# Quick! I need some vodka tips Please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [April 10, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687 "2005-04-10T19:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/1 "2005-04-10T19:18:50Z")
An old friend I haven’t seen for a few years is coming to visit me tonight. A survey of my funds revealed the usual zero so there will be no going out for entertainment. Fortunatly I have a beach within a block from my house and I’ve managed to hang onto the fifth of Grey Goose vodka I recieved for my birthday. Combining those two ingredients with the warm weather should make for some fun. What I need from you wonderful people is some tips on what to mix with said vodka other than OJ. The cheaper the better too, since I will be hitting up friend to buy the mixer. I have until about 10:00 pm to come up with something. Help me SDMB your my only hope! ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/2 "2005-04-10T19:31:39Z")
Tonic. (and lime, of course.) Pretty much anything else requires the purchase of additional alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/3 "2005-04-10T19:40:35Z")
You could also do cranberry juice and a slice of lime, or perhaps simply pineapple juice; it was mentioned in another thread as a vodka mixer & I can attest to the tastiness of the combo. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/4 "2005-04-10T19:41:43Z")
Well, I usually go for grapefruit juice or cranberry juice. Grapefruit and vodka makes a Greyhound (salt the rim and you have a Salty Dog, which I have personally not done), and IIRC, cranberry and vodka makes a Cape Cod. I almost never go for orange juice, because it doesn’t do a whole lot to kill the nasty alcohol taste. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/5 "2005-04-10T19:42:32Z")
My favorite for vodka is lemonade. Either 2-liters of Minute Maid or frozen concentrate (but NOT Old Orchard). Happy partying and have a few for me. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/6 "2005-04-10T19:59:02Z")
Seems a shame to overpower a premium vodka with tonic or OJ. This friend you’re going to hit up for mixer, would he or she have any Vermouth? You could borrow some and make vodka “martinis.” It only takes a tiny splash of Vermouth, so you wouldn’t be using it all up. Otherwise, I’d say tonic is your cheapest bet. You can get a one liter of the name brand tonic water for something like $1-$1.50 or, if you go to a regular grocery store you can get a store brand two liter bottle for something like a $1.00. Around here at least, it’s almost always on sale. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/7 "2005-04-10T20:01:27Z")
Go with Greyhounds. Only - do NOT use prepackaged grapefruit juice. Head off to the closest grocery and buy a whole pile of yellow grapefruit. You can use the pink-fleshed (“ruby”) ones if that’s all they have, but the yellow-fleshed ones are much better for greyhounds. Juice those puppies. If you don’t have a citrus juicer, just put a small bowl upside down in a bigger bowl or pie tin or whatever you do have. Juice 'em up. Combine the juice with a shot or two of vodka per glass and serve on the rocks. Heavenly. And if you don’t have the cash or don’t feel like juicing grapefruit or for whatever reason are tempted to use pre-packaged grapefruit juice, don’t bother. This is one of those recipes that is almost ethereal in its goodness if done with freshly squeezed juice, and simply “meh” if done with anything else. ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/8 "2005-04-10T20:28:00Z")
Hey thanks for the tips. right now I’m deciding between the grapefruit juice or a drink some friends of mine invented a few summers back Absolut Kurant Boone’s Farm Fuzzy Navel Cranberry Juice Ice It sounds kind of gross but actually is really good. I’m hoping that I can substitute Grey Goose for the Absolut. Thanks again all you wonderful people Share and Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/9 "2005-04-10T22:13:20Z")
If you had more time, I’d suggest you buy a whole large watermelon, dig or cut a small round hole in the top, and slowly pour in the better part of your vodka bottle. Then chill it in the fridge as long as possible, and slice it open for your guests for delicious, cool, refreshing “drunken melon” snacks. This is a perfect summer party treat, and everyone is always impressed. That said, it seems almost a waste of Grey Goose vodka to fill a watermelon. That’s such a nice, high-end vodka, you might as well save it for martinis (if you like them; I sure don’t!) or “nicer” mixed drinks. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/10 "2005-04-10T22:18:21Z")
place in freezer and… ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-some-vodka-tips-please/298687/11 "2005-04-11T00:07:25Z")
Grey Goose. Place in the freezer. Pour over ice, with a splash of soda. What more do you need?