In my possession i have 50ml bottles of the following ABsolut flavoured Vodkas; Citron, Kurant, Mandarin, Vanilia & Raspberri.
Now i quite like Vanilla on ice, and Kurant goes well in Sprite
The other’s however i have no real experience with so have no idea what a good combo is.
I generally shy away form flavoured Vodka on ice as the taste is just too artificial.
So if you have any ideas or experience let me know what works well!
I’d recommend Schweppes Russian (or generic substitute) to go with the Kurant, which is how I always used to drink it. So often in fact, that I am only now getting to where I can stand the smell of the stuff.
For the Raspberri, I’d recommend trying plain mineral water. It works great with Bacardi Razz, and should be nice with the vodka aswell. May be worth trying with any of the flavours, if you enjoy flavoured mineral water.
The Vanilla (although I realize you just said you were fine with it on ice) is very good with Coke – it gets a cream soda type flavor that I think is fairly unusual in a cocktail and quite tasty. It’s a little heavy to drink all the time, in my opinion, but nice for a change of pace.
The Citron I like with cranberry juice … it’s very subtle but the citrus flavor gives the cranberry flavor a boost.
Heh, it struck me that Absolut are pretty good at marketing, so they should have a website… Try Absolut Drinks. There’s even a community.
Any of those would make a tasty screwdriver or vodka tonic.
I like vanilla vodka in root beer. And ice cream float kind of thing.
The Kurant makes a surprisingly good twist on the classic vodka and OJ.
Also, the Raspberri makes a very nice berry-lemonade martini if you shake it with limoncello and ice, poured into a sugar-rimmed glass and topped up with a little lemonade (or just mix it with regular lemonade if the martini is too frou-frou).
I take my Citron or Mandarin with iced green tea.
I’ve gotten hooked on Stoli Blakberi. It’s awesome with coke. It even smells really good.
When you are fifteen and Mom ran out of Nyquil.
Why the hate? Just as there are shitty flavored vodkas, there are excellent flavored vodkas. Just as there are excellent and shitty wines, beers, etc.
I used to drink green apple vodka with tonic. The quinine flavor helped offset the sweetness. It might work out well with other fruit flavors.
I recommend Effen Black Cherry vodka. It goes great with some soda water.
I am told (though I don’t know that it’s true) that the Cosmo was invented for Absolute Citron. So I would say you should make a cosmo with that, just add cranberry.
One of my closest female friends loves Mandarin with club soda. I think it tastes like diet Hansens orange soda, and not in a good way. But if you are into that sort of thing you might like it.
I like to make simple syrups (boil up equal parts water and sugar just until the sugar dissolves) with flavors that will mix well with the flavored vodka. My favorite is the Gingertini–throw some fresh ginger in your syrup, let it cool, strain it, add a little to some vanilla vodka in a shaker full of ice, shake and strain into a martini glass.
Vanilla syrup (just add some vanilla extract) or lemon syrup (add some lemon juice and zest) could be used with the others the same way. Have fun playing around with it!
Yeah, but what’s the point if you’re mixing them, anyway? Plus, the proof’s usually lower.
Try the vanilla vodka with cranberry. It has a strawberry shortcake kind of taste. Interesting.
I also like using the raspberry with cranberry juice and some lime juice. Of course, it will also work well with Sprite.
Jello shots! You get to be all creative with the flavors that way. Combine Mandarin vodka with orange jello for fuzzy navel shots, for instance.