5 Tasty Vodka Cocktails (Simple Recipes)
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- čas přidán 26. 05. 2024
- 5 Very easy but very delicious Vodka cocktails that's easy to make at home. Learn to be a better home bartender with these crowd pleasing cokctails that will impress your friends, family or your date! Everyone should know how to make these perfect Vodka Drinks
For today's episode we partnered up with Wheatley Vodka to bring you Five indispensable Vodka cocktails. Like it or not Vodka is one of the most popular spirits worldwide, if not the most and although it tends to get a bad wrap in cocktail circles I wanted to show how varied and complex cocktails using vodka can be. So enjoy the video and go forth to make these drinks!
Wheatley has a new competition series called Proof here on CZcams which is video series where bartenders compete to create the best cocktail from a themed basket of ingredients. Think Food Network’s “Chopped,” but for bartenders and cocktails. The cocktails are then judged by a panel of influencers and industry figures-headed by Harlen Wheatley. Here's a link to the series:
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Wheatley Vodka was created by Harlen Wheatly Master distiller at the Buffalo Trace distillery. It is a 10x distilled vodka, bottled at 82 proof and is of exceptional quality and smoothness, definitely go check it out!
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Here's The Specs:
Lemon Drop
2oz (60ml) Vodka
.25oz (7.5ml) Cointreau
.75oz (22.5ml) Lemon Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Simple Syrup
Coupe
Bitter Bee
6-8 Mint Leaves
Brown Sugar Cube
2oz (60ml) Vodka
.75oz (22.5ml) Lime Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Honey Syrup
Top Heavy Angostura
Double Old Fashioned
Cosmopolitan
1.5oz (45ml) Vodka
.75oz (22.5ml) Lime Juice
.75ml (22.5ml) Cointreau
.75oz (22.5ml) Cranberry Juice
Coupe
Cocktail Culture
2oz (60ml) Vodka
.75oz (22.5ml) Noosa Honey Yogurt
.5oz (15ml) Passionfruit Purée
.25oz (7.5ml) Vanilla Syrup
Nick and Nora
Fresh Ingredient Moscow Mule
2oz (60ml) Vodka
.75oz (22.5ml) Ginger Syrup
.5oz (15ml) Lime Juice
Collins Glass - Jak na to + styl
Lemon drops were my late mother's favorite drink. We'd drink so many of them in a night on big game nights or special occasions. We had a Meyer lemon tree in our yard in my childhood home and I would help her juice the lemons and we'd coat the rims of our glasses in sugar. So many good memories associated with that drink, thanks for so much for sharing this great drink with your audience!
Could you do a herbal top ten cocktails cocktails with thyme, Rosemary, and ingredients like s that??
Henry Africa was a beautiful bar. He must have put a fortune into that place. Aside from the ferns, he had perfectly restored (at least visually) vintage Harley Davidson motorcycles hanging from the ceiling. The place was always hoppin'.
Moscow mule recipe:
"Instead of using lime juice and ginger beer..."
First ingredient: lime juice and tops off with ginger beer
There’s also a delicious twist on the Lemon Drop called the Honey Drop. It’s basically the same thing but with honey syrup instead of simple syrup.
Great video ! These are my favs
Wow. I haven't thought of Henry Africa in YEARS! That was one of my first pure bar experiences (as opposed to a restaurant bar). I went there a few times in the mid-80's while at college.
I think that it wasn't just the fern decor that made it a fern bar - it was the private, alcove-booth nature of it. I don't think anyone sat at the bar (don't think it was an option), but there were all these booths for two and four that felt very private and secluded (they were back to back, but with all these Boston ferns between then) and the music was soft and sexy so you could speak without shouting. It was a very romantic place to go.
Interesting, we'll have to do a deeper dive into what makes a fern bar.
@@TheEducatedBarfly I looked at Wikipedia and a couple of other quick Google hits and they stress the upscale (preppie and yuppie) nature of these bars, which is probably somewhat true but I think there's more to it. I do recall that most bars not associated with restaurants at the time were either total dives, old school sports bars, or music bars (usually DJ dance, piano, or cover bands) and didn't really feel safe for women who were not escorted by men. Fern bars were places women could feel safe, and they served drinks like wine spritzers and lemon drops that catered more to women. This was the era of white wine, too, and when women started going out in groups after work or school. Before that, most bars were very beer and a bump types of places, unless you were in an extremely high-end hotel bar or steak house.
