# Suggest some vodka or gin cocktails for me to try **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [August 11, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197 "2012-08-11T16:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/21 "2012-08-12T14:31:48Z")
You should try “Tequila Rapido”, (not) popularized in the movie “Betty Blue”. Get a towel, tequila, and ginger ale. 1 shot tequila to 2 shots ginger, wrap the glass with a towel, slam it on the table, then down it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/22 "2012-08-12T14:35:01Z")
Vodka tonic is my go-to cocktail for weddings and other formal events - the bartender can’t screw it up, and it won’t stain my suit. Plus, malaria. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/23 "2012-08-12T16:02:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Here’s the best Vodka cocktail > > **Vodka on the Rocks** > > Ingredients: > Stolichnaya vodka (unflavored, ideally 100 proof) > Ice > > Directions: > Put ice in glass > Pour vodka over ice > Drink > Repeat Seriously? People ask for Vodka cocktails, you jerkishly come in to tell them to just drink vodka, and the vodka you tell them to drink is Stoli? Talk about fail :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/24 "2012-08-12T16:11:33Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > Seriously? People ask for Vodka cocktails, you jerkishly come in to tell them to just drink vodka, and the vodka you tell them to drink is Stoli? Talk about fail :rolleyes: Since you have nothing to offer why did you even look at this thread? Clearly you know nothing about vodka or drinking, which explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/25 "2012-08-12T19:55:06Z")
Impress your geek friends with a WARP CORE BREACH. Allegedly this is the formula they used at the Star Trek Experience that used to be in the Las Vegas Hilton. 4.5 oz Vodka 3 oz Midori 3 oz plain white Rum 1.5 oz Gin 12 oz Sprite 12 oz sweet and sour mix Serve in a fish bowl with dry ice. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/26 "2012-08-12T21:04:15Z")
I haven’t invented a name for it (having only invented it last week) 1 tall glass full of ice 2 measures of gin (or vodka I guess) fill glass with freshly squeezed orange juice to 1 inch below rim 1 measure of pastis (or other aniseed liqueur) You end up with a milky white fluid sitting on top of the orange base and I thin it looks good. The empty glasses were a good sign that it wasn’t terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/27 "2012-08-13T14:01:34Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Since you have nothing to offer why did you even look at this thread? Clearly you know nothing about vodka or drinking, which explains a lot. Clearly your reasoning is severly impaired, if you think that my post says anything about how much I know about vodka, drinking, or if you think that people can only come into threads when they have something to offer. I wish \*you \*followed that logic, though - but what would you do all day? As it is, I’m afraid I know more about vodka than is good for me - having lived in Russia will do that for you. I came into the thread to learn about some interesting vodka and gin cocktails, if you must know, I hope that’s ok with you. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/28 "2012-08-13T14:14:34Z")
The original martini is excellent: gin, vermouth, olives. Shake or stir over ice (some people stir only; they say shaking bruises the gin. I’m not that discerning), strain, enjoy. Absolutely delicious. (And I like the vermouth. Lots of people leave it out, but I enjoy the balance it brings to the drink.) Use Hendrick’s Gin, it’s awesome. Tom Collins are excellent as well. There’s a drink I had in Tasmania called the Tamu Tabu - it’s essentially a Tom Collins sweetened with honey instead of simple syrup. Put the honey and gin and lemonade together first and stir to combine and dissolve the honey. Then add ice and shake to cool the drink, then enjoy. I love gin. Love it love it love it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/29 "2012-08-13T14:20:12Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > Clearly your reasoning is severly impaired, if you think that my post says anything about how much I know about vodka, drinking, or if you think that people can only come into threads when they have something to offer. I wish \*you \*followed that logic, though - but what would you do all day? > > As it is, I’m afraid I know more about vodka than is good for me - having lived in Russia will do that for you. I came into the thread to learn about some interesting vodka and gin cocktails, if you must know, I hope that’s ok with you. So you still have nothing to add, but feel like taking potshots at me? Why was that necessary? If you must know, Stolichnaya was the first Russian vodka available in this country since the revolution (or some point in time). It quickly became the favorite of vodka drinkers when only brands like Smirnoff and Fleishman’s were readily available. So it’s a favorite of old time vodka drinkers who weren’t impressed with the myriad of name brands that followed. And I’m surprised, or maybe just curious, why you don’t appreciate the appeal of straight vodka, unless you’re associating that with the high rate of alchoholism in Russia, something I could understand. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/30 "2012-08-13T14:37:51Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I like tri-polar’s recipe,too. But with Smirnoff Jeez, if I’d known I was gonna be hanging out with you Rockefellers I’d have brung my monocle. Popov in the 1.75L plastic bottle. Keep the ice and the glass. Paper bag optional. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/31 "2012-08-13T14:45:11Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Jeez, if I’d known I was gonna be hanging out with you Rockefellers I’d have brung my monocle. > > Popov in the 1.75L plastic bottle. Keep the ice and the glass. Paper bag optional. Just would’t seem right to me without the paper bag. Kind of pretentious actually. Sort of like saying “Hey look! I care about what label I’m drinking in the alley here”. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/32 "2012-08-13T14:53:47Z")
