Today I am really interested to introduce you guys best drink hard seltzer recipes ever! But now, you can make it easily at home. Find out step by step to make your own hard seltzer drink!
What is Hard Seltzer Drink?
A mixture of sparkling water or tonic water, malt liquor, and natural flavorings like citrus or fresh herbs is hard seltzer (or spiked seltzer). Comparing hard seltzer cocktails to many other alcoholic beverages, they often have less sugar and calories.
In 2 years, Hard Seltzer is best selling product, more than alcoholic drinks due to the healthy behavior of customers. Now, you even don’t have to buy it on the shelf, you make it your own at home! Just need a bottle of alcohol, a can of soda drinks, your favorite fruits, and herb, mix it and you can enjoy it with your family and friends!
Why You Should Try To Make It At Home?
A wonderful “pantry” beverage
You can make homemade hard seltzers using ingredients you already have in your cupboard or refrigerator! All you need is vodka, citrus, herbs, and sparkling water (seltzer water). We have put together some delectable taste combinations, but feel free to get inventive and use any fruit you have on hand.
Simple to Make
Once you have acquired all of your materials, all that is left to do is shake them all together until they are thoroughly blended and chilled. After that, add seltzer to a glass of goods and sip.
Perfect for a pitcher or one drink
We can help you mix a single cocktail for yourself or a large pitcher for a large gathering. For single or double servings, follow the steps below.
Simply multiply the ingredients by 4 or 8 depending on how many servings you want to create if you want to make a pitcher of homemade hard seltzer. In the bottom of the pitcher filled with ice, combine all the ingredients (apart from the seltzer water).
Just before serving, stir in the seltzer water. Serve after combining all the ingredients with a spoon.
How to Make Hard Seltzer at Home
Let’s go over the components required in each of these recipes before diving into each specific flavor, so you can be ready when you start blending your best seltzer drink!
Choose the alcoholic drink
Malt liquor is typically used to make canned hard seltzer. Because vodka is readily available and goes well with a range of tastes, we chose to make these DIY hard seltzers with it.
What if you are not a big fan of vodka? Any alternatives? The answer is yes. You can choose Tequila or White Rum instead. This alcohol also can mix with many flavors that bring the best taste for you as well.
Choose the seltzer water
The “bubbles” in your homemade hard seltzer can be made from sparkling water, club soda, or seltzer water. They’ll all function perfectly nicely! Here are the three’s key distinctions from one another!
- Natural spring water is used to create sparkling water, which is effervescent due to naturally occurring minerals and occasionally contains additional carbon dioxide.
- Club soda is carbonated using potassium bicarbonate, potassium sulfate, and carbon dioxide. All of these components give any beverage a slightly salty bite.
- Seltzer is the base for beverages like LaCroix since it is carbonated with carbon dioxide.
Choose your fruits
We chose to include citrus in each of the flavors of our homemade hard seltzer. We took that step in order to make each hard seltzer tasty and refreshing. The ideal fruit juice is freshly squeezed citrus juice!
We also utilized fresh herbs from there. One of our favorite methods for enhancing the flavors of cocktails is by combining fresh juice and fresh herbs! Check out our strawberry vodka, rosemary vodka collins, or hibiscus Arnold Palmer.
Sweetener
In order to sweeten this beverage, we wanted to avoid using refined sugar and neither fake sugar nor stevia. For this reason, WANA suggests using honey simple syrup. It’s sweet, all-natural, and incredibly simple to create! Feel free to use agave in place of honey in that recipe.
3 Favorite Flavors
Lime & Mint
Legendary! Lime and mint is a fantastic and cooling combination. Key limes or regular limes are also acceptable, and you may use any variety of mint you have on hand.
Grapefruit
We are reminded of the wildly popular LaCroix flavor Pamplemousse by this homemade grapefruit seltzer. To give this recipe even more citrus flavor, we also add a small bit of lime juice. You can also add rosemary or any herbs to that glass.
Orange Ginger
This orange ginger hard seltzer is simultaneously sweet and spicy. Any happy hour you host will have a little more flair thanks to it! Here’s a tip: After thoroughly mixing all the ingredients, pour the mixture through a fine sieve to remove any ginger or orange pulp if you don’t want it in your drink.
How to make best seltzer drink
Ingredients
- Lime + Mint
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1.5 oz. fresh lime juice
- 2 lime wedges
- 2 tablespoons honey simple syrup
- 3 leaves fresh mint
- sparkling water for topping ~1/2 cup
- ice to taste
- garnish: fresh mint and lime wedges
Grapefruit
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1.5 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ice to taste
- sparkling water for topping ~1/2 cup
- garnish: grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary
Orange Ginger
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1.5 oz. fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- sparkling water for topping ~1/2 cup
- ice to taste
- garnish: orange wedges
Instructions
Lime + Mint
- Start by adding lime juice, lime wedges, vodka, simple syrup, and fresh mint into a cocktail shaker and use a muddle to release the flavors from the mint leaves.
- Then, add a handful of ice and put the top onto the cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds to mix.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with more fresh mint and lime wedges.
Grapefruit
- Start off by adding vodka, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary.
Orange + Ginger
- Start off by pouring vodka, orange juice, grated ginger, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with orange wedges.
Hope it helps! Try it and come back to tell us how it tasted! Best drink hard seltzer ever!
