These vodka cocktail recipes will get you through the festive season

All of our Christmas parties have just been saved…

With Christmas drinks party season in full swing, finding a new cocktail to serve up is almost impossible.

Mulled wine? Been done. Sloe gin? We can’t take the hangovers. And don’t even get us started on Brandy!

Luckily our friends at Russian Standard Vodka have provided us with a solution, treating us to some vodka cocktail recipes to get us through the festive season - and seeing as their Russian Standard Gold won Silver at this year's Grocer Awards, we definitely trust them with our drinks menu.

Here are some of the most spectacular Christmas cocktails...

Russian Velvet recipe

Ingredients: 37ml Russian Standard Gold Vodka 1/2 a fresh passionfruit Juice of 3/4 of a fresh lemon 10ml sugar syrup 35ml quality passionfruit juice White of half an egg 12.5ml Passoa Liqueur Cubed ice

Method: Shake all ingredients excluding Passoa before straining over fresh ice. Float Passoa then garnish with mint and serve.

Holidays in Acapulco recipe

Ingredients: 50ml Russian Standard Gold Vodka 10ml Campari 15ml lime juice A pinch of salt 100ml Double Dutch pomegranate & basil

Method: Place all ingredients in the glass along with the ice. Pull together with a bar spoon before garnishing and serve.

Russian Mule recipe

Ingredients: 50ml Russian Standard Gold Vodka Half a fresh lime 100ml Double Dutch ginger beer Cubed ice

Method: Squeeze two lime wedges into the bottom of the mug then fill to the brim with cubed ice. Pour the Russian Standard Gold over the ice then add Double Dutch ginger beer. Squeeze one more lime wedge on top and discard before placing one un-squeezed wedge above the handle.

You look better in a bikini

Ingredients:

50ml Russian Standard Gold Vodka 15ml lemon tea syrup 100ml Double Dutch cucumber and watermelon

Method:

Place all ingredients in the glass along with the ice. Pull together with a bar spoon before garnishing and serve.

If cocktail making isn’t for you - don’t panic!

Russian Standard Vodka are launching an exciting pop up ice bar just in time for Christmas and New Years so you can still have the opportunity to taste the perfect Russian Mule - just minus the hard work!

Inspired by the Ice Hotel, the pop up will be erected in London’s Babble City, set to run from 23rd December - 1st January.

Happy cocktail making!