Celebrate National Vodka Day Right with Belvedere Vodka Cocktails

I love me a holiday where I can celebrate with a cocktail in hand! October 4th is National Vodka Day, and the best way to toast to the fun day is with the world’s first super-premium vodka, Belvedere. Made from Polish rye, purified water and a distillation process by fire, Belvedere contains zero additives, in accordance with the legal regulations of Polska Vodka that dictate nothing can be added, is certified kosher and is gluten free. 

 If there’s any vodka I order in a cocktail when I am out, it’s definitely Belvedere! So why not celebrate with it at home, too? Here’s a few of my favorite Belvedere cocktails to enjoy and to do National Vodka Day right!

BELVEDERE AIR

Ingredients

1.5 oz / 45 ml Belvedere Vodka

.75 oz / 20 ml Fresh Lemon Juice

.5 oz / 15 ml Honey Water (2:1 Honey to Water)

2 oz / 60 ml Almond Milk

Sprig of Mint

Method: Place all ingredients into a shaker and shake hard with ice. Strain into highball glass over fresh ice, and garnish with mint sprig.

HERITAGE ROCKS

Ingredients

2 oz Belvedere Heritage 176

Lemon Twist

Method: Serve over a large chunk of ice or large cubes

EVERGREEN ROYAL

Ingredients

60 ml / 2 oz Belvedere Smogóry Forest

7.5 ml / ¼ ozChamomile Tea 

15 ml / ½ oz Honey

2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters

Grapefruit Peel 

 Method: Add all ingredients to mixing glass over cubed ice and stir. Fine strain into a rocks glass over block ice. Give the fresh grapefruit peel a gentle twist before garnishing

The Perfect Low-Calorie Vodka Cocktail for National Vodka Day

Happy National Vodka Day!

The only way to celebrate this very festive holiday is with... well, vodka! The one downfall? Most vodka cocktails are packed with an insane amount of calories. Who needs that looming in the back of their minds when they're having a good time with friends and enjoying their drink?

Recently I've discovered Blue Ice Vodka, the #1 rated American-made potato vodka that is gluten-free, non-GMO and has only 52 calories per oz.! Aaaand, it has 25% fewer calories than most other distilled spirits.

I am always that person to feel guilty after drinking a cocktail loaded with sugar and empty calories, so this makes me so happy that there actually is a great vodka out there that I no longer have to feel bad about! Gift from the Vodka Gods? I think so!

One of my favorite cocktails using Blue Ice Vodka is the Blue Ice Vodka Gimlet!

Simple, refreshing and not packed with artificial, sugary ingredients to make this drink taste good. It just is! Here's how to make it:

Ingredients:

·         2 oz Blue Ice Vodka

·         1 oz fresh lime juice

·         6 Tablespoons Agave Nectar

·         Lime wedge for garnish

Directions:

·         Combine vodka, lime juice, agave nectar and ice and shake in a shaker.

·         Strain over a chilled coupe glass.

·         Garnish with lime wedge.

Cheers!