Great update fella! 👍
Another wonderful video full of goodies to try. Thank you!
Eyyy I've been waiting for this!!
Loved the vid!! Would like more vodka cocktails from the pro!!
Going to try the Lemon Drop. I have been trying different "sours" and would like to see a video on your take on different sours built with a variety of spirits.
I love how the cosmo looks. Such a pretty color 😍
Great choice of cocktails. Excellent video yet again!!
Thanks.
Very informative... thanks for all the history...
Thanks for the mixes, I just did the lemon drop and it was awesome #fresh
digging the music on this one!
I have to say that I’m glad I came across this channel. You really know what you are talking about and the quality is good. I think you deserve more views and exposure! I rarely comment so this is saying something!
Olivier van der Wel thank you so much!
I like how straightforward and well paced the multi-recipe episodes can be. I'll have to give a couple of these a try. (You might want to take a look to see what the heck happened at 9:55 though.)
Yeah we try and keep them very streamlined when they get this long. And we did discover that little glitch. We'll try and catch it next time.
@@TheEducatedBarfly Makes good sense. Don't get me wrong though, I like the variety of having occasionally rambling or silly episodes as well as the more direct and straightforward ones. That's literally why I subscribed: great recipes and commentary by someone with experience in performance and presentation, as well as at a professional bar. As to the glitch? Mistakes happen. No big deal.
I tried a Cocktail Culture and wow it really reminds me of Lassi! It was lovely. Thank you for sharing the recipe!!
Thanks for sharing the history of the cocktails also.
yes agree #cocktailwalktales
Thank you for your work.
thanks for watching.
I love your reactions after tasting them 😂😍
Second comment after finishing episode... Great episode!! I lived on lemon drops and cosmos in the 90's and early 00's! Still think they are delicious, though I think it's been at least 5 years since I had a lemon drop and maybe 10 for the cosmo.
I love this variation on a Moscow mule. I'll have to give it a try. And the Bitter Bee - that looks amazing!
Love these group videos. Course, I love ALL the videos, so there's that... Anyway, keep it up!
Thanks Marge :)
Made the bitter bee while watching, delicious! I usually agree with Greg from How to Drink where gin can usually make a cocktail more interesting besides a bloody mary, but this one is great with vodka
Great video as always, some good drinks in there even if you're not a Vodka fan.
:)
My favourite vodka cocktail is one of dale de groff's but I've tweaked it slightly
Grapefruit Julep
2oz Vodka
1oz Pink Grapefruit Juice
0.5oz Lime Juice
0.5oz Grenadine
0.33oz Honey Syrup
6-8 Mint Leaves
Shake and strain over crushed ice in in a Collins glass
Garnish with a mint sprig
I just tried Wheatley for the first time tonight!
Ginger syrup is a fascinating modification to a mule! Another fun addition is to add angostura bitters, anywhere from 2-6 regular dashes/to taste works!
Nice to see you giving this liquor attention it deserves!
Cheers for the vid
thanks for watching.
ahh Vodka, my favorite, I always love having more stuff to make with it
Next could you do my other favorite, Midori :3
I know you have done some stuff with Midori in the past but by the gods do I love it
Wow
Love this vid, definitely drinks to try. I can't find the Demerara sugar cubes anywhere so I've been using loose Demerara sugar, somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 teaspoon.
Yeah that works!
Just recently started mixing at home and bartending for a family friend's bar, your videos have been a great motivator and educator. Keep it up!
Glad to hear that. Keep at it!
Vodka may have a bad rep, but not only is it versatile, it is an essential at a bar that knows how to make properly constructed cocktails. Choosing flavor profiles for a neutral spirit can be the most challenging. When someone asks for a unique cocktail on the fly, not sweet, not fruity & with vodka, it's tempting to give them an opportunity to try out a good floral and/or citrus-driven gin. (Ha) Enjoyed the video...and now I want a (proper) Cosmo :-)
True. Don't listen to the haters :)
A lemon drop in the north east US is a chilled shot of absolute and a sugared 🍋
Never thought to use yoghurt in a cocktail. I have so much to learn, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 😃
Not to name any names, but I enjoy this channel much more than some of the other bigger name channels. You are very knowledgeable and seem to take it a little more serious. Serious without killing the fun. Keep up the good stuff, glad I stumbled across the channel.
