The flavoured Vodka (spirits) thread

[nikkic]

1 minute ago, Barneym said:

Mars bars and vodka works well, I think it was this forum that gave me the idea and I’ve taken it to the last 2. Might try something Different this year but probably need to get a move on

Do the Mars dissolve or does it need to be filtered/strained? 

[Barneym]

22 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Do the Mars dissolve or does it need to be filtered/strained? 

You melt it down first and as it’s cooling add the vodka and stir then it’s fine, put it back in the bottle and freeze. 

[Spiritdesire]

Thinking of making a salted caramel/worthers/mars bar style vodka this year. I’ve never done it before though. 
Can I just ask anyone who’s done a vodka like that in the past, do you drink it with a mixture and if so what? 

[SouthbanKen]

OK, so a couple of questions. 

Do you steep them in a glass bottle / jar and then transfer to a plastic one for Glasto or do you do straight in a plastic bottle?

[Skelts]

14 minutes ago, Spiritdesire said:

Thinking of making a salted caramel/worthers/mars bar style vodka this year. I’ve never done it before though. 
Can I just ask anyone who’s done a vodka like that in the past, do you drink it with a mixture and if so what? 

Done the werthers  before, it’s really good. Pour some vodka in a glass to leave space. Crush some werthers and add to the vodka. Shake and add to the top shelf of a dishwasher and put it through a cycle without any tablet. The heat melts the sweets and it all mixes with the vodka, it’s really simple. Works with any boiled sweet. 
We drink the werthers neat but you can mix with lemonade or something if you want. 

[Spiritdesire]

9 minutes ago, Skelts said:

Done the werthers  before, it’s really good. Pour some vodka in a glass to leave space. Crush some werthers and add to the vodka. Shake and add to the top shelf of a dishwasher and put it through a cycle without any tablet. The heat melts the sweets and it all mixes with the vodka, it’s really simple. Works with any boiled sweet. 
We drink the werthers neat but you can mix with lemonade or something if you want. 

Thanks Skelts! Unfortunately I don’t have a dishwasher but I’m sure I’ll find another way of doing it. I’m guessing mixing it with coke would make it a bit like Vanilla Coke (remember that!)

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Spiritdesire said:

Thanks Skelts! Unfortunately I don’t have a dishwasher but I’m sure I’ll find another way of doing it. I’m guessing mixing it with coke would make it a bit like Vanilla Coke (remember that!)

if you do it a good bit in advance and give it a shake every so often it also works .... i seived mine by passing it through a jay cloth and funnel 

[Spiritdesire]

31 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

if you do it a good bit in advance and give it a shake every so often it also works .... i seived mine by passing it through a jay cloth and funnel 

Nice! I know what’s on my shopping list now then 

[gfa]

58 minutes ago, Skelts said:

Done the werthers  before, it’s really good. Pour some vodka in a glass to leave space. Crush some werthers and add to the vodka. Shake and add to the top shelf of a dishwasher and put it through a cycle without any tablet. The heat melts the sweets and it all mixes with the vodka, it’s really simple. Works with any boiled sweet. 
We drink the werthers neat but you can mix with lemonade or something if you want. 

 

47 minutes ago, Spiritdesire said:

Thanks Skelts! Unfortunately I don’t have a dishwasher but I’m sure I’ll find another way of doing it. I’m guessing mixing it with coke would make it a bit like Vanilla Coke (remember that!)

 

42 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

if you do it a good bit in advance and give it a shake every so often it also works .... i seived mine by passing it through a jay cloth and funnel 

I did it a few weeks ago by just putting werthers in the jar, 700 ml of vodka and left it. Shake every 2 hours if possible (website guide said) although i did like 3-5 hours maybe + slept and it was done in about 48 hours. No need for a dishwasher

Edited April 4, 2022 by gfa

[Greenelk]

I've got a bourbon pumpkin pie one I made for 2020.  Loads of nutmeg and cinnamon, with the vanilla of the bourbon underpinning it, and the pumpkin adding sweetness.  I am amazed I've managed to leave it alone (mainly).

My son did a vodka harribo cherry with scotch bonnet one the same year.  We took the chillies out after a couple of days and it was bloody hot.  It's aged into something of a monster, with a lovely sweetness, followed by a searing heat...  certainly an interesting one.   Will probably make another one starting next month

Edited April 4, 2022 by Greenelk

[Spiritdesire]

48 minutes ago, gfa said:

 

 

I did it a few weeks ago by just putting werthers in the jar, 700 ml of vodka and left it. Shake every 2 hours if possible (website guide said) although i did like 3-5 hours maybe + slept and it was done in about 48 hours. No need for a dishwasher

Oh cool so did you just keep shaking sporadically till they had all dissolved? Sounds easy enough!

thanks for the advice all!

[gfa]

9 minutes ago, Spiritdesire said:

Oh cool so did you just keep shaking sporadically till they had all dissolved? Sounds easy enough!

thanks for the advice all!

yep pretty much! tastes delicious - i got recommended to add some soft toffee in too but didn't see it in time so hopefully you see this 🙂 

 

 

[Spiritdesire]

16 minutes ago, gfa said:

yep pretty much! tastes delicious - i got recommended to add some soft toffee in too but didn't see it in time so hopefully you see this 🙂 

 

 

Thanks! I read a recipe earlier where someone added a pinch of salt towards the end to give that salted caramel taste 😋

[buddiepaul]

I've done quite a few sweets flavoured ones over the years, and said I would not do again, as they can be a bit sickly after the first day.  The werthers was good, but the lemon sherbet and the acid drops were too much after a few sips.

