Shake ingredients with cracked ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
* Velvet Hammer: (a.k.a. Vodka Alexander)
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
* Vodka Sling:
Shake first three ingredients with ice and strain over ice in a collins glass. Fill with soda, slowly top with cherry brandy, stir, garnish with a cherry and lemon wedge.
* Vodka Stinger:
Stir well with ice (preferably crushed) in a small highball glass. (Can be garnished with a mint sprig)
* 3 oz. Gin
* 1/2 oz. Blonde Lillet
* 3/4 oz. vodka
* 3/4 oz. brown creme de cacao
* 1 oz. cream
* sprinkle of nutmeg (optional)
* 2 oz. vodka
* 3/4 oz. lemon juice
* 1 bsp. powdered sugar
* soda
* 1/4 oz. cherry brandy
* stemmed cherry
* lemon wedge
* 1 1/4 oz. vodka
* 1/4 oz. white creme de menthe
Stir well in shaker with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
* Vodka Gimlet #2:
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
* Vodka Martini:
Stir well with ice in shaker and strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with an olive or lemon twist.
* Vodka Sour: *
Shake well with ice and strain into a sour glass. Garnish with a cherry.
* Use a collins glass with ice and fill with soda for a Vodka Fizz.
* 1 3/4 oz. Rose's lime juice
* 2 oz. vodka
* 1 oz. lemon juice
* 1 oz. Rose's lime juice
* 2 oz. vodka
* Dashes of dry vermouth (Noilly Prat)
* olive or lemon peel
* 1 1/2 oz. vodka
* 1/2 oz. sugar syrup to taste.
* 3/4 oz. lime juice
* stemmed cherry