How to Make Your Own Flavored Liquors
Infused Liquor Party Favors
As easy as mixing together a few common kitchen ingredients with standard liquors, these three festive flavors make delicious holiday cocktails and party favors.
Learn how to make three types of infused liquors: ginger-anise vodka, hot and spicy vodka and vanilla-cinnamon bourbon.
Materials Needed:
- 7-ounce clear glass, swing-top bottles
- vodka of your choice
- bourbon of your choice
- anise pods
- fresh ginger
- vanilla beans
- cinnamon
- a variety of hot peppers (like jalapeno, habanero and serrano)
- Download: Infused Liquor Label Printable
Print and Attach Labels
Print out the Flavor-Infused Liquors Printable Labels onto a sheet of 2-inch by 2-inch clear labels. Apply the title label to the front of the bottle and the drink recipe label onto the back.
Add Labels to Flavored Liquor Bottles
When making homemade flavors liquors, be sure to apply the title label to the front of the bottle and the drink recipe label onto the back.
Gather and Prep Ingredients
For each 7-ounce bottle of infused liquor, you'll need the following:
Ginger Anise Vodka
3 anise pods
1 tablespoon slivered ginger
7 ounces vodka
Hot and Spicy Vodka
3 hot peppers of your choice, sliced vertically
7 ounces vodka
Vanilla Cinnamon Bourbon
1 vanilla bean, sliced vertically
2 cinnamon sticks
7 ounces bourbon
Make all three types, or multiply the recipe for one type times the number of bottles you want to make.
Ingredients for Infused Liquor
For 7-ounce bottles of infused liquor, you'll need the following: For Ginger Anise Vodka: 3 anise pods, 1 tablespoon slivered ginger, 7 ounces vodka; for Hot and Spicy Vodka: 3 hot peppers of your choice, sliced vertically, 7 ounces vodka; for Vanilla Cinnamon Bourbon: 1 vanilla bean, sliced vertically, 2 cinnamon sticks, 7 ounces bourbon. Make all three types, or multiply the recipe for one type times the number of bottles you want to make.
Ingredients for Ginger Anise Vodka
For 7-ounce bottles of infused liquor, you'll need 3 anise pods, 1 tablespoon slivered ginger, 7 ounces vodka. Add the ingredients to each bottle, and then fill the bottle with vodka or bourbon. Wait at least two weeks and up to a month before drinking.
Add Ingredients to Bottles
Add the ingredients to each bottle, then fill the bottle with vodka or bourbon.
How to Make Ginger Anise Vodka
For 7-ounce bottles of infused liquor, 3 anise pods, 1 tablespoon slivered ginger, 7 ounces vodka. Add the ingredients to each bottle, and then fill the bottle with vodka or bourbon.
Making Ginger Anise Vodka
For 7-ounce bottles of infused liquor, you'll need 3 anise pods, 1 tablespoon slivered ginger, 7 ounces vodka. Add the ingredients to each bottle, and then fill the bottle with vodka.
Steep The Liquors
Now it's time to let the flavors you've added infuse into the liquors. Wait at least two weeks and up to a month before drinking.
Homemade Ginger Anise Vodka
For 7-ounce bottles of infused liquor, you'll need 3 anise pods, 1 tablespoon slivered ginger, 7 ounces vodka. Add the ingredients to each bottle, and then fill the bottle with vodka or bourbon. Wait at least two weeks and up to a month before drinking.
Mix Into Holiday Cocktails
Use the liquors as party favors, or as the secret ingredient in the signature holiday cocktails printed on each label:
Fall Harvest (shown below)
1 ounce ginger-anise vodka
5 ounces hot apple cider
squeeze of lemon juice
dash of cinnamon
Stir to combine. Garnish with anise pods.
Sizzling Mary
5 ounces tomato juice
3 ounces spicy vodka
dash Worcestershire sauce
squeeze of lime
salt and pepper
Shake with ice. Garnish with a celery spear or pickled okra.
The Cozy Night
1 ounce vanilla-cinnamon bourbon
1 ounce hazelnut liqueur
3 ounces milk
Shake with ice. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Infused Vodka and Fall Harvest Cocktail
For 7-ounce bottles of infused liquor, you'll need 3 anise pods, 1 tablespoon slivered ginger, 7 ounces vodka. Add the ingredients to each bottle, and then fill the bottle with vodka or bourbon. Wait at least two weeks and up to a month before drinking. For the Fall Harvest seen here, combine 1 ounce ginger-anise vodka, 5 ounces hot apple cider, squeeze of lemon juice, and a dash of cinnamon. Stir to combine. Garnish with anise pods.
Homemade Infused Liquors
As easy as mixing together a few common kitchen ingredients with standard liquors, these three festive flavors make delicious holiday cocktails (and party favors.)
