Vodka Cocktail Recipes

Embark on a journey through the smooth and versatile world of vodka with the Drinky Drink Project. Dive into my treasure trove of vodka cocktail recipes! Reach out to me for more information.

Recipe on liquor.com.

I just added vodka to my bar, and I randomly picked a vodka drink on my list to try first. What was I thinking? This isn’t a great drink – it’s too sweet, too sour, and I think it’s designed for people who don’t like alcohol but want to get drunk.⁣
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Heywood Gould, in his 1984 book Cocktail, writes about Kamikazes: “It’s a senseless, infuriating concoction made of equal parts vodka, lime juice, and triple sec…There are no standards for the kamikaze. It has no particular attributes that would distinguish a good kamikaze from a bad one, like a dry martini or a tart gimlet.” Hmm. I should have read this before I made the drink.⁣
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The Kamikaze shot first appeared in 1976 in New Jersey and may have been the original “shooter” cocktail. “Kamikaze” is a Japanese word literally meaning “divine wind”. ⁣
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I promise to make better use of the vodka in the future.⁣
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The tippy little shot glass is something I got in Vancouver, BC in the 1990s. It has a rounded bottom and it always looks like it’s about to spill, but it just spins around and around, and not a drop spills out.⁣
(Originally posted May 6, 2020)
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