Passion fruit (in our country it’s called maracuja) is so GOOD! We make juice, desserts with it so good! You could also do a passion fruit caipirinha 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Like the video! How do you get the passionfruit puree?
You can usually find it in your local supermarket. If not you can make it yourself. It's basically the juice and pulp (minus the seeds) of the passion fruit mixed together in a blender.
Its very nice.how make long iceland
I like Vodka, I like Cointreau, got both at home, and I realised I've been making the lemon drop by myself without knowing (without the glass presentation of course). That association is that evident by itself, and that's why it's good. (I admit I ran out of cranberry juice)
We used to have a bar here in Bristol, UK called Henry Africa’s Hothouse
I remember the cosmo made with like 0.5oz of cranberry to give it a kind of neon pink color, what’s your preference?
Do you think you can try to make a few cocktails with limoncello? I like it but don't know how else to use besides in a spritzer.
Love the cocktails, but there is a weird issue around 9:52 & 9:58 for me. Seems like the close ups are corrupt or something.
I’ll investigate thanks!
Noticed that too.
Great vid as always. Thanks!
Not a fan of the music though.
Have you ever thought about doing a flavored vodka? I can't exactly skedaddle to the ABC store for Stoli Citros, but I would gladly infuse a bottle of Stoli with lemon peels. I'd like to see your technique.
“You get that lemon oil on top, and what you get with that lemon oil is sort of the essential oil of the lemon...” 👌🏼
Chopz Bailey roundabout but true
I'm surprised you didn't mention Dale Degroff's role in the popularity of the cosmo!
Any chance for a Pimm's Cup in the future? Saw it on Boardwalk Empire. Never heard of Pimms til then.
I'm inviting you to the Christmas Party !! Maybe New Year's, too !! You are yummy.
lol #cocktailwalktales
Dam good baba
If you don't have vanilla syrup, could you substitute like...vanilla extract or perhaps a vanilla flavored vodka?
wheatly is my row vodka at Hy-vee , very nice vodka
Nice video. Unfortunately honey yogurt isn’t readily available in a number of places (I personally live in Taiwan where yogurt is all super sweet faux milk-type stuff). But the other four here are good to know.
You can't get just plain Yogurt without any flavor? Maybe some Greek Yogurt? If you can, just add a little honey into and you'll have honey yogurt.
The Educated Barfly Costco has Greek yogurt so I’ll grab some when I go next and honeyfy it for the drink. Thanks for the response.
Would it be possible to use a ginger cordial instead of ginger syrup?
Or is there a difference in the taste?
Yes there would be a big difference as ginger cordial usually is lighter in ginger flavor and also makes use of lemon juice which will bring in additional acidity. That’s not to say you can’t use it, but the specs of the cocktails I make on this channel with ginger syrup would need to change to suit the new syrup given the massive change
Nice, i have meny rycepts of my on cocktail, thry with this 2x 0.5 semptini home made put intu shaker, then 0.05ml of Havana Club 3 yers old than 2x 0.05 sugar syrup. 7 leawes mint and put 2x 0.05 Pynapple juice and 0.05 ml of lime-vodka then put, olso fresh lime juice 2x 0.05 and thanice cubes shake it for 12 secunds and put into a cold glas at the and put slowly cranbery syrup. Please if you wont thry this. I coll this cocktail Hawaien Sunset. Hello from Croatia!
Dude by the time yr done presenting the video of cocktails yr DRUNK 😜😁
Can you check your lemon drop recipe, I don’t think it matches what you made.
What is the purpose to double strain on Moscow Mule?
Baba do u have any planning to come india , mumbai
I have no plans of yet but you never know...
half a glass of smirfnoff strawberry kiwi melt beer
2 shots of svedka blue raspberry
1 shot walker blackberry brandy
if you have strawberry boba then 2 tbsp
and ster
once you finsh half then add
half the glass at that point Mtn Dew Black label
i just call it hanafuda cause i was watching summer war and the drink is red and black
i made this on new years 2020
Good cocktails, good video, I would prefer not to have the clicky background music as it is very distracting, most of your videos dont have music, If you decide to keep the music can you make it lower in volume and less percussive
Thanks for the feedback. Music is very polarizing. And we don't do music on the single videos, just these list videos. We'll try and work on the volume and see if we can get a level that everyone is ok with :)
How would you think that the bitter bee would go over with Lemon wedges instead of lime wedges. I feel like with the honey syrup it would be great!
