5 Cocktails Made with Alaska Vodka

5 Cocktails Made with Alaska Vodka

The small batch vodka distillery is a rarity. As a category, vodka is often looked over by craft distillers in favor of liquids that are more obviously flavorful. Here at Port Chilkoot, we appreciate the subtlety of vodka and the skill required to produce an exceptional one. Vodka offers nowhere to hide — every ingredient must be of the highest quality and handled with care. Through careful experimentation and work, we created our very own Alaska vodka; Icy Strait. 

Bottled at a robust 90 proof, Icy Strait Vodka is smooth and crisp. We blend it with pure local water to create an exceptionally clean, delicious vodka with just a hint of sweetness imparted by the corn it’s distilled from. Enjoy it neat, ‘icy’ straight, or in one of our favorite signature cocktails listed below! 

Icy Strait Martini

2 oz Icy Strait Vodka

.5 oz Dry Vermouth

.25 Olive Juice (optional) 

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir until well chilled. Strain into a Martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist or olive. 

Moscow Mule 

2 oz Icy Strait Vodka

.5 oz fresh lime Juice

Ginger Beer 

Build in a metal mule mug over ice and top with premium ginger beer. Stir gently. Garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy! 

Cosmo 

2 oz Icy Strait Vodka

1 oz orange liqueur

1 oz fresh lime juice

1 oz cranberry juice 

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake until chilled. Double strain into a Martini glass and garnish with a lime twist.

Razzle Dazzle 

1oz Strawberry Infused Icy Strait Vodka

.75 oz Raspberry liqueur

.5 oz fresh lemon juice

.25 oz simple syrup

3 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Build ingredients  in a Collins glass over ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with 2 lemon wheels in glass and strawberry on rim. 

Watermelon Mint Lemonade 

1.5 oz Icy Strait Vodka

.5 oz Watermelon Mint Cordial*

.5 oz Lemon Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a rocks glass, add a splash of sparkling water, and garnish with a watermelon slice! 

Watermelon Mint Cordial

Cut up 1 medium size watermelon into cubes, removing all the rind.  Place cubed watermelon into a large bowl.  Add a few handfuls of fresh mint.  Add 5 cups of sugar to the bowl and stir to incorporate.  Stir occasionally over the next 24 hours to make sure sugar all dissolves.  Mash the ingredients to extract all the remaining juices from watermelon and strain before using. Will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. 

Lavender Fizz

1.5 oz Icy Strait Vodka

.5 oz Lavender Syrup

.5 oz Lemon Juice

Build in a highball glass over ice. Top off with sparkling water and stir. Garnish with a dehydrated lemon wheel and enjoy!