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13 Must-Try Cucumber Vodka Cocktails

I always recommend cucumber vodka cocktails for a refreshing twist. They blend crisp cucumber with smooth vodka, offering a bright, garden-fresh taste. It’s perfect for those who love a cool, revitalizing drink. This mix brings a unique botanical freshness and a sophisticated hint. You’ll love the opportunity to experiment with different ingredients that suit your palate perfectly. These recipes are a must-try for anyone who enjoys a refreshing cocktail.

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Cucumber Crush

Cucumber Crush

When craving for a refreshing drink, the Cucumber Crush is perfect for hot days. The blend of cucumber and mint gives it a crisp and cool taste, balanced perfectly with vodka or gin. The hint of lime juice adds a zesty kick, and the club soda finishes it off with a refreshing fizz. It’s a drink that refreshes and delights. Give the Cucumber Crush a try; it’s sure to become a favorite.


Cucumber Vodka Gimlet

Cucumber Vodka Gimlet

If you are craving for a fresh twist on a classic cocktail, try the Cucumber Vodka Gimlet. The cucumber and basil provide a refreshing balance to the smooth Vodka, making it the perfect drink for a warm evening. This drink has a crisp and clean taste, enhanced by the tangy lime juice and a touch of sweetness from the simple syrup. For a refreshing cocktail that’s sure to impress, mix up a Cucumber Vodka Gimlet.


Cucumber Vodka Elderflower Cocktail

Cucumber Vodka Elderflower

Let me share why this Cucumber Vodka Elderflower Cocktail is a favorite of mine. Mixing cucumber vodka with the subtle floral notes of elderflower liqueur creates a refreshing and light taste, perfect for relaxing after a long day or kicking off a summer evening. The addition of fresh lime juice adds just the right zing, and topping it off with club soda brings a pleasing fizz. This cocktail is a breeze to whip up and always impresses at gatherings. Give this recipe a try for your next drink.


Cucumber Vodka Lemonade

Cucumber Vodka Lemonade
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The only thing more refreshing than lemonade is cucumber lemonade. This delicious and quenching cucumber vodka lemonade features homemade lemonade and fresh cucumber juice in addition to cucumber vodka. You can easily make a pitcher of cucumber vodka lemonade to serve at a backyard barbecue. Mint and lemon slices make a colorful and cooling garnish.


Cucumber Vodka Gimlet

Cucumber Vodka Gimlet
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This simple three-ingredient classic Gimlet recipe swaps regular vodka for Cucumber vodka, blended with lime juice and simple syrup. The lime and cucumber offer a delicate sweetness with a bright tang. You can make it even more refreshing by adding a splash of soda water for a bubbly finish.


Cucumber Melon Splash

Cucumber Melon Splash
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Cucumber and melon are the pairings you never knew you needed, each providing a juicy, crisp, refreshing flavor to cool you down and quench your thirst. This cucumber Melon Splash uses real cucumber slices to infuse the cocktail and homemade cantaloupe puree. Its light pink hue with thinly sliced rounds of cucumber is as pretty as it is tasty.


Cucumber Vodka Elderflower Cocktail

Cucumber Vodka Elderflower Cocktail
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This cucumber vodka elderflower cocktail is an elegant fizzy drink to serve at your next summer dinner party. It blends cucumber vodka with the floral elderflower liqueur known as St. Germain. Lime juice, simple syrup, and soda provide a fizzy limeade base to compliment the botanica flavors of cucumber and elderflower.


Limoncello Cucumber Vodka Cocktail

Limoncello Cucumber Vodka Cocktail
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Limoncello is the height of summer liqueurs and one of Italy’s greatest alcoholic contributions. It tastes like a candied lemon peel and makes any drink better. Limoncello Cucumber vodka cocktail uses a dash of limoncello to add a concentrated lemonade flavor to cucumber vodka. The two liquors get infused with fresh basil in a shaker, with soda water to top it all off.


Watermelon Martini With Cucumber Vodka

Watermelon Martini With Cucumber Vodka
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Watermelon is the quintessential summer fruit, its unparalleled juicy sweetness a staple of every summer snack or dessert. This Watermelon Martini uses fresh watermelon blended with water to create a refreshing and subtly sweet puree to combine with a hefty pour of cucumber vodka. This drink is classy, simple, and delicious. 


Cucumber Mint Spiked Lemonade

Cucumber Mint Spiked Lemonade
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Not only is there cucumber-flavored vodka, but also cucumber and mint-flavored vodka. Ketel One offers a cooling cucumber mint vodka as the key ingredient. It gives you a double dose of cucumber and mint by blending fresh cucumber and mint and straining it to create juice. This is a fresh and cooling spiked lemonade that makes a pitcher’s worth for your next pool party.


Cucumber Moscow Mule

Cucumber Moscow Mule
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One of the all-time classic vodka cocktails, the Moscow Mule is a three-ingredient drink that blends ginger beer, lime juice, and vodka. This cucumber Moscow Mule swaps regular vodka for cucumber vodka. However, it recommends that you infuse the vodka with cucumber instead of buying a flavored vodka for the freshest taste.


Strawberry Basil Vodka Cocktail

Strawberry Basil Vodka Cocktail
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Strawberry and basil is a popular flavor combination, blending herbal flavors with the delicate sweetness of strawberries. You achieve this flavor explosion by mudding fresh strawberries and basil in a shaker before adding mint and cucumber Ketel One vodka and simple syrup. This is a sophisticated cocktail that’s the best way to showcase the summer strawberry harvest.


Cucumber Cosmo

Cucumber Cosmo
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A summertime twist on the classic ladies’ night cocktail, this Cucumber Cosmo blends cucumber vodka with cranberry, triple sec, and lime juice. The cucumber adds a juicy, cooling finish to the bright citrus flavors and gives this Cosmo a summery pink cantaloupe hue. It’s a wonderful balance of sweet and sour. 


13 Must-Try Cucumber Vodka Cocktails
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