Vodka Tonic
The Vodka Tonic is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 2 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 195 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassCollins
In the glass195 ml
Strength10.2%
Ingredients
- 50 mlvodka
- 120 mltonic water
Method
- Pour the vodka into an ice-filled collins glass.
- Top with tonic water and stir gently.
Garnish: Garnish with a lime wedge.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 1.5 out of 10 of bitterness, 29th of 186.
- round → sour
- It tends round: 137th of 186 for acidity, and what little acid there is comes from tonic water.
- light → strong
- Just 10.2% in the glass: lighter than 64% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on vodka.
Five that come close
- Gin TonicBuilt on gin and with gin in place of vodka.
- Spritz5 degrees lighter and built on vino.
- Suffering BastardSweeter and more sour.
- MojitoSweeter and 3 degrees lighter.
- BambooMore sour and 3 degrees stronger.
Every drink near the Vodka Tonic on the map
Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026