Get your weekend started with a Bloody Mary—or end it with a Vesper Martini. Either way, you'll be pulling out a bottle of vodka for these classic cocktail recipes.
A jar of strawberry liqueur and a bowl of fresh strawberries next to it.
DIY Strawberry Liqueur
DIY Grapefruit Bitters Recipe
A strawberry mint sparkler served in a glass with mint garnish set on a table near flowers and fresh strawberries
Strawberry Mint Vodka Cocktail
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White Russian
A bottle of homemade melon liqueur set on a table next to a large wedge of cantaloupe.
DIY Melon Liqueur Recipe
DIY Rhubarb Bitters
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The Best Bloody Mary Recipe
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El Gallito (Pineapple-Chipotle Pitcher Cocktail) Recipe
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Thyme for a Salty Dog Recipe
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Pamplemousse Cooler (Vodka-Cucumber Cocktail With Grapefruit LaCroix) Recipe
A flared shot glass of DIY amaretto, surrounded by whole raw almonds.
DIY Amaretto Recipe
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Great Gatsby Recipe
Spiked Savannah Smiles Milkshake Recipe
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14 Vodka Cocktail Recipes Perfect for Summer
DIY Celery Bitters Recipe
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Cosmopolitan Cocktail Recipe
Meyer Lemon Bitters Recipe
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Spicy Bloody Mary With Cilantro and Fried Shallots Recipe
A glass of a vodka cocktail made with basil and lime, garnished with fresh basil and a striped paper straw.
Basil Lime Cooler Recipe
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The Serious Eats Guide to Vodka
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Concord Crush Recipe
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Just 1 Bottle: 9 Cocktails to Make With Vodka and a Trip to the Grocery Store
Sunny Getaway cocktail
The Sunny Getaway Recipe
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Honey and Marmalade Sour Recipe
Profile view of a lemongrass sour, served in a lowball glass.
Lemongrass Sour
tart cherry cocktail with lime
Tart Cherry Cocktail Recipe
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Bloody Mary Recipe
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Lady of the Lake Recipe
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The Gypsy Recipe
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How to Make the Best Fully Loaded Bloody Mary | The Food Lab, Drinks Edition
Cocktail 101: How to Make a Martini
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Jackson Cannon's The Squeeze Recipe
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The Phil Collins Recipe
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Drink Without a Name Recipe
Closeup of an Appletini cocktail.
Appletinis Recipe
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El Gallito: A Lighter, Fresher Bloody Mary With a Touch of Smoke