Sweet, tart and not too boozy, this easy vodka Ruby Red Cosmo Cocktail recipe is just right for a holiday or winter party.

Ruby Red Cosmopolitan cocktail in a cocktail glass with garnish

This is the season for gifts, and I have one for you today!! I bring you the Ruby Red Cosmopolitan Cocktail made with my favorite flavored vodka - Deep Eddy Ruby Red. If you've been reading for a while, I introduced "y'all" to Deep Eddy Vodka with my Ruby Red Moscow Mule.

While the Ruby Red Moscow Mule is good any time of year, I wanted something a bit more festive in keeping with the holiday season and so a Cosmo seemed a fabulous choice.

This Ruby Red Cosmopolitan Cocktail is light, sweet, tart and refreshing - making it a great choice for holiday parties when you don't want to be the one with the lampshade on your head!!

Ruby Red Cosmopolitan Cocktail - focussing on the garnish

Ruby Red Cosmopolitan Cocktail in two glasses

Ruby Red Cosmo Cocktail

Cosmos, popularized by Sex in the City, was the drink of the 1990's - and like many things from the 1990's have fallen out of fashion. But unlike some bands (that shall remain nameless) this wasn't necessarily a good thing. A Cosmo is really just a vodka sour - easy to make and easy to drink and cocktails that definitely belong on your drink menu!

Ingredients you will need:

Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodka
fresh lime juice
Triple Sec (I used Cointreau)
Cranberry Juice

How to Make the Ruby Red Cosmo:

Combine the vodka, lime juice, triple sec and cranberry juice in a shaker.
Fill ⅔rd's full with ice and shake.
Pour into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish.

Tips for Making the Ruby Red Cosmopolitan Cocktail for a party:

Estimate how many cocktails you'll make for the party.
Calculate how many ounces of the Ruby Red Vodka and Triple Sec and combine in a nice container (tip: save nice looking empty liquor bottles and soak off the labels to use as decanters).
Squeeze enough lime juice, measure and combine with the cranberry juice. Add to a nice looking container.
Set both out on your bar and make sure to have plenty of ice and glasses. For best results, store your glasses in the refrigerator for a nice, cold cocktail!
Assemble your garnishes in advance and refrigerate with a damp paper towel over them.
Just before the party begins, set out the garnishes and your mixing tin and shot glass.

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📖Recipe

Ruby Red Cosmpolitan Cocktail

Sweet, tart and not too boozy, this easy vodka Ruby Red Cosmopolitan Cocktail recipe is just right for a holiday or winter party.

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Course: cocktail

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings:

Calories: 161kcal

Author: Nancy Buchanan

Equipment

cocktail shaker
Jigger

Ingredients

1 ½ oz. Ruby Red grapefruit Vodka I used Deep Eddy's
½ oz. Cointreau
¾ oz. fresh lime juice
1 oz. cranberry juice
3 fresh cranberries optional

Instructions

Combine the vodka, Cointreau, fresh lime juice and cranberry juice in a mixing tin. Add ice.
Fill the shaker ⅔rd's full of ice.
Shake for 10 - 15 seconds until cold.

For the Garnish:

Using a channel knife, cut a large lime twist.
Twist around a cocktail pick and slide off.
Thread 3 fresh cranberries onto the cocktail pick and wind the lime twist between the cranberries.

Nutrition

Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Sodium: 2mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin C: 9mg

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