Screwdriver Julius

2 oranges4 ounces vodka1/4 cup milk1 teaspoon vanilla2 tablespoons sugar2 tablespoons pasteurized egg white3/4 cup crushed ice
Cut the ends off of the oranges and squeeze the juice into a blender.Add all of the other ingredients, except the ice, and blend on high for 10 seconds.Add the ice to the blender and blend until smooth.Serve in the hollowed out orange rinds. The oranges don't hold much, so you will either have lots of refills, or you can just use a chilled glass.

How to make a Shirley Temple.

Step 1: Ice

First put 3 to 4 ice cubes in your glass.

Step 2: Pop

Fill the cup almost all full of 7-Up or Ginger Ale.

Step 3: Grenadine

Thirdly you put as much grenadine as you would like. Some people like it a lot and some people don't like much at all.

Step 4: Cherrries

Fourthly you can either put cherries or a slice or orange into your drink.

Step 5: Conclucion

Enjoy your Shirley Temple!

The Russian Holiday Cocktail

Step 1: Ingredients

- 30mL Vanilla Vodka (I use Absolut but any brand will do) - 30mL Malibu (White coconut rum) - A swirl of lime cordial (Try and get good quality cordial. 'Green' flavour will not do) - Crushed Ice- Enough Sprite for the rest of the glass - The glass itself! (Preferably tall)

Step 2: Be Cool

Add some crushed ice to the glass. Ice cubes will work too but I think it looks better crushed.

Step 3: When God gives you limes...

Swirl some lime cordial into the glass. 
Be careful not to use too much cordial. It's very strong so if used in large amounts it can be overpowering.

Step 4: Add Liquor

Now add to the drink the 30mL of Malibu and the 30mL of vanilla vodka. 
Fill the rest of the glass up with Sprite (or similar soft drink).

Step 5: Enjoy!

Serve this to you and your friends at a party or other gathering of like-minded souls! 
Remember. Enjoy responsibly and don't drink if you're under the legal drinking age. 
Have fun!

Strawberry Delight Drink for One

Step 1: Prep Strawberries

The first thing I did was wash the strawberries and cut them up into smaller pieces to make it easier for my blender.  I also cut a piece out of one of the strawberries to make a garnish for my drink.

Step 2: Blending

I put all the ingredients (cream cheese, strawberries, ice cream, & vodka) in the blender and blended until well mixed.

Step 3: Pour and Drink On Up!

I poured the drink into a glass and added a strawberry for the garnish.
Now if I can just keep someone's hands off the next one I make or maybe I will be nice and double the recipe!

White Mexican Cocktail | El Guero

If you're a fan of White Russians and tequila, you've just met your new favorite drink.  Submitted byShadyLogic, I give you El Guero.
"This drink was invented one night when a bottle of tequila was mistaken for vodka. We ended up drinking two or three "White Russians" before we realized our mistake, but by then it was too late. We had invented the White Mexican. And it was delicious."
Ingredients:

• 1oz White Tequila

• 1oz Kahlua

• 3oz Whole Milk

• 1oz Heavy Cream

Directions:
Step 1: Drink enough that you can't recognize the difference between vodka and tequila.
Step 2: Decide to make a White Russian.
Step 3: Combine ingredients in a glass.
Step 4: Realize your mistake after having drunk several cocktails.

Rose Milk Russian

An Indian twist on a classic cocktail, the rose milk Russian consists of:

• 1 oz. vodka

• 1 oz. Kahlua

• 2 oz. milk

• 1/2 oz. rose syrup (you can find it at an Indian or Middle Eastern store)

Stir and enjoy!

VooDew (VodkaDew)

Dark Berry mountain dew - 6-8 ozVodka - 2 shotsice - 3 cubes
Mix ingredients in a tall glass and enjoy!

How to make Skittle infused Vodka

Step 1: Step 1

What you need:

Skittles (half a cup or so)
Contain with a tight fitting lid, tupperware or mason jar, whatever you have laying around is fine.
Vodka!

Step 2: Step 2

A picture says a thousand words.  Simply Pour your skittles into your container.

Step 3: Step 3

If a picture says a thousand words a moving one says a million.  Pour your vodka in with your skittles filling it up to the top.

Step 4: Step 4

Seal your lid extra tight and give the jar a good shake.  Look! It's already turning green! Place your jar in the fridge for at least four hours.  The longer you let it sit the strong it will taste like skittles though.  I had mine sitting in my fridge for 3 days.  The longer you let it sit, the more the skittles dissolve. So if you desire to, I suppose you could let it sit in the fridge until the skittles are complete dissolved.

