Elderflower Vodka Soda recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the best soda for Vodka Soda? ›

Unflavored club soda is the traditional choice in a Vodka Soda, but you can always experiment with different waters. There are so many flavored sparkling waters on the market today, from obvious picks like lemon, lime and grapefruit to more elaborate concoctions featuring every combination of fruit under the sun.

We have taken the finest English grain vodka and combined it with deliciously sweet and moreish elderflower, inspired by the clouds of white fragrant blossoms at Godminster Farm. This sweet and warming spirit can be enjoyed with soda over ice or simply as chilled shots.

Dry and refreshing with a pleasant minerality. The proportion of soda water to vodka in this recipe is 2.5 to 1 (a ratio that appears to have the widest appeal) consisting of one 150 ml can of soda water to 60 ml vodka = 210ml plus ice melt total liquid in glass.

The classic Le Grand Fizz is elevated with a burst of refined citrus refreshment. GREY GOOSE® Le Citron Flavoured Vodka, ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur, fresh lemon and soda water built over ice in a wine glass. Easy.

Add Fresh Fruit

The traditional Vodka Soda garnish is a lime, but there are plenty of other fruits that offer an alternative zing. Try muddling berries or pineapple wedges in the bottom of the glass, or squeezing a grapefruit wedge over the co*cktail before dropping it into the drink.

Elderflower liqueurs are delicately flavoured, aromatic and floral; they mix brilliantly with pretty much every spirit, both white and brown, even combining well with the strong flavours of mezcal, peated whisky and pisco. Elderflower tends to mix better with light-coloured fruits such as pear, apple and white grapes.

St‑Germain is a French liqueur made with fresh elderflowers, hand-picked once a year in the late spring. To accomplish its exquisitely natural flavor, every bottle of St‑Germain contains up to 1,000 of the very best elderflower blossoms, resulting in a finely crafted, perfectly balanced and refined liqueur.

Sambucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae. The various species are commonly referred to as elder, elderflower or elderberry.

Just about any that you like; vodka has a fairly neutral flavor. Sprite (7-Up, etc.) is pretty popular. Any dark soda works for me, too. Cranberry, Orange, Red Bull, Sprite and Mountain Dew.

Is vodka better with juice or soda? ›

Soda water is simplistic, realistic and straightforward. It's great for the people who prefer the vodka flavour shining through, over a fruit juice. Soda water has no distinct flavor, so it's great for diluting your vodka, without messing with any of its flavors.

Rose Kennedy (also commonly known as a "VSS" (vodka soda splash)) is a co*cktail popular in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. It consists of varying amounts of vodka and club soda with a splash of cranberry juice for color and taste.

The drink is named after London's Buck's Club, where it is said to have first been served in 1921 by a barman named Malachi "Pat" McGarry (who features in the works of P. G. Wodehouse as the barman of Buck's Club and the Drones Club).

Buck's Fizz & Mimosa co*cktails – history & recipes. The Buck's Fizz and Mimosa are very similar co*cktails, the Buck's Fizz is made with two-parts champagne to one-part orange juice, while the Mimosa is made with equal-parts champagne and orange juice.

A "fizz" is a mixed drink variation on the older sours family of co*cktail. Its defining features are an acidic juice (such as lemon or lime) and carbonated water. It typically includes gin or rum as its alcoholic ingredient.

Of all the premium vodkas found behind just about every bar in the world, Ketel One is a reliable go-to for a Vodka Soda. Try muddling in pairings of fresh fruit and herbs, like strawberry and basil, or grapefruit and thyme, for a vibrant upgrade to the basic Highball.

Yes. Be it soda, energy drinks, sugar syrups, or plain water – you can try it all.