Strawberry Infused Vodka

Strawberry-infused vodka is so easy to make it tastes amazing. The strawberries give a delicious hint of sweet berry flavor, as well as amazing color.

Infusing spirits like vodka and gin with fruit is a great way to bring natural flavors and color. You can use fresh fruit or frozen too.

This strawberry vodka is a great way to brighten up your homemade vodka cocktails. Real strawberries bring light strawberry flavor and a beautiful red color. You can keep things really simple and just serve it with lemonade or club soda over ice, or in a more fancy cocktail recipe. This is summer perfection.

If you love strawberries, try this strawberry and basil syrup!

Ingredients

You only need 2 ingredients for this delicious infusion.

• Strawberries. The essential ingredient to bring the natural strawberry flavor without any artificial flavors. These can be fresh strawberries or frozen strawberries.
• Vodka. Unflavored vodka. The quality of vodka isn’t overly important as it’s being infused, but try to choose at least a middle-shelf variety.

See the recipe card for quantities.

Fresh berries or frozen berries.

What is best depends on the time of year. In summer, ripe strawberries can be at their best, juicy and sweet, but in the cooler months, frozen strawberries will trump the fresh ones.

Frozen strawberries are usually frozen at their peak ripeness and sweetness.

Instructions

There is very little work involved in making this homemade strawberry vodka recipe. You just need time as it needs a few days to infuse. Remove the strawberry tops and chop the strawberries into chunks. Add the sliced strawberries to a clean jar.

Pour vodka over the strawberries. Add on a sealed lid and give the jar a bit of a shake. Place the jar in a place out of direct sunlight.

For the next 3-4 days, store the vodka in a cool dark place and give the jar a little shake each day.

Straining the vodka

The total time needed for infusing depends on preference. After 3 days, have a taste test. If infused to your liking it can be strained. If not, you can leave it up to a week to infuse it even more. 

Balance a clean cloth or coffee filter over a bowl and strain out the strawberry infusion. Pour the vodka into a clean bottle, one with an airtight seal. (You could just reuse the original vodka bottle.) You can use a strainer to remove the berries too, but for a really clear liquid use a filter or cloth.

The boozy strawberries at leftover at the end don’t have great flavor anymore, but you could also try cooking them down with a little sugar to make a boozy fruit compote!

Variations

You can add in other flavors too! The type of fruit could be changed, or by adding extra flavors to the strawberries. 

• Lemon – add a few slivers of lemon rind to make strawberry lemon vodka
• Strawberry vanilla vodka – Scrape the seeds from a vanilla bean and muddle it along with the strawberries before adding the vodka. 
• Mint leaves – Fresh mint goes very well with strawberries. Try adding a few leaves of mint to the infusion.
• For other fruity vodkas – instead of strawberries, try vodka infusions with blueberries, feijoas, plums, raspberries or rhubarb to name a few.
• Sweeten it up – You can add in a little granulated sugar to enhance the natural sweetness of the strawberries.

Equipment

You will need a large glass jar with a tight fitting lid to infuse the vodka. Avoid using a plastic container for infusing, glass jars are always best. This avoids the chance of the taste of plastic seeping into the drink.

You will need a cheese cloth or a fine mesh strainer to remove the berries too.

Storage

This delicious flavored vodka can last in a sealed bottle or jar for up to 12 months in a cool place out of sunlight. If your room temperature is very warm it’s best stored in the refrigerator.

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