Step 5: Step 5

Last step here we go: After letting it sit for the time you'd like, strain it into another container.  It will be a good solid green color (or whatever color skittles you used).  This works great for drinks that you want to be a certain color, but don't have the color liqueur to match.  I'll be updating my blog with a great slime green cocktail very soon so keep an eye out. ;)

Drunken Gummies (Vodka-Infused Gummi Bears)

Step 1: Prepare materials and get them soakin'!

This Instructable takes a bit more than a week to complete, but the end result is certainly worth it! 
You will need:
- 1 1/2 cups of vodka (can use more or less if desired)- 1 tub of gummi bear candies, plastic with lid (about 1kg. Tub found at Wal-mart)- 1 can of frozen juice concentrate, any flavour desired (I used fruit punch.)
You can keep the juice frozen for now, as you will not need it for a few days.
- First step is to open the lid of your gummi bears and pour in the vodka. The amount and brand is at your discretion, though I have found 1.5 cups of Smirnoff vodka to be the best. I have tried this with raspberry vodka as well, with pleasurable results. Basically, pour the vodka into the packed bears until the alcohol barely peeks over the top. 
- Give your newly introduced gummi-bears and vodka a stir, and replace the lid. Place the whole tub into the fridge. 
- Let this sit for five days, stirring a couple of times each day. 

Step 2: I've created a monster!.... I've created 500 monsters!

After five days, much of your vodka will have been soaked into the bears and they may have gone through a significant growth spurt, as shown in the photo. Now is the time for the juice to be added.
The purpose of the juice is to mask the strong vodka taste that exists in these candies. 
- Place a thawed can of frozen juice into a mixing container, and add only HALF of the required water. - Pour one cup of partially diluted juice into the tub of bears, stirring very well.- Replace the lid and place back in the refrigerator.

Step 3: Wait for it....

Let the bears sit in their juice and whatever vodka is left, for FOUR more days. This is essential because otherwise they will have a hard middle or will taste too much like vodka. Resist the urge to taste test! 
Stir twice a day to prevent sticking.

Step 4: Finally, our lovely mutants!

Your gummi bears are finally finished! If there is a lot of excess juice/vodka resting in the bottom, you may drain it or leave it in to be further absorbed by the bears as they rest.
Remember to return to the fridge if they are not all eaten -- which rarely happens! Be ready for the rush and eat these carefully as they can be pretty potent!
'PLEASE USE RESPONSIBLY AND LEGALLY!!!

How To Make Candy Corn Infused Vodka

Step 1: What you need

The nice thing about this little recipe is that you can really make how ever littler or however much you'd like.  I used a 1/2 cup of each, but if you'd like less, or if you'd like more it is entirely up to you. :)
1 part candy corn
1 part Vodka (try not to use bottom shelf)
1 tupperware container with a tight fitting lid - a size large enough to accomodate your concoctions

Step 2: Mix Time

Pour your candy corn in your tupperware container, and then pour the vodka in on top.  Easy peasey lemon squeezy.

Step 3: Cover and Store

Cover your mixture *tightly* and shake it a little bit.  Place it in the fridge and let it sit for about 4 hours.

Step 4: Last Step

After about four hours your mixture is going to look orange!  Open it up and pour the mixture through a strainer to get rid of the candy corn and bits. There you have it -  Candy Corn Infused Vodka.  The amount I made with make about 2 candy corn cocktails which I'll go over in another post ;)

Infuse Vodka, Rum or Gin.

Step 1: What?

Your vodka should at least be something like Absolut or possibly even Smirnoff, but I wouldn't buy that. I recommend Wyborowa, it's cheap enough to infuse but you wouldn't mind drinking it anyway. Infusing started whenever it did to mask the impurities of badly made vodka, so keep in mind this is not something like Kettle One or Belvedere.

Commonly added ingredients are:
Whole red chilli - Very easy, just make a vertical cut up the chilli to let some of the flavour out but you don't want seeds getting out, and leave for a week. Looks good too.
Black pepper corns - Nice earthy spice compared to chilli, use about a cup. Works well infused with Gin instead of vodka.
Vanilla pods - Fresh pods normally come in a vile of two, drop them in the bottle and 1 or 2 weeks later, delicious.
Fruits and Vegetables - Can be nice, but not really my bag. They go mushy probably.
Star Anise - Very powerful. Up to a week, try it after 2 days though and use your own judgement. Try infusing with rum.
Dried Bananas for rum. yum. 
Or Anything you want!

Step 2: How much?

My bottle is a 1 liter bottle so I put more basil in than I would for a 750ml bottle (as most bottles are sized). But to know how much to put in is just a matter of experience, like cooking. Just do what you think. But don't be shy.

