One Product Three Ways: Tito’s

Shop Product: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, 1.75L

Appletini

Ingredients:

  • 1 thin slice of apple 
  • 2 oz vodka 
  • 2 oz apple juice 
  • 1 tsp lemon juice 
  • 1 tsp maple syrup 

Instructions:

  1. Add the vodka, apple juice, lemon juice, and maple syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice. 
  1. Shake until the outside of the shaker is frosty.  
  1. Strain into a martini glass 
  1. Spear the apple slice on a cocktail pick, rest on the glass, and serve. 

Feta-Brine Martini

Ingredients:

  • 2 to 3 pitted olives 
  • 2 to 3 pieces feta 
  • 2 ounces vodka 
  • 1 ounce dry vermouth 
  • ¾ ounces strained feta brine 

Instructions:

  1. Stuff the olives with feta, then spear them on a cocktail pick and plunk into your glass of choice.  
  1. Add the vodka, vermouth, and strained feta brine to a cocktail shaker with ice. 
  1. Shake the living daylights out of it. Strain into a glass and taste. 

Salty Dog Cocktail

Ingredients:

  • Kosher salt 
  • Grapefruit slice 
  • Ice 
  • 1/2 ounces vodka  
  • 4 ounces freshly squeezed grapefruit juice 

Instructions:

  1. Pour kosher salt onto a plate or shallow bowl. Rub the grapefruit slice halfway around the rim of a rocks glass and dip the glass into the salt (reserve any leftover salt in the dish for more cocktails, use in another dish, or discard). Reserve the grapefruit for serving. 
  1. Fill the glass with ice. Add the vodka or gin, then top with the grapefruit juice. Stir gently to combine. Garnish with the reserved grapefruit slice.