Cocktails with Lime vodka
Lime vodka is a flavored vodka — a neutral base with lime citrus added.
ABV40%
Substitutes for Lime vodka
Vodka brings the strength and the lime note is usually flavoring rather than fruit, so it sours nothing — the drink still needs its fresh juice. Plain vodka with lime peel steeped in it gets closer and costs nothing.
Often confused with
Lime liqueur
The liqueur is weaker and heavily sweetened. At the same measure it both dilutes the drink and sugars it: pour about half as much and drop the syrup from the build.
Storage
Lime aromatics are the most fragile of the citrus vodkas, and they turn rather than simply fading — the bright top note gives way to a flat, slightly bitter one. This is a bottle to buy small and finish, not to keep as insurance.
Sources
- 27 CFR 5.150 Cordials and liqueurs — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
- 27 CFR 5.151 — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
- 27 CFR Part 5, Subpart I — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
- EU 2019/787 Annex I category 31 — UK Legislation
- Regulation (EU) 2019/787, Annex I — UK Legislation
- TTB Distilled Spirits Example Formulas
