Flavored vodka has revolutionized the spirits industry, offering a wide array of options to elevate the drinking experience. Traditionally, vodka is known for its neutral taste, but the introduction of flavored varieties has opened up a world of possibilities. Infused with a range of natural or artificial flavors, such as fruits, spices, or herbs, flavored vodka provides a diverse selection to suit every palate.
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The surge in popularity of flavored vodka can be attributed to its versatility in creating unique and innovative cocktails. Whether it’s a simple mixed drink or a complex concoction, flavored vodka adds depth and character, allowing mixologists and consumers to experiment with new flavor combinations. With an ever-expanding range of flavors available, from the classic to the unconventional, flavored vodka continues to captivate the taste buds of cocktail enthusiasts worldwide.
Deep Eddy Lemon
This flavored vodka has an authentic lemon juice base. It offers an organic sweetness that doesn't overpower and gently balances the citrus' natural sour flavor. Deep Eddy Vodka is an Austin-based brand named for a Texan swimming hole that embodies the company's laid-back approach.
Ketel One Botanical Peach & Orange Blossom
This light and fruity blend by vodka giant Ketel One is a calorie-conscious option for drinkers who still want to enjoy the sweeter things in life. White peaches bring a soft flavor, but you can savor citrus through the bold orange flavor blossoms.
New Amsterdam Pink Whitney
This is a pink lemonade vodka, reminiscent of the Deep Eddy Lemon with a sweeter twist. The New Amsterdam brand, famous for its supreme smoothness, suggests serving as a chilled shot or simple spritzer.
Van Gogh Double Espresso
Van Gogh Vodka, like Ketel One, is from the Netherlands. A rich coffee cocktail is not complete without their double espresso vodka base. Picture your favorite bold roast in a velvety vodka finish, and you have Van Gogh Double Espresso.
Three Olives Cherry
London-based Three Olives gives us a cherry vodka that further develops to reveal other citrus notes of orange and pineapple flavor. Similar to Ketel One's Botanical Peach & Orange Blossom, the flavor is more complex than straightforward. Three Olives suggests using this vodka as the base for a cherry cosmopolitan you can also mix it into a variety of bombs, shooters, and even medicinally-inspired toddies.
Stolichnaya Blueberi
Stoli presents a beautiful fruit and herb balance in their Blueberi vodka. Black currant and lemon support the primary blueberry flavor. Eucalyptus and juniper round out the essence. Stoli vodka harvests the grain base from Russia and distills in Latvia to craft what the brand calls "classically-styled" vodka.
Cîroc Summer Citrus
Cîroc, a brand that uniquely first births its vodka as wine before transforming it into the spirit, brings this velvety and tangy blood-orange eruption. A hint of lime punches up the fresh, juicy flavor offering a truly summery experience for the drinker. Proving vodka's versatility, this summer vodka also works in drinks during the colder seasons. Dark chocolate, espresso, and orange martinis or festive orange and cinnamon cocktails make excellent backdrops for this vodka.
Grey Goose Pear
Grey Goose draws flavor inspiration from the anjou pear, which is local to the French countryside and very sweet, to give this vodka a genuine crispness while maintaining Grey Goose's signature premium smoothness. In the colder seasons, you can use it in hot toddies and boozy ciders. Mix this vodka with flavors like cardamom, chamomile, vanilla, and spices to enjoy its attractive flexibility.
Crop Cucumber
This cucumber vodka offers a subtle but complex flavor mixing invigorating greens with soft white florals. It carries the same natural feel as Ketel One's Botanical series. Crop Cucumber feels perfectly fresh on the rocks or with a splash of club soda. Crop Vodka is American and certified organic. If you want to spice things up, add it to silver tequila with cilantro, a minty mojito, a highball, Spanish Cava or prosecco, or take it as a chilled shot with a pickle juice chaser!
Finlandia Grapefruit
This juicy grapefruit vodka from Finland introduces its drinker to the perfect sweet-and-sour combination true to its fruit. It is bright and crisp, similar to New Amsterdam's Pink Lemonade Vodka, working as the perfect partner for Scandanavian Finlandia's refreshing base. This one mixes well with rosé sangrias, blanco tequila cocktails, champagnes, herb martinis, margaritas, and Moscow mules.
