What Flavored vodkas are best for mixing?!


Question: I recently bought a few bottles of plain Smirnoff vodka from the liquor store, which is what I prefer because it's rather cheap and lasts a long time, but I forgot to ask what flavored vodkas they had. A lot are out there, but which ones would be more ideal for mixing as opposed to some of the other flavors in Smirnoff's flavored line? Vanilla is a shoe-in, so is Watermelon, but some of the other flavors seem limited in what you could mix it with. I'm just looking for reasons, like: why would you choose Cranberry over Blueberry or Apple over Strawberry and why. I just want to know which flavors are more versatile as far as mixing because the last thing I want to do is buy a flavor that has a really bad taste that can't be mixed with anything. Any suggestions?


Answers: I recently bought a few bottles of plain Smirnoff vodka from the liquor store, which is what I prefer because it's rather cheap and lasts a long time, but I forgot to ask what flavored vodkas they had. A lot are out there, but which ones would be more ideal for mixing as opposed to some of the other flavors in Smirnoff's flavored line? Vanilla is a shoe-in, so is Watermelon, but some of the other flavors seem limited in what you could mix it with. I'm just looking for reasons, like: why would you choose Cranberry over Blueberry or Apple over Strawberry and why. I just want to know which flavors are more versatile as far as mixing because the last thing I want to do is buy a flavor that has a really bad taste that can't be mixed with anything. Any suggestions?

you may go online to webtender.com and it shows you hundreds and more of drink recipes and all alcohols

ive liked it in coke cherry coke and gatorade that was the 1st time i had it then i had other mixes and they werent good to me

the berry Absolut Vodka mixed with passion fruit juice or Maracuya juice is simply the nest tasting thing in the world.

i would just go w regular smirnoff thats the most versatile. or even lemon or citrus is pretty versatile.

citrus flavors work great with almost anything oh yeah and watermelon is the best

Vanilla vodka with coke tastes great, but my favorite vodka mix is a vodka martini, extra dry. Sounds a bit stuck up but I ain't ever tasted a nicer mix yet in my opinion.

lime and strawberry go good with just about anything those are the two I use apple isn't a good mixer gives it a bitter sweet sour taste ugh and i hate cranberry or blue berry

im not really sure... i love strawberry smirnoff with smooth flavored sunny delight... i know it sounds kinda weird but it taste good... well @ least i think so.... : )

absolute pepper for making bloody Mary's is good.

there are alot of different drinks you can make try and see what you come up with

Depends on what you are making.
Apple Fairy recipe
2/3 oz absinthe herbal liqueur
2/3 oz apple vodka
3 oz sparkling apple cider

For this recipe, make some apple juice ice cubes before you start. Then add 3 apple juice cubes to a cocktail glass. Add absinthe and apple vodka, and fill with cider.

15% (30 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Apple Kiss recipe
1 oz apple vodka
1 oz apple schnapps
1 oz cream

Mix all, adding cream last.

18% (36 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Apple Martini #2 recipe
1 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
1 oz Midori? melon liqueur
1 oz sweet and sour mix

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass, and serve.

19% (38 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Apple Martini #3 recipe
1 oz DeKuyper? Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1 oz Smirnoff? apple vodka
1 oz apple juice

Chill a champagne or cocktail glass. Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Strain into glass and serve.

16% (32 proof)
Serve in: Champagne Saucer

Applebottom Pimp recipe
1 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
4 oz Pimp? apple juice

Pour the Smirnoff green apple twist into a cocktail glass, and add the Pimp juice energy drink.

7% (14 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Appletini recipe
1 1/2 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
1 oz DeKuyper? Sour Apple Pucker schnapps

Stir ingredients together with crushed ice in a cocktail/martini glass, and serve.

27% (54 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

El Chupacabra recipe
1 oz apple vodka
2 oz sweet and sour mix
2 maraschino cherries
4 ice cubes

Mix vodka, sour mix, and ice in shaker. Strain over ice in old fashioned glass. Garnish with cherries.

Serve in: Old-Fashioned Glass

Grassy Knoll Cocktail recipe
1 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
3 oz chilled Monster? energy drink

Mix Monster Energy Drink with Green Apple Vodka. Make sure the Monster is chilled and not put through a martini shaker because it is carbonated and shaking a carbonated beverage may cause undesired foaminess.

8% (16 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Indian Apple Martini recipe
1 oz green apple vodka
1 1/4 oz Kazkar Feni? cashew apple liqueur
1 oz apple juice
1/2 oz sweet and sour mix

Shake the above ingredients over ice in a cocktail shaker. Pour into a martini cocktail glass with a sour apple sugar rim. Garnish with an apple slice, and serve.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Naked Pear recipe
1/2 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
1/2 oz melon liqueur
1/2 oz triple sec
4 splashes pineapple juice
3 splashes sweet and sour mix

Mix apple vodka, melon liqueur and triple sec in a shaker. Fill a glass with ice. Pour the ingredients from the shaker into glass. Fill the rest of the glass with sour mix and pineapple, garnish with a cherry.

18% (36 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Ninja Turtle recipe
3 1/2 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
1 1/2 oz Hawaiian Punch? Green Berry Rush
1 slice lime

Pour the vodka into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Top with the Hawaiian Punch juice. Add a lime slice, and serve.

Serve in: Old-Fashioned Glass

Queeny Tini recipe
1 oz Smirnoff? Green Apple Twist vodka
1/2 oz DeKuyper? Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1/2 oz Midori? melon liqueur
1 slice apple

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into glass. Garnish with slice of apple.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Red Apple Martini recipe
1 oz Fris? apple vodka
2 oz apple juice
1 tsp grenadine syrup

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with cracked ice, cover and shake. Served in a chilled martini cocktail glass, rimmed with sugar and garnished with a red apple slice.

