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Ancient Sun Vodka Cocktail Recipes

Ancient Sun Vodka is multi-distilled and run through our own oxidative filtration process, then cut with limestone-filtered water. No additives, gluten free, and every batch gets tasted before it ships. It is built to disappear into whatever you mix it with, which makes it the most flexible bottle behind our bar.

Here are two we pour often, plus six more worth trying at home.

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Two We Pour Often

Ancient Palmer

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • Lemonade (half glass)
  • Iced tea (half glass)
  • Lemon, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Fill a glass with ice.
  2. Add the vodka.
  3. Fill the rest with equal parts lemonade and iced tea.
  4. Stir and garnish with a lemon wheel.
  5. Optional: add 0.5 oz Slate Fork Party Peach or Blackberry Moonshine for a flavored twist.

Dirty Dr. Pepper

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • 0.5 oz Slate Fork Blackberry Moonshine
  • 0.5 oz grenadine
  • 0.5 oz lime juice
  • Dr. Pepper

How to make it

  1. Fill a glass with ice.
  2. Add the vodka, Blackberry Moonshine, grenadine, and lime juice.
  3. Top with Dr. Pepper and stir gently.

More Ways to Mix Ancient Sun Vodka

Simple mixers, more involved sippers, and a couple of brunch-friendly pours.

Kentucky Sunrise

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • 0.75 oz lemon juice
  • 1 oz simple syrup
  • 2 oz pineapple juice
  • 2 oz orange juice
  • Grenadine, for layering
  • Cherry, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Fill a glass with ice.
  2. Stir the vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, pineapple juice, and orange juice together.
  3. Slowly pour grenadine so it layers at the bottom.
  4. Garnish with a cherry.

Sun & Soda

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • Soda water
  • Lemon or lime, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Fill a glass with ice and add the vodka.
  2. Top with soda water and stir.
  3. Garnish with lemon or lime.

Ancient Mule

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • 0.5 oz lime juice
  • Ginger beer
  • Lime, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Fill a copper mug or glass with ice.
  2. Add the vodka and lime juice.
  3. Top with ginger beer and garnish with lime.

Doc's Home Remedy

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • Bloody Mary mix
  • Kentucky Fine hot sauce, optional
  • Olive skewer, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Shake the vodka and Bloody Mary mix with ice.
  2. Add a dash of hot sauce if you like heat.
  3. Pour over ice and garnish with an olive skewer.

Backwoods Bay Breeze

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Ancient Sun Vodka
  • 4 oz pineapple juice
  • 3 oz cranberry juice
  • Cherry, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Fill a glass with ice.
  2. Add the vodka, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice.
  3. Stir and garnish with a cherry.

Mermaid Lemonade

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Ancient Sun Vodka (lemon-infused if you have it)
  • 0.75 oz simple syrup
  • Lemonade
  • Blue curacao, a splash
  • Sprite, a splash (optional)
  • Lemon, for garnish

How to make it

  1. Fill a glass with ice.
  2. Add the vodka and simple syrup, then top with lemonade.
  3. Stir, then add a splash of blue curacao so it settles through the drink.
  4. Top with a splash of Sprite if using, and garnish with lemon.

Ready to pick up a bottle? Shop Ancient Sun Vodka in our online shop, learn more on the product page, or come try it in person on a distillery tour in Burkesville.