Step 3: How long?

Depending on the strength or intensity of your added ingredient you want to leave in the bottle between 1 and two weeks. But I have heard of people just leaving it for 1 or 2 days so it's best to just try it every day and see for your self. My basil is starting to look a bit brown and I'm not sure how much flavour the leaves have at this stage. If I could be bothered or had more basil I should decanter it and put fresh basil in.

Step 4: Decanter

Pour your infused vodka through a sieve and funnel into another bottle, make sure you get all the little bits out. Drink!

How To Make Limoncello

Step 1: Overview

So, how do you make this wonderful stuff? The ingredients are as follows:
1 750 mL bottle of grain alcohol ( Everclear or similar, also known as rectified spirit--as long as it's potable, strong, and unflavored you'll be fine)Zest of 8 lemonsSugarWater
Simple, yes? Oh, you'll also need a glass jar in which to keep the stuff. Be sure you have lots of spare room, as you'll add more liquid later. Mine is two liters, and works great.
You want to get the strongest alcohol you can get your hands on. Vodka, even the 100 proof stuff, isn't sufficient. In some states, such as Nevada, you can get 190-proof Everclear, which is 95% ethyl alcohol. Alas, California isn't one of them, so I'll make do with 151 proof (75.5% alcohol, which is still pretty stiff). You can as well, but go with the high-test if you get it. You'll dilute it down to something drinkable later; right now we need a strong but potable nonpolar solvent, and high-proof alcohol fits the bill. I understand an old catalog came with a disclaimer that Everclear was to be used "for the production of homemade cordials," or some such, which is exactly what you're doing here.

Step 2: Prepare the lemon zest

First, wash the lemons thoroughly. A produce brush helps a lot with this. Some folks use a special-purpose fruit and vegetable wash solution to get them super-clean, but I've never been one for such luxuries.
Next, zest the lemons. For those of you who aren't familiar with the process, lemon peel consists of two layers: zest and pith. The pith is the inner, white part, and the zest is the outer, yellow part. You only want the zest, because the pith is bitter and will impart that bitterness to your limoncello. Therefore, be careful that you don't get any bits of white in your zest.
There are a lot of ways to zest lemons. Going from low-tech to high, they're as follows:
A knife. You can zest lemons with a knife, but it needs to be small and very sharp, and you need to be careful with it. Blood in your limoncello is not cool, no matter how much of a goth you are.
A potato peeler. Some people like these, but they probably have sharper potato peelers than I do. The first time I made this stuff, I tried this but then switched to a (just-sharpened) knife. Then I bought . . .
A lemon zester. Mine's a knock-off of a nice ergonomic model from Zyliss and also includes a channel knife so you can make twists too.
A Microplane or similar fine grater. This might be the ultimate zesting tool--I've heard people say they make it much easier, and they certainly look like they would, but I don't have enough use for one to justify dropping $15 or $20 on it. (Edit: On the recommendation of nattles, below, I have purchased a Microplane grating rasp, and it is everything a grater should be. Strongly recommended.)
Keep in mind that smaller bits of zest will give you more surface area, and therefore more chance for the lemon oils to dissolve into the alcohol. Knives and potato peelers will each give you little chips of zest, whereas the zester will give you thin strips, and the Microplane very tiny shreds. I'd go for the lemon zester if you didn't have anything more specialized; it should only cost five bucks or thereabouts. Or if you want to splash out a bit more, get a Microplane rasp.

Step 3: Add the alcohol and wait

Next, pour the alcohol over the zest and wait a month or so. Keep the jar in a cool, dark place, and shake it every so often to mix the lemon zest around. In the meantime, maybe you could make lemonade or lemon chicken or something with all the lemons you have. Be advised that they'll spoil much sooner without their zest, so you'd better get to juicing pretty quickly.

Step 4: Remove the lemon zest

OK! It's been a month or so, and the alcohol has taken on a very bright yellow color. This is just what we want--it shows us that the lemon oils have left the zest and entered the liquid. Now it's time to take out the lemon zest. If it's done, the booze should be lemony and the zest very pale and somewhat more brittle. This is about right.

Step 5: Dilute, sweeten, and enjoy!

