Vodka cocktails

Vodka has the least flavour of any spirit, and that is exactly why it works. Where gin and whiskey want to leave their mark, vodka steps aside and lets the rest come through clean: fresh citrus, coffee, cranberry, tomato. It has some character all the same. Rye gives it bite, wheat softness, potato body. It just never pushes the other ingredients around.

That makes vodka the easiest bottle to get right behind the bar. An Espresso Martini, a Moscow Mule or a Cosmopolitan pleases almost everyone. A clean, neutral vodka does the job; spend the money on what you can actually taste.