Hangar 1 Honeycomb
California-based Hangar 1 brings a toasty, crème Brulee flavor with their Honeycomb vodka. The distillery uses natural honeycomb, which is sweeter than pure honey, in a bold and individualistic move. Reminiscent of Van Gogh's Double Espresso, Hangar 1 Honeycomb is warm, velvety, and rich. You can use it in summery drinks, like sparkling pineapple, sage, and honey or frozen ginger lavender cocktails. For autumn and winter, it mixes seamlessly with boozy chai teas, hot caramel apple ciders, gingerbread or peanut butter flavored white Russians, and bloody Marys with applewood smoked bacon.
Effen Blood Orange
Like the Cîroc Summer Citrus vodka, Holland's Effen vodka brand uses an energetic blood-orange profile for this vodka. It has a Tarocco orange extract infusion that features a slight acidity to emphasize its crispness. You can use this to put a twist on a gin and tonic, bourbon smash, Moscow mule, or mimosa.
Hanson of Sonoma Habanero
Hanson of Sonoma is a family-owned distillery in the Carneros Region that uses organic ingredients. Habanero peppers infuse this vodka with an authentically hot and still sweet flavor. With a savory spin similar to Crop Cucumber, a hint of lemongrass is this vodka's finisher.
Absolut Juice Apple
This flavor of Absolut vodka brand is produced in southern Sweden. Absolut Juice Apple mimics crunchy fresh apples with real juice in its formula. Crisp like Grey Goose Pear, this vodka bears a flavor simultaneously autumnal and evergreen.
Truly Pineapple Mango
This vodka seltzer by Truly is tropical, bright, and citrusy. Its blend draws parallels to the sweet Cîroc Summer Citrus and tangy Finlandia Grapefruit. Truly Pineapple Mango is beachy but well-rounded.
Sweet Carolina Sweet Tea
From the New Orleans-based distillery Sazerac Company comes Sweet Carolina Sweet Tea vodka. The flavor takes inspiration from traditional southern sweet tea with notes of black tea, cane sugar, and lemon. Its warm profile is reminiscent of Hangar 1 Honeycomb, with a little more bitterness to balance out the sweetness.
SVEDKA Blue Raspberry
SVEDKA Blue Raspberry comes from the futuristic Swedish vodka brand. This expression has a natural but electric flavor high in citrus, not unlike Finlandia Grapefruit. It's tart and savory with sugary top notes.
Belvedere Ginger Zest
Luxury Polish vodka brand Belvedere presents a warm, peppery, earthy, and citrusy blend using international influence with their Ginger Zest expression. The formula uses infusions of Chinese Ginger, South African grapefruits, and Spanish lemons. The spice and herb notes are similar to but milder than what you'll find in Hanson of Sonoma Habanero.
Breckenridge Pear
From the Breckenridge Distillery in Colorado, this pear vodka uses locally-grown pears from the Centennial State's Western Slope. Like Grey Goose Pear, it is crisp and sweet, perfect for cocktails. It has a clean and light finish, like what you'll get from Crop Cucumber.
Black Infusions Gold Apricot
The innovative Oregon-based Black Infusions presents beautifully simplistic vodkas by utilizing two ingredients: their vodka and one dried fruit. The Gold Apricot expression contains California apricots that offer a tart and crisp flavor with a hint of peach. Its tang is reminscent of Effen Blood Orange's essence.
Hard Truth Cinnamon Vodka
From Indiana, Hard Truth Distilling Co. brings us a warm and subtle spice through its Cinnamon expression. Its decadent velvet finish makes it feel like a liqueur, not unlike Van Gogh Double Espresso.
Pinnacle Whipped
Pinnacle vodka is distilled in France and brought to the US for bottling. The brand is famous for this whipped cream vodka flavor, which is dessert in vodka form. It's rich like Hangar 1 Honeycomb and highly versatile.
Smirnoff Kissed Caramel
Russian charcoal-filtered Smirnoff vodka takes a sweet turn with Kissed Caramel. It has caramel and salt infusions to give it the indulgence factor. The sugary blend is similar to what you'll get from Pinnacle Whipped.
Dixie Black Pepper
Coming to you from Charleston, South Carolina, Dixie Black Pepper uses Serrano peppers and Madagascar black peppercorns to present a flavor profile kicking with spice. Even more savory than Hanson of Sonoma Habanero, this vodka still manages to bring a little fruitiness with green and chili peppers.
Black Cow English Strawberries
Black Cow Vodka, from West Dorset, United Kingdom, presents natural sweetness with this strawberry blend. The English strawberries responsible for its infusion are locally sourced and require no sugar additives. This vodka is fresh and bright.