Vodka Soda
The Vodka Soda is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 2 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 241 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassCollins
In the glass241 ml
Strength9.9%
Ingredients
- 60 mlvodka
- 150 mlsoda water
Method
- Pour the vodka into an ice-filled collins glass.
- Top with soda water and stir gently.
Garnish: Garnish with a lime wedge.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 0.0 out of 10 of bitterness, 186th of 186.
- round → sour
- No citrus to wake it up: it arrives round, the 14th least sour of 186.
- light → strong
- Just 9.9% in the glass: lighter than 65% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
Its closest neighbour is the Dark ‘N’ Stormy: 89 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- Dark ‘N’ StormySweeter, more sour and 3 degrees stronger.
- SpritzMore sour and 5 degrees lighter.
- Vodka TonicMore bitter and more sour.
- AmericanoMore bitter and with more bitterness in it.
- MojitoMore sour and built on rum.
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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026