Good point. Paper sack or a piece of duct tape over the label. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/33 "2012-08-13T15:16:06Z")
I was given a bottle of Sugar Cookie Vodka. 🙂 Just add vanilla ice cream and butterscotch schnapps and you have a perfectly malty, girlie foo foo drink that’s totally yummy. If you’re in to that sort of thing… ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/34 "2012-08-13T16:04:15Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I was given a bottle of Sugar Cookie Vodka. 🙂 Just add vanilla ice cream and butterscotch schnapps and you have a perfectly malty, girlie foo foo drink that’s totally yummy. If you’re in to that sort of thing… I absolutely must try this, at least the vodka and the schnapps. I’m afraid that I am very much a girlie foo-foo drinker, so that sounds right up my alley. I’m not sure about the ice cream, though. For some reason, vodka and ice cream sounds unappealing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/35 "2012-08-13T21:10:44Z")
I’m not a huge fan of vodka, although if vodka happens to be all there is, and I want a drink, it’ll do. With regard to gin, out of curiosity I once tried something called Fino pale dry sherry, which turned out to be much like vermouth but also somewhat like an extremely dry pinot gris wine. When it is to be drunk straight, one normally chills it as one does white wine; also, for a sherry, it’s quite low in alcohol content at only 17% or so. As a type of wine, I found it rather disappointing, but I’m definitely curious about how it would taste if it replaced the vermouth in a martini. I would recommend to the OP: in a shaker, combine ample ice with no fewer than four parts gin and one of fino pale dry sherry. Shake vigorously. Strain into martini glass. Drink, and while drinking, ask yourself whether an olive or a twist would be a better garnish–I’m thinking a twist, either lemon or lime, would be better for this. Having carefully considered this issue, repeat the steps above, this time adding said garnish. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/36 "2012-08-14T22:02:36Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > I absolutely must try this, at least the vodka and the schnapps. I’m afraid that I am very much a girlie foo-foo drinker, so that sounds right up my alley. I’m not sure about the ice cream, though. For some reason, vodka and ice cream sounds unappealing to me. See, for me, it has to be sweet and, unfortunately, the vodka and schnapps on their own doesn’t do it. So, I highly recommend the ice cream if you can handle the thought. It really is tasty! Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/37 "2012-08-14T22:22:06Z")
Summertime…it’s freaking hot out here in the desert: Blender. Fill with ice. 6 oz. Ketel One 2 oz. [Chambord](http://www.chambordonline.com/age.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f) 2 oz. Grand Marnier (partially optional - at least 1 oz.) 2 oz. Limoncello (optional) 1/2 oz. Grenadine 1 pint of Raspberries or [Raspberry Puree](http://store.finestcall.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=519) Sweet and Sour to the top of blender. Pulse that bitch into straw-sucking consistency. Thank Yeti Later. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/38 "2012-08-14T22:37:28Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I assume you mean that they publish drink recipes that consist primarily of their product. The joke I was attempting was that they publish recipes with names like “DiSaronna and cranberry juice” and then go to the trouble to explain that the ingredients are [ul] [li]DiSaronna [/li][li]cranberry juice[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/39 "2012-08-14T22:38:56Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The joke I was attempting was that they publish recipes with names like “DiSaronna and cranberry juice” and then go to the trouble to explain that the ingredients are > [ul] > [li]DiSaronna [/li][li]cranberry juice[/li][/ul] Ok, still good to know. Maybe they are looking for writers. I can use this thread as my portfolio. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197/40 "2012-08-15T03:06:08Z")
My favorite martini recipe: 2 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin 1 oz. Blue Ice Potato Vodka 1/8 oz. Martini & Rossi Vermouth Three Santa Barbara garlic stuffed or jalapeno stuffed olives Pour gin, vodka, and vermouth into a cocktail shaker half full of ice and shake vigourously for at least ten seconds or so. Pour around 1/4 oz. of olive brine into martini glass, followed by the gin/vodka/vermouth from the cocktail shaker. Garnish with three stuffed olives. Enjoy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-vodka-or-gin-cocktails-for-me-to-try/631197.md?page=3)