I have a stash of flavoured ciroc vodka - as I find this the best out there, but am tempted to make some concoctions again after reading this thread again.  May try the pineapple tequila.

[Simsy]

I went for cardamom vodka for 2019. Mixed well with coke or juice during the day, and hot choc or coffee in the evening. Not sure what I'll do this year, but @Greenelk's bourbon pumpkin pie sounds good.

[StoneCircle]

Time to start making your flavoured Vodka! 🍹

Edited March 25, 2025 by StoneCircle

[Talcroft]

Pear drop last year was such a big hit I may just stick with what I know! 

[guypjfreak]

My wife does a Werther's vodka every year in 5lt bottles.. I love it when it goes all forthy and doesn't look great and offer it to people who are like....wtf but once they have some they live it...

We'll have out turbo Cider and other flavoured vodka but yea wethers is great goes down fast lol.

[StoneCircle]

5 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

My wife does a Werther's vodka every year in 5lt bottles.. I love it when it goes all forthy and doesn't look great and offer it to people who are like....wtf but once they have some they live it...

We'll have out turbo Cider and other flavoured vodka but yea wethers is great goes down fast lol.

 

For anyone wanting to try @guypjfreak Turbo Drinks, here is the method! 

 

On 15/05/2011 at 11:03, guypjfreak said:

hi all you know glasto time is near in my house when we start our turbo drinks .this year we have

 

orange

exotic fruit

apple

grape

 

you must use 3 whole juice cartons [not juice drink] for each flavor and you can mix and match and heres the recipe

 

1..you get your 3 cartons of say exotic fruit . you pour 2 cartons in to a demijohn and add a tea spoon of yeast .

 

2..leave for 2or 3 days it'll bubble like mad make sure you use an air lock

 

3..after 2 or 3 days [no more] add your 3rd carton plus sugar.... Here i must say that you can add a different flavor we are adding peach to our orange and tropical to the exotic . also the amount of sugar you put in the more alcoholic it will be obviously .

we are using about 1 pound per demi that should give us about a 15% drink

 

4.. leave this bubbling away for about a week and a half in warm place then top up demi with water to neck and leave.

 

5.. it'll be ready to drink in 4/6 weeks just siphon off the little bit of sediment and stabilise then pour into plastic bottles and your ready for glasto ..we bottle ours the day before we leave .

 

if you dont have any demis we have used 5 liter plastic bottles before just cut a hole in the blue lids and use air locks just the same [just make sure the air locks are sealed ]

 

good luck every one hope you try this its great

happy Sunday all

 

 

ps

i didnt say old son once there so here it is must be going mad old sons

peace

 

Cheers! 🍹😂

[Quark]

Normally do a werthers but might give that one a miss this year.  Reckon I'll do another lemon sherbet but want to fiddle about and find a way to up the lemony hit without oversweetening.

 

Tried refreshers before but that was so-so.  Might go old school and try a rhubarb & custard this year.

 

Agree with the old comment that they can get a bit sickly, but for me they're more about taking something to pass around friends / people at the meet / complete strangers, so no-one's getting that much in a single hit anyway.

 

@Beerqueen was it your friend at the meet that year who was getting her head around just accepting drinks in unmarked bottles from strangers? 😂

Edited April 2, 2025 by Quark

[Quark]

On 25/03/2025 at 18:41, Talcroft said:

Pear drop last year was such a big hit I may just stick with what I know! 

Interesting, usual approach of just the sweets and vodka?  Or anything more to it than that?

 

[Stokesy10]

On 25/03/2025 at 18:41, Talcroft said:

Pear drop last year was such a big hit I may just stick with what I know! 

Is this as simple as; whack a load of pear drops in vodka and let it sit for ages? Or do you have more graceful method you could share? 🫡

 

 

Edited April 2, 2025 by Stokesy10
EDIT: Quarkage had already asked :)

[Quark]

1 minute ago, Stokesy10 said:

Is this as simple as; whack a load of pear drops in vodka and let it sit for ages? Or do you have more graceful method you could share? 🫡

 

Mine with the sweeties is just that really.  Depending on how late I've left it I might smash them up a bit, but that can get a bit messy with sugar going everywhere (especially with lemon sherbets).

 

Trick is to keep rotating / shaking the bottle and giving them a stir with a skewer or a chopstick to get right down in the bottle.

[Talcroft]

47 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

Is this as simple as; whack a load of pear drops in vodka and let it sit for ages? Or do you have more graceful method you could share? 🫡

 

 

 

I bashed the pear drops up a bit with a hammer as they wouldn't go through the top of the vodka bottle. Then I put it through a quick wash (45min I think, from memory) in the dishwasher because I hadn't left enough time. 

Once it's dissolved, either through the classic method or dishwasher method, decant it into plastic bottles via a coffee filter - gives you the most beautiful clarity to it. But not essential by any means, cloudy tastes no different. 

[Skelts]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

Normally do a werthers but might give that one a miss this year.  Reckon I'll do another lemon sherbet but want to fiddle about and find a way to up the lemony hit without oversweetening.

 

Tried refreshers before but that was so-so.  Might go old school and try a rhubarb & custard this year.

 

Agree with the old comment that they can get a bit sickly, but for me they're more about taking something to pass around friends / people at the meet / complete strangers, so no-one's getting that much in a single hit anyway.

 

@Beerqueen was it your friend at the meet that year who was getting her head around just accepting drinks in unmarked bottles from strangers? 😂

 

I posted this recently in another thread.  This is well worth a try, and very simple.  Cherry Bakewell.  Just mix equal measures of vodka, cherry brandy and ameretto.  That's it, nothing more to it.  Great in a hip flask at night, or can be mixed with lemonade or tonic I suppose