Name: Vanilla Laika
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vanilla vodka; 15 ml Blackberry liqueur; 10 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 75 ml Apple juice

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Vanilla flavoured vodka

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare seasonal berries for garnish.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with seasonal berries.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vanilla Laika contains 207 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.68% alc./vol. (19.35° proof)
16.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Laura Fancy 3y

This was actually a recipe to use up a bramble gin liquor I got given so less syrup like than creme de mure therefore increased to 30ml. As others said no syrup & I reduced apple juice to 40ml & added a few raspberries into shaker & garnish. So quite a few changes but the vanilla bramble apple combo works beautifully. Enjoy!

Sandip Gohil 5y

Okay, after a few of these, I've decided to to not use any simple syrup as the drink is sweet enough already without it.

I'm using Copella cloudy apple juice and maybe it's already sweeter hence my decision. Great drink, but I think the extra sweetness is a muchness. All the same amounts otherwise

Jon French 5y

Agreed. Depending on the apple juice, I'd dial back the sugar syrup to 5ml or zero.

Sandip Gohil 5y

Woof! What a great and refreshing drink. Fruity and with the vanilla flavour lingering. Can't taste the apple, but it adds a Robinsons cordial style body. Great stuff

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Vanilla Laika