I think it would be great maybe a little less sharp and a little more sweet
How many ml is your coupe cocktail glass?
Coupe is like 162.66ml and the nick and nora is 147.87ml
Well, today i made my first liqueur. Or bitters. No idea how its gonna turn out. Basically i poked sloe berries in a jar and added lemon peel . Then i poured apple brandy on it. Ill see the results in a couple of months.On a side note, the bitter bee looks awesome...
This sounds absolutely delicious and I'm sure it will turn out well! Any ideas for the cocktails you'll make with the result? Have been wanting to try making some cordials myself...
@@withelisa No idea. Im not much of a mixologist, but i suppose i wouldnt mind expanding/diversifying the inventory, because the bulk of it is plum or grape brandy, and with it walnut liqueur. I mean, i do have other stuff, but not much..
how'd it turn out
@@gerrit8350 It turned into rum(or something like flavored rum) because of the brown sugar i added... its not bad...but its a lot less fruity than i wanted it to be....I made gentian and orange bitters...so i could add some of that to it...aaaaand it fixed it!
Is that lime juice fresh pressed?
yes, we always use fresh squeezed, but since we make multiple cocktails we put the juice in the bottles. If you're just making at home for a few cocktails you can use a hand press.
Every time he mentions Coles I can’t help but envision him working at an Australian supermarket
iDrumGod LOL
Best vodka is Polish vodka Wyborowa :D or made with potatoes Toruńska! Best wishes.
sfinxchamber I think it’s grain not potatoes... Luksusowa is potato
Thanks. We'll look into that. Coming soon: a video about Zubrowka, comparing the US version with the original Polish version.
I have 3 of those classics in my repertoire, but I'd like to add one. The Kamikaze!
2 Oz Vodka
1 Oz Cointreau
1 Oz Lime Juice
Shake over ice and strain into a coupe or martini glass.
I also add 3/4 Oz simple syrup to satiate my sweet tooth, but it's really wholly unnecessary. The drink lives up to its name, as a pair of those will sink most people.
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That sounds really good! I’m going to make one!
"crushy-pants and a slappy-poo" HA!
The comment I came for.
Show notes for lemon drop state 2oz of vodka but 45ml conversion which is wrong, should be 60ml.
I love a variation of the lemon drop - the Kamikaze!
Thanks for the heads up!
I’m always confused whether or not shaking with the mint in the tin busts it up and releases chloroplast.
Nah. I don’t think it does. Either way in this cocktail we’re whip shaking with crushed ice so it’s not a vigorous enough shake to shred the mint. Shredding mint in a tin is fine ya get into trouble if you press it too hard
Googled bitter bee, all kinds of variations
Is cosmo not suppose be made with vodka citrus?
The original was but honestly it’s a gimmick how are you going to taste Lemon flavored vodka in a drink which contains 3/4oz Lemon Juice. It was used in the original because Absolut Citron had just been released
Lemon drop is essentially a vodka margarita
I like vodka
@Zephyx I'm dutch
@Zephyx ?
Regarding fern bars: reminds me of the episode of Cheers where Sam’s old baseball teammate comes out as gay and Cheers has some gay people come to the bar. Norm complains that his old favorite bar started attracting gay people and they put up a fern so he left. If I’m remembering this episode correctly.
Love Cheers, don't remember that episode though. Did you see we happen to have a Cheers inspired t-shirt?
I remember that episode. The Cheers men were having a moral panic about the bar turning gay, but turns out there had been gay people at the bar all along. A sweet message for its time.
anyone else feel like the 22.5ml of simple is a bit too sweet for the lemon drop? just tried one and think I'll cut back to 15ml for the next
Could I use sugar water instead of simple syrup or is it actually considered to be the same thing? (I'm a dumb kid go easy please😂)
Simple syrup is a 1:1 mixture of water and sugar and super simple to make but plain water will not take its place
@@TheEducatedBarfly Ayhh Awesome thanks mann
So, who is the creator of Moscow Mule?
10:36 “you get your proof from the VONKA” …lmao dude was already fading 2/3 into the tasting.
shit got kinda artsy at 9:50 and 9:58 lol
whoops.
