Cocktails with Lime vodka
Lime vodka is a flavoured vodka: a neutral base vodka to which lime or citrus flavouring is added after distillation, carrying at most a small amount of sugar.
ABV40%(class legal minimum 37.5% in the EU, 30% under the US flavored-spirits class)
Taste profile
Bright lime and citrus aroma over a clean, neutral spirit body, with only a faint sweetness and a dry finish.
How it's used
Poured as the base measure, it delivers both alcoholic strength and citrus aroma in a single component; used in smaller amounts, it works as a flavour accent. It is stirred or shaken into the build like any base spirit.
Substitutes for Lime vodka
Where it carries a drink as the base, use plain neutral vodka to hold the strength and add a fresh lime element separately to restore the citrus aroma; the small sweetness can be matched with a touch of syrup or left out. Another flavoured vodka or unrelated spirit will not recover the defining lime character.
Often confused with
Lime liqueur
Lime vodka is a high-strength spirit with little or no added sugar, while a lime liqueur is lower in strength and heavily sweetened.
Description
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
