Strawberry Liquor and Vodka. If are wondering why the Texas vodka looks like an aged drink – this is the infused vodka that I made (with Tito’s).

Finished the full cycle of infusing vodka with grapefruit and ginger. Decided to try out some vodka tonic with it. Can’t say it was a big hit. The bitterness showed thru too much and the ginger in tonic water mixing with ginger in the infusion was not a good idea. Will try with soda water tomorrow.

Used the grapefruit and ginger infused vodka to make the first cocktail. The color difference will tell you it is infused vodka and not flavored vodka – which would have been clean in color. Also, Tito’s does not have a brown color – that happened to be an empty bottle I had handy.

So, this has my first ever infused vodka with Angostura bitters, lime juice and tonic water.

As I watch my vodka get infused, made a Rye Whiskey cocktail. Is it a crime that I did this while talking to my dearest friend – Mark Meade from Lexington – the Mecca of Bourbon Whiskey?

Got grapefruit and ginger freeze dried. Put Tito’s in it. Will find out how this turns out…