Texas Two Step Vodka

The Recipe Book · Volume 01

Shake. Stir. Two-step.

Six cocktails to pour, pass, and post. Every one of them starts with Texas Two Step — the rest is just a matter of how you move.

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Bloody Mary cocktail, garnished and ready to pour

Bloody Mary — no. i

i. Brunch

The Bloody Mary

Brunch, with a kick.

Time
3 min
Method
Stirred
Glass
Pint glass, over ice

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz Texas Two Step Vodka
  • 8 oz chilled tomato juice
  • ¼ oz fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • ¾ tsp Tabasco sauce
  • — ice, for mixing

The Pour

  1. 1

    Salt a chilled pint glass with chili spice. Fill with ice.

  2. 2

    Pour the vodka, tomato juice, lemon, Worcestershire, and Tabasco right in.

  3. 3

    Stir gently — a Bloody Mary wants to be persuaded, not rattled.

  4. 4

    Spear the garnish. All of it. Don't be shy.

Garnish

Lemon wedge, cherry tomatoes, olives, celery sticks, petite dills, shrimp, chili spice & salt.

Pro tip Make it a skewer, not a snack. Pickles are non-negotiable.

Sex on the Beach cocktail, garnished and ready to pour

Sex on the Beach — no. ii

ii. Fruity

Sex on the Beach

Sunset in a highball.

Time
2 min
Method
Stirred
Glass
Highball, packed with ice

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz Texas Two Step Vodka
  • ¾ oz peach schnapps
  • 1½ oz fresh orange juice
  • 1½ oz cranberry juice cocktail
  • — ice, for mixing

The Pour

  1. 1

    Fill a highball with ice — the good kind, crystal clear.

  2. 2

    Build the pour: vodka, schnapps, OJ, cranberry. In that order.

  3. 3

    Give it one long lazy stir. Watch the sunset streak through.

  4. 4

    Perch the orange on the rim; drop in two cherries for luck.

Garnish

Orange wedge and maraschino cherries.

Pro tip Chill the juices in advance. A warm cranberry is a sad cranberry.

Sea Breeze cocktail, garnished and ready to pour

Sea Breeze — no. iii

iii. Refreshing

The Sea Breeze

Gulf coast, bottled.

Time
2 min
Method
Stirred
Glass
Highball, packed with ice

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz Texas Two Step Vodka
  • 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice
  • 4 oz cranberry juice cocktail
  • — ice, for mixing

The Pour

  1. 1

    Fill a highball glass with ice. All the way.

  2. 2

    Add the vodka, then the grapefruit, then the cranberry.

  3. 3

    Stir — just enough to marry the juices.

  4. 4

    Squeeze the grapefruit wedge over the top and ride it in.

Garnish

Grapefruit wedge, cut thick.

Pro tip Fresh grapefruit, every time. The bottled stuff is a crime.

Cosmopolitan cocktail, garnished and ready to pour

Cosmopolitan — no. iv

iv. Classic

The Cosmopolitan

A tall tale in a little glass.

Time
3 min
Method
Shaken
Glass
Coupe, well-chilled

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz Texas Two Step Vodka
  • ¾ oz triple sec
  • ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz cranberry juice cocktail
  • — ice, for shaking

The Pour

  1. 1

    Chill a coupe in the freezer. Ten minutes at least.

  2. 2

    Combine everything in a shaker over ice. Seal it. Mean it.

  3. 3

    Shake hard for ten seconds — you want it cold and bright.

  4. 4

    Double-strain into the coupe. Twist a lemon peel over the surface.

Garnish

Lemon twist, orange slice, cherries, cranberries, raspberries, blueberries.

Pro tip Shake until the tin frosts over. Anything less is a suggestion.

Lemon Drop Martini cocktail, garnished and ready to pour

Lemon Drop Martini — no. v

v. Sweet & Tart

Lemon Drop Martini

Sweet, tart, trouble.

Time
3 min
Method
Shaken
Glass
Martini glass, sugared rim

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Texas Two Step Vodka
  • ¾ oz triple sec
  • ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz simple syrup
  • — ice, for shaking

The Pour

  1. 1

    Sugar the rim of a chilled martini glass. Don't skip this.

  2. 2

    In a shaker, combine vodka, triple sec, lemon, simple syrup, and ice.

  3. 3

    Shake until your hands go cold — 10–12 seconds.

  4. 4

    Strain into the sugared glass. Twist. Drop an olive in for mystery.

Garnish

Lemon twist and olives (trust us).

Pro tip Rim half the glass only. You get sweet on one side, sharp on the other.

Two-Step Mule cocktail, garnished and ready to pour

Two-Step Mule — no. vi

vi. Fizzy

The Two-Step Mule

Ginger-kicked & dangerously easy.

Time
2 min
Method
Built
Glass
Copper mug, ice to the brim

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Texas Two Step Vodka
  • ½ oz freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 oz chilled ginger beer
  • — ice, for mixing

The Pour

  1. 1

    Fill a copper mug to the top with ice. Yes, copper.

  2. 2

    Pour the vodka, squeeze in the lime.

  3. 3

    Top with ginger beer. Let it fizz up; do not stir.

  4. 4

    Clap the mint between your palms to wake it up, then drop it in.

Garnish

Lime slice and a generous slap of mint.

Pro tip Use a spicy ginger beer. The sweet kind is for kids.

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