Cider + Soda Drink Recipes

Cider + Soda Drink Recipes

Our new Hard Cider Making & Homemade Fermented Soda class is coming up soon and we thought that a few cocktail recipes are in order. Hard cider is the new beverage du jour, but unfortunately, many of the brands hitting the stores taste like Fizzies. (But do we really need to tell you how much better things taste when you make them yourself?)

New sodas are also hitting the shelves, though mostly at stores that have the words “Larder,” “Provisions,” or an ampersand (&) in their names. Homemade soda is still the best non-alcoholic sparkler we’ve ever tasted. Once you learn how to make your own with a “ginger-bug” starter, you can begin inventing a myriad of flavors. The recipes that follow include some that feature sodas as well.

THE SNAKEBITE

We’ll start with the simplest one first, from Saveur. Equal parts hard cider and stout. Duh.

SAFFRON-LIMONCELLO SHANDY

Similar to a traditional Shandy (half beer, half lemon-lime soda), this recipe from Imbibe dresses things up quite a bit. Adding limoncello and saffron syrup is genius!

STONE FENCE

Rum and hard cider. Done and done. Do you really need a recipe? Just in case, Esquire has one.

PALOMA

Homemade grapefruit soda, fresh lime juice and tequila. Quench your thirst with this simple recipe from Epicurious.

BONE KLISTRY

From Absolut comes this citrus-bomb of a drink. Lemon-lime soda, blood orange juice, grapefruit juice, oh, and vodka.