This Rose Vodka Tonic is a delicious upgrade on the classic Vodka Tonic mixed drink! With Rose Liqueur, it\u2019s delicately floral and perfect for bridal and baby showers, brunch, and Mother\u2019s Day! This easy mixed drink is one of my favourite vodka tonic recipe variations, and is so easy to make. This amazing Rose Vodka Tonic cocktail is to celebrate an even more amazing blogger, Meghan from Fox and Briar<\/a>, and the birth of her beautiful baby boy! Welcome to Fox and Briar\u2019s<\/a> Virtual Baby Shower!<\/span><\/p>\n Jump to the Recipe<\/a>\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t discovered Meghan\u2019s blog yet, stop what you\u2019re doing and head over now \u2013 if you love good food that is easy to make (who doesn\u2019t?!), Fox and Briar<\/a> is the blog for you! From tacos<\/a>, to breakfast<\/a>, to cocktails<\/a>, to desserts<\/a>, and more! Today, some amazing bloggers and I are celebrating Meghan and the birth of her baby boy (make sure you check out the other\u2019s bloggers recipe at the end of this post) with a Virtual Baby Shower Brunch! Since we can\u2019t throw her one in person, and we really wanted mark this wonderful occasion, a Virtual Baby Shower seemed like the next best thing. As a food blogger, and a woman, I am so grateful to have these wonderful ladies in my life to support me and and lift me up (in both blog life and the rest of my life) \u2013 I honestly couldn\u2019t do this blogging thing without them! So, when one of our own brings a new life into the world, we have to celebrate together! <\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations Meghan and Mr Briar, you\u2019re going to make the best parents, and we sure know this little bundle of cuteness is going to be fed very well!<\/span><\/p>\n Recipes from Fox and Briar!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Clockwise L-R:<\/p>\n For Fox and Briar\u2019s Virtual Baby Shower Brunch I went with what I know best, cocktails! Because what is a brunch without a cocktail?! And what better way to celebrate giving birth than finally having a drop of booze! So I made a very pretty in pink Ro0se Vodka Tonic, it\u2019s girly, floral, and oh-so-delicious \u2013 and I\u2019m excited to raise a glass of this Rose Vodka Tonic to toast Meghan\u2019s beautiful baby boy and her journey into motherhood! <\/span><\/p>\n Fancy cocktails with varying special ingredients are wonderful, they\u2019re a great way to play with flavours and really take an event to the next level, but sometimes the simplicity of a mixed drink is all you need, and with this vodka tonic recipe variation it will feel just as fancy as any cocktail. This rose vodka tonic only needs one additional ingredient to take it from a regular mixed drink, to something really special.<\/span><\/p>\n Because this Rose Vodka Tonic is so simple, it really needs to be done well. I know what you\u2019re thinking, how hard can it be to mix a vodka tonic \u2013 and the answer is not very hard at all, as long as you know what you\u2019re doing. When it comes to making cocktails, I will always advise to use the best quality ingredients because it does make a difference, but this is extra important when it comes to something as simple as vodka tonic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Looking for more simple Brunch cocktails? Check out Fox and Briar\u2019s Ros\u00e9 Raspberry Sorbet Mimosa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The minimal ingredients in a Rose Vodka Tonic mean each part really has the opportunity to shine, so you need to ensure you use good quality ingredients if you want a good quality vodka tonic! We start with the vodka \u2013 using a good quality vodka is so important for your final drink, and what type of vodka you usually mostly depends on preference. For me, I will pretty much never use Russian vodka in any of my drinks, it just has no taste or personality to it and is just very harsh, it\u2019s only real use is for making homemade liqueur and infused vodka. Polish vodka is my vodka of choice, Belvedere being my favourite brand. Polish vodka has much more personality to it, and a smooth taste \u2013 it can have a lot of different floral, almond, and vanilla undertones depending on the brand, and it is usually made from rye. As I said, Belvedere is my Polish vodka brand of choice, but it can be a bit on the pricey side depending on where you live (oddly, it\u2019s usually cheaper in the US than in the UK). Zubrowka is another favourite Polish vodka of mine and it\u2019s much more budget friendly, it\u2019s made with Bison Grass and has a smooth taste, with some herbal notes. If you\u2019re somebody who has always thought they didn\u2019t like vodka, I recommend giving Polish vodka a try, you may be pleasantly surprised! As well as Polish vodkas, French vodkas such as Grey Goose or Ciroc are, while not my preference, objectively good choices. Texas also make a pretty good vodka called Tito\u2019s and is a pretty decent price (although you may have trouble finding it in the UK).<\/span><\/p>\n Frisky Summer Punch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The tonic water you use in a vodka tonic is, perhaps, more important than the vodka as it makes up more of the drink. I cannot stress enough how important a good quality tonic is in order to make a delicious vodka tonic \u2013 something cheap like Schweppes is just all sugar and nothing good. My personal recommendations for tonic are either Fever Tree or\u00a0\u00a0Fentimans, you\u2019ll pay a little more but it is definitely worth it. As for the vodka tonic ratio, this is mostly a matter of preference \u2013 but although you\u2019ll want to use more tonic than vodka, you don\u2019t want to completely hide the vodka under a waterfall of tonic, don\u2019t hide that vodka! The vodka tonic ratio I like to go for is 1:2 \u2013 for every shot of vodka, I use two shots of tonic, and this is the ratio this Rose Vodka Tonic recipe uses. If you\u2019re unsure, I recommend starting off with this ratio and then you can add a little more tonic as needed to suit your tastes.<\/span><\/p>\n This Rose Vodka Tonic obviously does not just stop at the vodka tonic ingredients, we are elevating this classic mixed drink with some rose liqueur. Rose liqueur is something you can easily make at home, but I\u2019ve not done so yet \u2013 once I have, I\u2019ll be linking to the recipe in this post. For now, I use this brand<\/a>\u00a0{affiliate link}<\/em> which I really like. The addition of rose liqueur seems so obvious, I can\u2019t believe it took me so long to try it \u2013 the delicate floral notes really marry well with the smooth vodka and bitter tonic. Of course, any good vodka tonic needs a garnish \u2013 I usually go for a lime wedge over lemon, but in this Rose Vodka Tonic a lemon wheel is definitely the better choice as that mild tartness it adds really works well with the floral rose liqueur.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 This Rose Vodka Tonic is a great mixed drink to serve at any time (it\u2019s been my Friday night choice of libation for a couple weeks now), but it\u2019s particularly suited to special occasions due to how pretty it is, it\u2019s really special flavours, and the fact it is so simple to make! The gorgeous colour and delicate floralness (totally a word) makes it perfect to serve at Fox and Briar\u2019s <\/a>Virtual Baby Shower. Plus, compared to a lot of your fancy cocktails with sugar syrups or fruit juices, the Rose Vodka Tonic calories are pretty on the low side \u2013 this Rose Vodka Tonic comes in at approximately 215 calories. So, without further ado, let\u2019s get mixing!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Author<\/span> Michelle<\/span><\/p>\n Yield<\/span> 1<\/span> drinks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This Rose Vodka Tonic is a delicious upgrade on the classic Vodka Tonic mixed drink! With Rose Liqueur, it\u2019s delicately floral and perfect for bridal and baby showers, brunch, and Mother\u2019s Day!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Calories are an estimate generated by a third party app.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Courses<\/span> Brunch<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Rose](\"https:\/\/www.atipsygiraffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rose-vodka-tonic-cocktail-recipe-2.jpg\" "\\"This")
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