- Hi everyone welcome to the Cocktail Blog
I'm Steve the bartender and today I'm showing
you how to make 5 easy vodka cocktails.
I've got quite a selection of cocktails
being, a spicy one, creamy, coffee flavoured,
bitter, citrus, and they're all very easy to make
so you can re-create them with minimal
ingredients at home utilizing the one vodka.
Today I'm using Headland Distilling Co's vodka
that they sent me just recently so shout out to you guys.
And thank you very much.
I'm also going to leave short list of local
distilleries in Australia for those of you
in Australia if you could jump onto these pages
and show your support by buying them a bottle.
Um, it's very tough times.
I know it is tough times for everyone.
Check them out in the link below,
and let's get started on the first cocktail.
The first cocktail I'm making today is a Lemon Drop.
So I've moistened the rim of my glass,
(scraping)
and we going to give it a thin coating of sugar.
Now that's ready to go
(ice cube clink)
set the glass aside with an ice cube.
So I'm starting with 60 mil,
two ounce, of your preferred vodka.
(pouring)
And that's straight to the shaker,
followed by 7.5 ml, one quarter ounce,
of Quantro, thanks to John G for purchasing
the Quantro on the Buy the Back Bar feature.
Then we have fresh lemon juice,
22.5 ml, three-quarter ounce.
All very easy cocktails.
Trying to make it easy for you guys at home.
22.5 ml, three-quarter ounce,
of simple syrup, add ice to your cocktail shaker,
and give it a shake and you're good to go.
(shaking)
(clinking)
(tapping)
(ice clinking)
Strain it straight into the glass.
(ice clinking)
And there you have the Lemon Drop.
Cheers.
Very tasty!
Sherbet-y, citrus-y, lemon.
Damn, I haven't had a Lemon Drop in a long time.
Make sure it's right.
Next cocktail is a Chocolate Martini.
Very simple, two ingredient cocktail.
Starting with 60 ml, two ounces, of your vodka.
And follow that with Creme de Cacao.
You can use brown or white, I prefer to use white
so it looks more authentic, like a martini.
So 30 ml, single ounce,
and then fill your mixing glass
with ice and give it a stir.
(ice clicking)
(ice dropping)
(stirring)
Just a quick twenty-second stir, get the vodka nice and cold
And into a chilled, chocolate powder lined, glass.
(ice clicking)
And there's a Chocolate Martini, cheers.
Smells rich and chocolatey on the nose.
That is excellent!
On to the next drink.
Damn!
And next we have an Australian favourite
the Espresso Martini.
If you want to make it easy you can make it equal parts
of vodka, coffee liqueur, and espresso.
Today I'm doing the original recipe which calls for
60 ml, two ounces, of vodka,
30 ml of espresso, I'm actually using a cold drip
but if you have a coffee machine, a pod machine
you can use that.
So 30 ml, one ounce.
And coffee liqueur
So everyone's got Kahlúa at home most likely.
Today I'm using Mr. Black, um.. Mr. Black has a higher
caffeine content and is not as sweet as Kahlúa
so you might need to adjust your recipe.
I'm using a 5th of a ml, a half ounce of coffee liqueur.
And 7.5 ml, a quarter ounce, of simple syrup.
Now fill your cocktail shaker with ice
and give it a bit of a shake.
(ice crunching)
(shaking)
(ice cubes clink)
And strain into a chilled glass.
(ice cubes clink)
And finish with a garnish of three coffee beans.
And there you have an Espresso Martini, cheers.
It's really rich, intense, coffee flavour.
I'm very glad I used Mr. Black's instead of Kahlúa.
Onto the next one.
It's onto cocktail #4 simple and spicy the Moscow Mule.
Start by measuring out 60 ml, two ounces,
of your preferred vodka.
And then squeeze a few pieces of lime or in my case
5th of ml of fresh lime juice, half an ounce.
Now fill your glass with ice.
(ice crunching)
You can serve this in a high-ball
or a copper mule mug, if you have one.
And then top it off with spicy ginger beer,
preferably Bundaberg's which is Australian.
(pouring)
There you have a Moscow Mule, cheers.
Ah, super refreshing, nice and spicy.
That's very easy to drink, and dangerous!
Cheers!
Now the last cocktail the Campari Cocktail.
This one does sound a little daunting.
There's a lot of Campari in it.
Camparian vodka is probably not my go to drink.
But I'm going to measure out 30 ml, one ounce, of Campari.
22.5 ml, three-quarter ounce, of vodka.
And add a single dash of Angus Store bitters
so it isn't vodka centric.
But something a little left of field, maybe worth trying.
(ice clinking)
Fill glass with ice, give it a stir.
(stirring)
Twenty, thirty, forty seconds, it's up to you
depending on how you prefer it.
And then strain it into a chilled glass.
(pouring)
(ice clinking)
And garnish with a twist of lemon.
There you have a Campari Cocktail, cheers.
It's surprisingly pleasant.
The vodka actually like lowers
the bitterness of the Campari,
adds a little bit of dilution; it's super citrus-y
on the nose obviously because you have those lemon oils.
This is surprising, if you like bitter drinks
you should try this.
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As always the recipes will be below,
and I'll see you soon for another cocktail video.
Cheers.
Whew!
(smooth jazz)
Still recording?
If I look like a weirdo it's because
I'm using my 50 mm lens and the camera
is like five meters away.
It's dark, I can barely see the screen!
(smooth jazz)
(sniffing)
So for those of you who ask who actually
drinks all the drinks once the filming is finished?
The majority of the time it's me.
I try to avoid doing this, it's not the norm.
I usually have one cocktail and then call it a day.
But um...
I gonna do it for the subs!
I guess!
(laughs)
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(claps)
(whistles)
Pumped!
Pump, pump, it up.
(smooth jazz)
(pouring)
Whew...
Gettin' lit!
(smooth jazz)