Great presentation 😊 Please cut out that monotonous noise underneath as it is annoying and distracting 😳
we only do music on the list videos, and people either love it or hate. We take everything to heart and will consider in the future.
Can you add the ingredients here please?
they're in the description
Can we get a shirt that says slappy poo or crush pants?
yes, check teespring link below the video, or go to teespring.com/stores/the-educated-barfly
I think this guy participated in some big bartender competition don't quite remember the name!
who, me?
Hello!! They call me Little Mikey, I’m not an influencer but have a palate for mixology. I can win your “chopped” of cocktails guaranteed.
Why use vodka when u can use something with flavor and more complexity. Genuinely curious.
Well because that statement assumes you only get complexity from the spirits you use, while when using vodka you are forced to contemplate adding complexity from smother elements
Love the videos, but when you skip the shake it makes me feel cheated, or as if you're ashamed of your shake technique
haha, we do the full shake on the single videos, but didn't want to keep everyone watching the full shake on all these videos.
If 50% of a cocktail is presentation, and 50% is smell, wtf are we even tasting these things for??
lol, because the "smell" is something you have to taste. It's weird, but that's how that works.
Did he say he works at Kohl's? I knew he wasn't a bartender.
lol cheeky. Cole's ;)
Now try making all of these with Gin, they will taste so much better.
True fact!
is a Moscow mule a Moscow mule if you don't serve it in a copper cup? one would think that a lack of contact with copper would drastically change the flavor. again I'm your friendly internet insufferable know it all, and I am at your service
I’d say so.
I mean if you really want to be exacting a mule comes from an older drink called a buck which consists of your main spirit, fresh ginger syrup, lime juice topped with Soda water. While the traditional cup is copper for a Mule it is different than a buck in that it utilizes ginger beer over soda and gets rid of the fresh ginger adds in a another quarter ounce of lime and two ounces of your base spirit. A slight variation on a buck but a very important one as the flavor profiles are very very very different so I’d say yes, even without the copper it is still a mule. Nice try Know it all but thanks for keeping me honest.
@@TheEducatedBarfly your Moscow Mule also was lacking the sprig of mint. and love me a good buck, Ginger is an amazing flavor and I honestly can't get enough of it. have you tried Reed's EXTRA Gingerbeer? it is fantastic, I've yet to try their STRONGEST version, but I'm sure it's also wonderful. like I've said I'm an insufferable know it all, I mean well honestly, and personally not a lot draws my ire, I am just grandiloquent and enjoy the sound of myself. I love your content, please keep doing what you are doing. Cin-Cin
Daniel Saylors Yeah I’ve had reeds and it’s great! Although I think Fever tree is my go to reeds is nice and spicy!
@@TheEducatedBarfly will defiantly have to give Fever Tree a try. thanks for the recommendation
@@TheEducatedBarfly I'm a very reserved drinker, I'm physically disabled and bedridden about 90% of the time, I drink on occasion and only one or two drinks a year. I enjoy a good cocktail now and then but I can't afford to buy pain meds each month so drinks are luxury I can live without, I've been HFCS containing sodas free for 9 years next month. I treat myself to a ginger beer like Reeds once in a blue moon. and cocktails even rarer. think the last alcoholic drink I had was some time last year was a Bombay Sapphire Gin and Tonic at an Olive Garden thanks to gift cards my wife got from the teacher she co-teaches, she teaches radio/TV and Film production. I do wish you all the best in 2020 and beyond, and as I said before, you provide not only entertainment and an escape as your name suggests you educate and as someone who has seen what teachers can do a give you mad props.
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Bro there’s a fuckton of sugar in cranberry juice hahahahahaha
That shit would be undrinkable if they didn’t add it
The cranberry Juice I used had 24g for 4 servings and had only cranberry. I didn’t use ocean spray which is sweetened with Apple Juice and grape juice contributing to a crazy amount of sugar. So that’s 6 grams per cup, that’s on the low end of sugar and it only contains cranberry...
That “Moscow mule” has to be one ginger mess of a cocktail. Fever tree ginger beer is already pretty ginger powerful let alone adding more to it
maybe instead of judging the drink before you taste it, make one then post a comment about it :) if it’s too much ginger for you, use soda water, still delicious
My friend, slappy poo just doesn't sound good lol.
I thoroughly enjoy slappy poo lol.
Slappypants? That better?