Top 5 Delicious Vodka-Based Cocktails To Enjoy This Summer

Frozen Spicy Kiwi Cocktail

Ingredients
1/2 cup infused Blue Ice Vodka *
1 scotch bonnet pepper
1 cup frozen mango cubes
2 kiwifruits, skinned
Water (to thin drink to preference)

Directions
Infuse Blue Ice Vodka by adding scotch bonnet pepper, pricked with a fork, to a lidded jar. Add Blue Ice Vodka. Shake and place in a cupboard or pantry for one day. Strain the peppers.

To create the cocktail: Place kiwifruit and frozen mango in a blender and mix. Once the fruit is smooth and combined, add the vodka and blend. Depending on personal preference and ripeness of kiwifruit, add small amounts of water to thin the drink and make it more sip-able.

Garnish with sliced kiwifruit round on the rim of the glass.

Blueberry-Basil Vodka Tonic

Ingredients
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup water
⅓ cup fresh blueberries, plus extra for garnish
4 large basil leaves, plus extra for garnish
Ice
Blue Ice Vodka
Tonic Water

Directionrs
Combine the sugar, water, blueberries, and basil leaves in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently, and continue to boil until the blueberries have popped and the sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes.
Remove from heat, transfer to a heat-proof container, and then chill until cold.

To make cocktails: fill a high ball glass (or a pint Mason jar!) with ice, add in two tablespoons of the blueberry-basil syrup, followed by 1½ ounces of vodka. Fill to top with tonic water.

Garnish with extra blueberries and basil leaves, if desired.

Anise Infused Blue Ice Vodka

Ingredients
1.5 cups Blue Ice Vodka
Anise (8-10 stars)
Cinnamon (1 stick)
Ice

Directions
Pour Blue Ice Vodka into a large mason (or similar) jar. Add 8-10 anise stars and add in the vanilla bean and close the jar tightly. Keep covered and let infuse in a cool place for 3-7 days.

Strain mason jar content and shake in a cocktail shaker and pour into glass

Blue Ice Vodka Spritzer

Ingredients
4 Limes 
3 tbsp sugar 
1 liter club soda 
1 cup Blue Ice Vodka 
1 cup blueberries 
1 cup raspberries 
Ice

Directions
Halve the limes and squeeze the juice into a pitcher. (If desired, cut the squeezed limes into small pieces and add to the pitcher.) Mix in the sugar. Add the club soda, vodka, blueberries, and raspberries. Pour over ice.

Homemade Orange, Vanilla and Clove Vodka

Ingredients
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 orange
1 tbsp whole cloves
1 vanilla bean
1 750-ml bottle of Blue Ice Vodka

Directions
In a small saucepan, combine water and sugar. Bring to a simmer and stir occasionally until all the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat.

Peel the zest from an orange in thick 1-inch strips using a vegetable peeler and add zest and cloves to the sugar syrup. Split the vanilla bean in half and scrape out the seeds into the sugar syrup. Set the vanilla bean pod aside.

Pour vodka into a large mason (or similar) jar. Pour in the flavored sugar syrup and add in the vanilla bean and close the jar tightly. Keep covered and let infuse in a cool place for 3-7 days.

The solids can be strained out of the vodka before bottling (or left in for visual effect).