A Passion for Vodka

New favorite flavor: SKYY Infusions Passion Fruit. Here are more great summer recipes!

Hyde Park
This flavor combination was inspired by my favorite fruit tart at the Crystal Palace.

1 ½ oz Skyy Passion Fruit
1 strawberry slice
1 raspberry
1 blackberry
Champagne to fill

Muddle strawberry, blackberry, and raspberry in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add ice and vodka. Shake and strain into champagne flute. Top off with champagne.

Moulin Rouge

1 ½ oz Skyy Passion Fruit
¾ oz crème de Banana
1 oz cranberry juice
Splash of Sprite
Dash of Grenadine

Shake vodka, crème de banana, cranberry juice and grenadine with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top off with Sprite.

Lower East Side – Second Avenue

1 ½ oz Skyy Passion Fruit
4 oz Ginger Ale
¾ oz DeKuyper Watermelon Pucker

Build ingredients (in order) in a highball glass over ice. Serve with a straw.

Blue Heron

1 ½ oz Skyy Passion Fruit
¾ oz blue curacao
Splash of peach schnapps
Dash orange bitters
Pinch of grenadine

Combine vodka, blue curacao, peach schnapps, and bitters in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add a bit of grenadine (you only need a hint of cherry flavor!) and allow it to fall to the bottom. Garnish with a Swedish fish.

La Rambla

1 ½ oz Skyy Passion Fruit
¾ oz Crème de Casis
1 ½ oz fresh lemon juice

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Word of warning: Whatever you do, NEVER mix Skyy Passion Fruit with tequila and grapefruit juice. Like seriously.