Cherry Vodka Sour | Refreshing and Delicious

This cherry vodka sour recipe is perfect for the spring and summer months!  Made with my homemade cherry infused vodka and fresh sour mix, it is especially delicious and refreshing!

Doesn’t this photo make you want to grab one of the glasses and slurp the cherry vodka sour down in one go?  Or is that just me?

Two stand-out characteristics that make most cocktails refreshing are the ice cold temperature and the zest and energy of citrus.

This cocktail has both of those things going for it.  It’s full of ice and it has a good amount of fresh lemon juice.

Helpful tips

• Usually sweet and sour mix is made of equal parts lemon and syrup. But I like a more tart cocktail so I always use 1/2 the simple syrup that other recipes typically call for (and sometimes less, as I do in this cherry vodka sour).
• You can use any glassware. The tall glass is a Tom Collins glass, my glass of choice for this cocktail. The martini glass and the coupe are fun though, so I included them, too.
• Fresh fruit tastes best in cocktails, so whenever you can, squeeze the lemon juice yourself.
• Triple the recipe for a pitcher of this delightful cocktail.
• You can make a big batch of this cocktail. Just double or triple the ingredients and mix it in a pitcher.

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How to make the cherry vodka sour

Pre-step

Fill a cocktail shaker 3/4 of the way with ice.  After measuring each ingredient below, pour it into your shaker.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – my much loved homemade cherry infused vodka, some fresh lemons and simple syrup.

Step two

Measure 4 ounces of cherry infused vodka.

Step three

Measure 6 ounces of fresh lemon juice.

Step four

Measure 2 1/2 ounces simple syrup

Isn’t sweet and sour half tart and half sweet?

Yes, indeedy.  I’m impressed you caught that!  Most sweet and sour mixes are made of equal parts sweet and sour, so a ratio of 1:1.  But if you look at my other sweet and sour cocktail recipes, you’ll see I always use half the amount of sweet since I love my cocktails tart.  So, my sweet and sour mix is usually 1:2.  That’s twice as much sour as sweet.

In this recipe, you will further notice that I’m under even my usual 1:2 ratio!  I’m such a rebel.

All that is left is to cap the cocktail shaker and shake gently for 30 seconds. The reason I shake gently is because the shaker is so full!

I grab three different glasses and divide the contents of my shaker between them.  I add ice cubes where needed.

I hope you enjoyed this cherry vodka sour recipe!

What is your favorite sour cocktail?  Leave me a comment as I love to know!

Other popular fruit based cocktails

• Ruby red grapefruit cosmo
• Rum swizzle
• Tequila sunrise

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!

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