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Vodka cocktails
34 drinks that use vodka. Add your bottles in Shelf Shaker to see which ones you can make tonight.
Appletini
Vodka and sour apple schnapps shaken cold, a neon-green, sweet-tart martini.
Bay Breeze
Vodka, cranberry, and pineapple, a beachy, fruit-forward highball.
Black Russian
Vodka and coffee liqueur over ice.
Bloody Mary
A savory, spicy vodka and tomato drink seasoned to taste.
Blue Lagoon
Vodka, blue curaçao, and lemon-lime soda in an electric-blue highball.
Caipiroska
A caipirinha-style drink made with vodka: muddled lime and sugar over crushed ice.
Cape Codder
Vodka and cranberry juice with a lime squeeze, tart and pink and very easy to make.
Cosmopolitan
Citrus vodka, orange liqueur, lime and cranberry shaken into a tart, rosy martini-style drink.
Dirty Martini
A vodka martini clouded with olive brine for a briny, savory edge.
Electric Lemonade
Vodka, blue curaçao, and lemon topped with soda, a glowing blue lemonade.
Espresso Martini
Vodka, coffee liqueur and fresh espresso shaken to a creamy foam.
French Martini
Vodka, raspberry liqueur and pineapple shaken into a fruity, foamy martini-style drink.
Frozen Mudslide
The mudslide blended with ice cream into a thick, spoonable treat.
Greyhound
Vodka with fresh grapefruit juice, tart, slightly bitter, and very refreshing.
Jungle Juice
A big-batch party punch of vodka, rum, fruit juices, and lemon-lime soda.
Kamikaze
Vodka, orange liqueur, and lime, tart and zippy, served up or as shots.
Lemon Drop Martini
Citrus vodka, orange liqueur and lemon in a sugar-rimmed glass.
Long Island Iced Tea
Four white spirits, orange liqueur, lemon and a splash of cola.
Madras
A Cape Codder brightened with orange juice, giving it a sunset look and a softer taste.
Midori Sour
Bright green melon liqueur with lemon and lime, fruity, tart, and fun.
Moscow Mule
Vodka, lime and spicy ginger beer served ice-cold in a copper mug.
Mudslide
Vodka, coffee liqueur, and Irish cream shaken with cream, a dessert in a glass.
Passion Fruit Martini
Vanilla vodka and passion fruit shaken tart and sweet, served with a little glass of sparkling wine on the side.
Russian Spring Punch
Vodka, lemon and blackcurrant liqueur topped with sparkling wine.
Sea Breeze
Vodka with cranberry and grapefruit juice.
Sex on the Beach
Vodka and peach schnapps with orange and cranberry juice.
Spicy Fifty
Vanilla vodka with elderflower, lime and honey, warmed by a few slices of fresh chili.
Spiked Arnold Palmer
Half iced tea, half lemonade, plus a splash of vodka: a porch pitcher for summer.
Strawberry Basil Smash
A vodka smash with muddled strawberry and basil, sweet, herbal, and summery.
Vesper
Gin and vodka with aromatized white wine.
Vodka Soda
About as light as a mixed drink gets: vodka, bubbles, and a squeeze of citrus.
Vodka Tonic
A clean, bubbly two-ingredient pour where tonic's quinine bite does the talking.
Watermelon Cooler
Vodka, fresh watermelon juice, and lime, a juicy hot-day refresher.
White Russian
Vodka and coffee liqueur crowned with cream, smooth, sweet, and easy.