To rim the glass with sugar: pour a small amount of grenadine onto a small plate. Set the rim of the chilled martini glass into the grenadine and carefully rotate the glass for even coverage. Then, to rim with the sugar: using sugar on a seperate plate after the glass has been rimmed with the grenadine, gently sit the rim of the glass into the sugar and remove. Immediatly after, strain the chilled martini mixture into the sugar rimmed glass and garnish with a thinly sliced, red apple slice.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Absolut Sex recipe
3/4 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
3/4 oz Midori? melon liqueur
1 oz cranberry juice
1 splash Sprite? soda

Shake Absolut Kurant, Midori, and Cranberry juice in shaker with ice.

Strain into a rocks glass with a splash of seven on top.

18% (36 proof)
Serve in: Old-Fashioned Glass

Beautiful Fungus recipe
1 oz cognac
1 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 oz Ribena? blackcurrant cordial

Pour concentrated Ribena syrup into the test tube first. Then layer the vodka on top of it. Top it off with the cognac. The cognac should stay on top, but some of it will mix with the vodka if you're not careful. Shoot.

26% (52 proof)

Berry Buster recipe
1 1/2 shots Absolut? Kurant vodka
1/2 shot Chambord? raspberry liqueur
2 shots cranberry juice
3 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously for 20 sec. Strain and serve with one fresh ice cube.

A mighty tasty drink that goes down smooth. If it's too sweet, try more vodka. If you really want to wow someone, double the recipe, add one egg white and shake for 15 sec instead of 20 sec.

17% (34 proof)
Serve in: Margarita Glass

Berry Fusion Martini recipe
1 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1/2 oz Hpnotiq? liqueur
1/2 oz creme de cassis
2 oz cranberry juice

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a chilled martini or cocktail glass. Garnish with frozen blueberries placed inside the glass.

14% (28 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Broken Heart Martini recipe
2 1/2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1/2 oz Godiva? chocolate liqueur
1 tbsp Hershey's? cocoa
1 piece oranges
1 tsp sugar

Combine the sugar and cocoa powder in a saucer. Dampen the outside rim of a chilled cocktail glass by rubbing the orange piece around it, and rim with cocoa powder. Stir together the absolut kurant and godiva with ice in a mixing glass, and strain into the prepared glass. Serve.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Chambord Kamikaze recipe
1 handful ice
1/4 lime wedge
1 1/2 oz Chambord? raspberry liqueur
1/2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/4 oz Rose's? lime juice

Muddle lime in a shaker. Add ice and all other ingredients. Shake vigorously. Strain into a glass.

21% (42 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Cosmo Katie recipe
2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 oz Grand Marnier? orange liqueur
1 splash lime juice
1 splash cranberry juice

Chill cocktail glass. Pour ingredients with ice into mixer and shake well. Serve straight up with a cherry.

36% (72 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Cosmo Kurant recipe
1 1/2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 oz Cointreau? orange liqueur
1 1/2 oz redcurrant juice
1 1/2 oz raspberry juice
1 oz lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, and strain into a cocktail or martini glass. Garnish with a lime wedge on the rim, and serve.

15% (30 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Federal Law recipe
1 1/2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 1/2 oz Chambord? raspberry liqueur
1 1/2 oz sweet and sour mix
4 oz cranberry juice
1 splash tonic water

Fill a short glass with ice cubes. Add the Absolut Kurant vodka, Chambord raspbery liqueur, sour mix and cranberry juice. Stir well. Splash tonic water; stir again. Garnish as desired, and serve.

9% (18 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Fist Fight recipe
1 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 oz Absolut? Raspberri vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
1 oz pineapple juice

Shake everything together and serve.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

French Flamingo recipe
1 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 oz Cointreau? orange liqueur
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz fresh pomegranate juice

Shake ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lime peel, and serve.

22% (44 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Fuquay Friday Night recipe
2 shots Absolut? Kurant vodka
2 shots Sprite? soda
2 tbsp grenadine syrup
1 shot cherry cola

Add absolut kurant and sprite to a cocktail glass. Mix in the grenadine syrup, and add the cherry cola. Serve. Add a dash of lime for a slightly different taste.

13% (26 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Gun Barrel recipe
1 1/2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1 splash cranberry juice

Add vodka, triple sec and cranberry juice to a mixing glass, and mix well. Pour into a cocktail glass, and serve.

35% (70 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Inverted Pyramid Martini recipe
1 1/4 oz Absolut? Citron vodka
1 1/4 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 splash Grand Marnier? orange liqueur

Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with an orange twist.

40% (80 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Jack London Martini recipe
3 oz blackcurrant vodka
1 oz Dubonnet? Blanc vermouth
1/2 oz maraschino liqueur

Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice. Shake well, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist, and serve.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Kurant Affair recipe
1 1/2 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
1 1/2 oz orange juice

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.

13% (26 proof)
Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Lily Martini recipe
1 oz Absolut? Kurant vodka
1 oz Absolut? Raspberri vodka
1 oz Absolut? vodka
1 oz blueberry puree
1/2 oz lemon juice

Shake all ingredients together and strain into a sugar-rimmed cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel, and serve.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

Moose Ma

all vodkas are OK for mixing.but for you taste is stipend on the individual

Flavoured Vodka is the equivalent to a GIANT MARKETING SCAM. Why? Because Vodka is meant to be flavoured by YOU, these concoctions are for the young inexperienced drinkers and are usually swilled down staight. If you want tasty Vodka drinks, use your own flavorings.

As a bartender I use cherry and raspberry vodka more than my other flavored vodka....they go well with soda, redbull, coke, sprite...pretty much anything





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