Remember when I said we'd dilute it down to something more reasonable? Now's the time. I used 4 cups of water and 2-1/2 of sugar, which is a decent starting point. You may want to add a bit more sugar-water if you used the high-test Nevada Everclear instead of the weak stuff we get here in the California Republic, but it's easy enough to adjust the strength later. (Edit: I have a batch in now that I'm planning on preparing according to Alain80's recommendation below of a 1:1:1: ratio of alcohol to water to sugar (one gram of sugar per one milliliter of water/alcohol). I'll post my results here once it's done.)
Anyway, heat the water on the stove and stir in the sugar. You don't need to boil the water, but you do need to get it hot enough so the sugar dissolves. Stir it frequently until it turns clear. The sugar-water will be markedly more refractive than plain water, because of all the dissolved sugar, but you should be able to see the bottom of the pan clearly.
There's an argument that I should have taken pictures of making the syrup for completeness, but dissolving white powder in clear liquid to make another clear liquid is the sort of thing even the dimmest Photo 102 student would recognize as "not visually interesting." My pedantic side demanded one, though, so it's in this batch as well.
In any event, that's it! You can drink it as it is, but it'll improve with a month or so of sitting. It won't freeze unless you added a lot of water, so feel free to keep it in the freezer. Good luck!

Caipiroska

Step 1: What you will need:

Ingredients:

•  40-50 ml  Vodka

• Lime cut into wedges              

• 2  teaspoons brown / cane sugar         

• Crushed Ice

        You will also need:

• A muddler or a wooden spoon

•  A sharp knife and a cutting board

• A measuring cup

• A glass ( Old Fashioned, Casablanca or Highball)

• Two straws ( optional)

Step 2: Preparation

Very easy to make:

       1. Place 3-4 lime wedges ( half lime) and the 2 teaspoons sugar in you glass.
       2. Mash the two ingredients together, but be careful !  Don't mash them too long or you'll "scratch" the lime's peel, which will                                     than give a bitter taste. We don't want that!
       3. Fill the glass with crushed ice.
       4. Add the Vodka ( 40-50 ml ).
       5. Garnish: A lime wedge and two straws.

Step 3: Enjoy!

Relax and enjoy your perfect Caipiroska!


           Hope you like it !

Distill Vodka To Make Everclear

Step 1: Materials

Materials:1. Hotplate2. stand to hold beaker (optional)3. Glass beaker4. Collection cup5. Glass tubes6. thermometer (preferably one with a broad range)7. Rubber Cork (with holes to allow for tubes and thermometer)8. Ice (or other means of cooling)9. Vodka

Step 2: Build Basic Distillation Setup

Build Basic Distillation Setup1. Plug the top of the beaker with the cork.2. Insert thermometer and tube (leading to the collection cup)3. If you have the stand then use it to hold the beaker over the hotplate (or on it)4. Set up the collection cup and the tube leading to it with your cooling system (or have the ice on stand-by).

Step 3: Operation

Operation1. Fill beaker with vodka2. Turn on hotplate3. When thermonitor reaches about 174.5 degrees fairenhiet (the thermonitor should be positioned at the top) then your cooling system should be condensing the alcohol (of if your using ice, then you should be franticly trying to cool down the tube)4. when the vodka stops boiling but remains at 174.5 degrees (at the top) then turn off the hot plate and let cool.5. When the beaker is cool, taste the vodka in the beaker to see if it still has alcohol, if so, repeat process. 

Step 4: Storage

StorageKeep everclear in an air-tight container (to prevent loss of alcohol).

Step 5: Uses

Despite the obvious use (getting drunk), ever clear has many more uses.
1. Making an extract
methods may very for this, but alcohol is a very good solvent and this type of alcohol is safe for human consumption (in small amounts). You can make the extract stronger by putting it back in the distillation set up (to minimize alcohol loss), but be careful, if you let the extract get to hot, or if it dries out you'll have a mess to clean up.
2. Drying wet clothes
I know this works with pure alcohol, but I'm sure 95% will suffice. Simply soak the wet cloth in the alcohol and let the fumes evaporate. To me, this seems like a waste (I've never personally tried this) and I can think of better uses then this.
3. Cleaning
Because it's a good solvent, that means that it is great for cleaning, but you can buy rubbing alcohol for cheaper than you can make this, so I strongly recommend taking that option instead.
4. Making flavoring for candy
Make an extract (test the taste by adding a drop of it to a glass of water.) and use it as flavoring when making hard candy, gummy candy, suckers, lollipops (I'm not sure if there is a difference between suckers and lollipops), taffy, any tasty confection you can think of! Well, OK, maybe not chocolate...
5. Whatever else you can think of!
Get creative! If you find a good use let me know.

Pear Vodka

I live in upstate New York where pears come into season in the late summer early fall. This pear vodka is a great way to extend the flavor of pear into the winter season. 
Fill a jar with pears (halved or whole).Fill jar to the top with vodka.Cover jar and store in cool dry place for 6 months.Remove and discard pears.Enjoy.