moscow Mule is vodka, spicy ginger beer and lime — famously served in a copper mug, but any tall glass works. It is one of the most forgiving cocktails you can make, which is why bars love it too.

Screwdriver in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Screwdriver

MediumStirredHighball

The Screwdriver is vodka and orange juice — the definition of a starter cocktail. The difference between forgettable and genuinely good is simply fresh-squeezed juice and plenty of ice.

Cosmopolitan in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Cosmopolitan

StrongShakenSour

Citrus vodka, triple sec, lime and a splash of cranberry, shaken hard and served up. Tart, pink and unapologetically fun.

Lemon Drop in a clear shallow coupe styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Lemon Drop

StrongShakenSour

A dessert in a glass: vodka, triple sec and plenty of fresh lemon, sweetened just enough. Bright and zippy.

Kamikaze in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Kamikaze

StrongShakenSour

Equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime — sharp, clean and quick. The Cosmo without the cranberry.

French Martini in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

French Martini

MediumShakenHighball

Vodka, raspberry liqueur and pineapple juice, shaken to a silky foam. Fruity, elegant and very easy to like.

Caipiroska in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Caipiroska

StrongMuddledMuddled

The Caipirinha made with vodka instead of cachaça — a whole lime and sugar muddled right in the glass. Clean, tart and easy.

Espresso Martini in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Espresso Martini

StrongShakenHighball

Vodka, coffee liqueur and a shot of fresh espresso, shaken to a thick foam. The drink that wakes you up and sits you down at once.

White Russian in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

White Russian

StrongBuilt in glassCreamy

Vodka and coffee liqueur under a lazy pour of cream — sweet, mellow and iconic. Stir if you like, or let the cream swirl.

Black Russian in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Black Russian

StrongStirredSpirit-forward

Just vodka and coffee liqueur over ice — dark, simple and stronger than it looks. The White Russian before the cream.

Bloody Mary in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Bloody Mary

MediumStirredHighball

Vodka, tomato juice and lemon, built over ice and seasoned to taste — brunch’s savory heavyweight. Add pepper, salt and hot sauce to your liking.

Sex on the Beach in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Sex on the Beach

MediumStirredHighball

Vodka and peach schnapps with orange and cranberry — fruity, sunset-colored and unapologetically easy-going.

Long Island Iced Tea in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a restrained modern mezcalería with blackened steel, pale clay render and rough volcanic stone.

Long Island Iced Tea

StrongBuilt in glassHighball

Five white spirits, lemon and a splash of cola for color — it looks like iced tea and drinks like trouble. The ultimate party long drink.

Godmother in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Godmother

StrongStirredSpirit-forward

The Godfather’s vodka sister: vodka and amaretto over ice. Smooth, almondy and simple.

Sea Breeze in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Sea Breeze

LightStirredHighball

Vodka with cranberry and grapefruit — the beach-bar staple. Tart, pink and endlessly easy.

Bay Breeze in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a city rooftop bar with weathered concrete, dark stone and defocused blue-hour windows.

Bay Breeze

LightStirredHighball

Vodka with cranberry and pineapple — the Sea Breeze gone tropical. Fruity and sunset-pink.

Cape Codder in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Cape Codder

LightStirredHighball

Vodka and cranberry with a squeeze of lime — the simplest tart cooler there is.

Madras in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Madras

LightStirredHighball

Vodka with cranberry and orange — bright, fruity and impossible to mess up.

Greyhound in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Greyhound

LightStirredHighball

Vodka and grapefruit juice over ice — sharp, clean and refreshing. Salt the rim and it becomes a Salty Dog.

Salty Dog in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Salty Dog

LightStirredHighball

A Greyhound with a salted rim — vodka and grapefruit, the salt sharpening every sip.

Harvey Wallbanger in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Harvey Wallbanger

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

A Screwdriver with a float of vanilla-herbal Galliano — the disco-era classic, sunshine-yellow.

Woo Woo in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a city rooftop bar with weathered concrete, dark stone and defocused blue-hour windows.

Woo Woo

MediumStirredHighball

Vodka, peach schnapps and cranberry — a party favorite that tastes like a fruit punch and drinks far too easily.

Blue Lagoon in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a small listening bar with acoustic walnut, dark felt and a dim red indicator in the distance.

Blue Lagoon

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

Vodka and electric-blue curaçao topped with lemonade — bright, sweet and unmistakably blue.

Chi Chi in a curved hurricane glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Chi Chi

LightShakenTropical

A Piña Colada made with vodka instead of rum — coconut and pineapple, creamy and cool.

Vodka Martini in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Vodka Martini

StrongShakenHighball

Cold vodka with a whisper of dry vermouth — the shaken, ice-cold Martini Bond made famous.

Vodka Sour in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Vodka Sour

StrongShakenSour

Neutral spirit means nothing is arguing with the lemon, which makes this the sour at its plainest. Use fresh juice or don't bother. Bottled lemon has nowhere to hide in a drink built from three things.

Vodka Collins in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a quiet minimalist bar with chalky gray plaster, pale travertine and one off-centre chrome light.

Vodka Collins

MediumShakenSour

Same build as a Tom Collins with the gin taken out, which means the botanicals go with it. What's left is lemonade with a spine, and it disappears faster than 45 ml of vodka ought to.

Mudslide in a heavy low rocks glass styled in an old railway club bar with bottle-green leather, mahogany and aged nickel.

Mudslide

StrongStirredSpirit-forward

A boozy adult milkshake: vodka, coffee liqueur and Irish cream over ice. Rich, sweet and dessert-like.

