Keep the familiar long-drink format, then give it more aroma, lime structure, and intention. Start with cucumber and mint or grapefruit and rose.
These are mixed, alcoholic highballs for the same moments when a vodka soda or hard seltzer might otherwise be the default. “Alternative” describes the format and drinking occasion, not nutritional equivalence.
Useful distinction: spirit + Cordial Craft + cold soda creates a cocktail. It is not a packaged hard seltzer, and its finished nutrition depends on every ingredient used.
Both highballs use 2 oz of the specified botanical spirit, 0.75 oz Cordial Craft, and about 5 oz cold soda. Choose cucumber and mint for a green, herbal finish, or grapefruit and rose for floral citrus.
Cucumber-mint botanicals and soda turn the usual vodka soda into something cooler, greener, and more aromatic.
Finish with a mint bouquet. A cucumber coin is optional.
Make the S.P.A. Highball
Grapefruit-and-rose botanicals, Cordial Craft, and soda make a floral highball that stays light on its feet.
Express a grapefruit twist over the surface, then garnish with the twist.
Make the Rose GardenNamed spirits identify the products used in these Cordial Craft builds. Cordial Craft is not affiliated with or endorsed by their owners.
The order is simple because carbonation is fragile. Build cleanly and stir only enough to integrate.
Cold spirit, cordial, soda, and glassware hold carbonation and reduce unnecessary dilution.
Add the specified spirit and Cordial Craft to the serving glass before the soda.
Use fresh ice and pour cold soda last so the bubbles remain lively.
Give the drink one gentle bottom-to-top lift, then add the recipe’s aromatic garnish.
The same specification can feel casual for one drink and controlled for a full service.
Build directly in a tall glass and let the garnish supply the first aroma.
Write one measured build and one garnish standard so the guest receives the same drink each time.
Watermelon vodka, Cordial Craft, and a slowly melting watermelon-juice rock make a juicy, lime-bright gimlet served straight up.
No. These are freshly mixed highballs: spirit, Cordial Craft, ice, and soda, with the flavor and garnish of each recipe. They offer the same long, sparkling refreshment in a made-to-order cocktail.
Yes. Plain vodka makes a simpler lime highball. The botanical vodkas in these recipes bring the cucumber, mint, or floral notes, so the flavor will change. Taste before adjusting the cordial.