Vodka Gimlet in a clear shallow coupe styled in a city rooftop bar with weathered concrete, dark stone and defocused blue-hour windows.

Vodka Gimlet

StrongShakenSour

Buy good limes for this one, because they have nowhere to hide. Vodka doesn't argue with anything, so the drink stands or falls on the fruit and on how cold you get it. Under-chill it and there's nothing else in the glass to look at.

Vodka Tonic in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a small listening bar with acoustic walnut, dark felt and a dim red indicator in the distance.

Vodka Tonic

LightBuilt in glassHighball

Quinine does most of the work here. Vodka supplies alcohol and very little else, so the bottle of tonic you open decides whether this comes out cheap and sticky or dry and faintly floral.

Vodka Soda in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Vodka Soda

LightBuilt in glassHighball

Temperature is doing all the work. There is no sugar and nothing to hide behind, so a lukewarm vodka soda just tastes thin and faintly harsh. Get every part of it properly cold and the same two ingredients read clean and almost mineral.

Pornstar Martini in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in a city rooftop bar with weathered concrete, dark stone and defocused blue-hour windows.

Pornstar Martini

MediumShakenSparkling

A modern smash hit: vanilla-scented vodka shaken with passion fruit and lime, served with a sidecar of fizz. Fruity, tart and fun.

Melon Ball in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Melon Ball

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

Midori does all the talking here, with vodka along for proof and orange juice keeping it just short of candy. Sweet, green, and unbothered about being either.

Dirty Shirley in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Dirty Shirley

LightBuilt in glassHighball

A grown-up Shirley Temple: vodka and grenadine lengthened with lemon-lime soda. Cherry-red, sweet and unapologetically fun.

Long Beach Iced Tea in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a contemporary cantina with handmade terracotta zellige, imperfect grout and matte charcoal soapstone.

Long Beach Iced Tea

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

A Long Island with cranberry in place of cola — same five-spirit kick, finished pink and tart instead of dark.

Electric Iced Tea in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in an agave-country rooftop bar with pale volcanic stone, limewashed wall and distant dusty hills.

Electric Iced Tea

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

The Long Island’s electric-blue cousin: five spirits and blue curaçao, topped with lemon-lime soda. A vivid party in a glass.

Sloe Comfortable Screw in a tall straight-sided highball glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Sloe Comfortable Screw

MediumBuilt in glassHighball

Behind the pun is a Screwdriver with two liqueurs stacked on it: sloe gin for plum and tartness, Southern Comfort for peach and baking spice. Ninety milliliters of orange juice hides 66 ml of alcohol, which is both the joke and the warning.

French 76 in a slender champagne flute styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

French 76

StrongShakenSparkling

A French 75 with vodka instead of gin: lemon and sugar shaken cold, then lengthened with champagne. Crisp and celebratory.

Colorado Bulldog in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Colorado Bulldog

MediumBuilt in glassCreamy

A White Russian with a splash of cola — creamy, coffee-sweet and lightly fizzy. Dangerously easy.

Purple Hooter in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a city rooftop bar with weathered concrete, dark stone and defocused blue-hour windows.

Purple Hooter

MediumBuilt in glassSour

Chambord, vodka and lime, with just enough lemon-lime soda to lift it. Nobody has ever pretended this is a serious drink, and it isn't trying to be. Tart, violently purple, gone in four sips.

Flirtini in a large stemmed balloon wine glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Flirtini

MediumShakenSparkling

A turn-of-the-millennium party favourite: vodka and pineapple with a splash of orange liqueur, topped with champagne. Fizzy and fun.

Appletini in a sharp V-shaped martini glass styled in an intimate cellar salon with limewashed masonry, old oak and tarnished copper.

Appletini

StrongShakenSour

Forget the neon green version. Apple brandy in place of sour-apple schnapps takes out most of the sugar and puts orchard fruit in, and 8 ml of lemon keeps the finish dry. Closer to a Sidecar than to anything served in a nightclub.

Vodka Daisy in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Vodka Daisy

StrongShakenSour

Grenadine does most of the work here, so the bottle you buy decides the drink. Vodka and lemon set the frame; a small pour of orange liqueur rounds the corners. Pink and tart, with more vodka in it than the color lets on.

Vodka Stinger in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a lived-in industrial loft bar with charcoal brick, scratched walnut and aged metal details.

Vodka Stinger

StrongShakenSpirit-forward

Swap the cognac out of a Stinger and you lose the fruit but keep the cold. Two parts vodka to one of crème de menthe, no citrus, nothing to hide behind. It belongs at the end of an evening rather than the start of one.

Balalaika in a clear shallow coupe styled in a small listening bar with acoustic walnut, dark felt and a dim red indicator in the distance.

Balalaika

StrongShakenSour

A vodka Sidecar: equal parts vodka, orange liqueur and lemon, shaken sharp and clean.

Blue Monday in a clear shallow coupe styled in a contemporary city hotel bar with smoked navy walls, honed stone and distant window reflections.

Blue Monday

StrongShakenSpirit-forward

Four milliliters of blue curaçao is a coloring decision, not a flavor one. Underneath the shade it is vodka with a little orange liqueur, short and considerably drier than anything that blue has a right to be.

Green Russian in a heavy low rocks glass styled in a late-night espresso bar with smoky navy limewash, scratched dark oak and restrained chrome highlights.

Green Russian

StrongStirredSpirit-forward

Honeydew, and a lot of it. Thirty milliliters of melon liqueur against 45 of vodka gives you a rocks glass that glows green and tastes frankly of candy, with just enough spirit underneath to keep it from reading as a soda.

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