Homemade Hard Seltzer (+ 3 flavors)
By Linley Hanson
5/16/2020
Don’t feel like leaving the house to grab a drink? Make any of these homemade hard seltzers at home! Happy hour has never been so refreshing and EASY! What time is it? Seltzer time! We are huge fans of bubbly water (no matter the flavor) and when it is happy hour time, we usually switch to one of our vodka cocktail recipes , a hard seltzer (a Press or White Claw), or one of these refreshing HOMEMADE hard seltzer recipes!
What is hard seltzer?
- White Claw
- Truly
- Press
Why Make Homemade Hard Seltzer?
How to Make Homemade Hard Seltzer
What Kind of Alcohol to Use
- white rum
- tequila
Seltzer Water
Choose Your Fruit
Sweetener
3 Delicious Flavors
Lime & Mint
Grapefruit
Orange Ginger
Refreshing Cocktails
- Blood Orange Margarita
- Classic Moscow Mule
- Honey Greyhound Cocktail
Watch how to make Homemade Hard Seltzers
Ingredients1x2x3x
Lime + Mint
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh lime juice
- ▢ 2 lime wedges
- ▢ 2 tablespoons honey simple syrup
- ▢ 3 leaves fresh mint
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ garnish: fresh mint and lime wedges
Grapefruit
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- ▢ 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- ▢ 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ garnish: grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary
Orange Ginger
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh orange juice
- ▢ 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- ▢ 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ garnish: orange wedges
Instructions
Lime + Mint
- Start by adding lime juice, lime wedges, vodka, simple syrup, and fresh mint into a cocktail shaker and use a muddle to release the flavors from the mint leaves.
- Then, add a handful of ice and put the top onto the cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds to mix.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with more fresh mint and lime wedges.
Grapefruit
- Start off by adding vodka, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary.
Orange + Ginger
- Start off by pouring vodka, orange juice, grated ginger, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with orange wedges.
Tips & Notes
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Don’t forget to tag your posts on social media with the hashtag #fitfoodiefinds , we’d love to see what you’re up to!
Homemade Hard Seltzer Recipes
Ingredients
Lime + Mint
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1.5 oz. fresh lime juice
- 2 lime wedges
- 2 tablespoons honey simple syrup
- 3 leaves fresh mint
- sparkling water for topping ~1/2 cup
- ice to taste
- garnish: fresh mint and lime wedges
Grapefruit
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1.5 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ice to taste
- sparkling water for topping ~1/2 cup
- garnish: grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary
Orange Ginger
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1.5 oz. fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- sparkling water for topping ~1/2 cup
- ice to taste
- garnish: orange wedges
Instructions
Lime + Mint
- Start by adding lime juice, lime wedges, vodka, simple syrup, and fresh mint into a cocktail shaker and use a muddle to release the flavors from the mint leaves.
- Then, add a handful of ice and put the top onto the cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds to mix.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with more fresh mint and lime wedges.
Grapefruit
- Start off by adding vodka, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary.
Orange + Ginger
- Start off by pouring vodka, orange juice, grated ginger, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with orange wedges.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Homemade Hard Seltzer (+ 3 flavors)
By Linley Hanson
5/16/2020
Don’t feel like leaving the house to grab a drink? Make any of these homemade hard seltzers at home! Happy hour has never been so refreshing and EASY! What time is it? Seltzer time! We are huge fans of bubbly water (no matter the flavor) and when it is happy hour time, we usually switch to one of our vodka cocktail recipes , a hard seltzer (a Press or White Claw), or one of these refreshing HOMEMADE hard seltzer recipes!
What is hard seltzer?
- White Claw
- Truly
- Press
Why Make Homemade Hard Seltzer?
How to Make Homemade Hard Seltzer
What Kind of Alcohol to Use
- white rum
- tequila
Seltzer Water
Choose Your Fruit
Sweetener
3 Delicious Flavors
Lime & Mint
Grapefruit
Orange Ginger
Refreshing Cocktails
- Blood Orange Margarita
- Classic Moscow Mule
- Honey Greyhound Cocktail
Watch how to make Homemade Hard Seltzers
Ingredients1x2x3x
Lime + Mint
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh lime juice
- ▢ 2 lime wedges
- ▢ 2 tablespoons honey simple syrup
- ▢ 3 leaves fresh mint
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ garnish: fresh mint and lime wedges
Grapefruit
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- ▢ 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- ▢ 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ garnish: grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary
Orange Ginger
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh orange juice
- ▢ 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- ▢ 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ garnish: orange wedges
Instructions
Lime + Mint
- Start by adding lime juice, lime wedges, vodka, simple syrup, and fresh mint into a cocktail shaker and use a muddle to release the flavors from the mint leaves.
- Then, add a handful of ice and put the top onto the cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds to mix.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with more fresh mint and lime wedges.
Grapefruit
- Start off by adding vodka, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary.
Orange + Ginger
- Start off by pouring vodka, orange juice, grated ginger, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with orange wedges.
Tips & Notes
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Don’t forget to tag your posts on social media with the hashtag #fitfoodiefinds , we’d love to see what you’re up to!
Homemade Hard Seltzer (+ 3 flavors)
By Linley Hanson
5/16/2020
Don’t feel like leaving the house to grab a drink? Make any of these homemade hard seltzers at home! Happy hour has never been so refreshing and EASY! What time is it? Seltzer time! We are huge fans of bubbly water (no matter the flavor) and when it is happy hour time, we usually switch to one of our vodka cocktail recipes , a hard seltzer (a Press or White Claw), or one of these refreshing HOMEMADE hard seltzer recipes!
What is hard seltzer?
- White Claw
- Truly
- Press
Why Make Homemade Hard Seltzer?
How to Make Homemade Hard Seltzer
What Kind of Alcohol to Use
- white rum
- tequila
Seltzer Water
Choose Your Fruit
Sweetener
3 Delicious Flavors
Lime & Mint
Grapefruit
Orange Ginger
Refreshing Cocktails
- Blood Orange Margarita
- Classic Moscow Mule
- Honey Greyhound Cocktail
Watch how to make Homemade Hard Seltzers
Ingredients1x2x3x
Lime + Mint
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh lime juice
- ▢ 2 lime wedges
- ▢ 2 tablespoons honey simple syrup
- ▢ 3 leaves fresh mint
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ garnish: fresh mint and lime wedges
Grapefruit
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- ▢ 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- ▢ 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ garnish: grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary
Orange Ginger
- ▢ 1.5 oz. vodka
- ▢ 1.5 oz. fresh orange juice
- ▢ 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- ▢ 1 tablespoon honey simple syrup
- ▢ sparkling water for topping , ~1/2 cup
- ▢ ice , to taste
- ▢ garnish: orange wedges
Instructions
Lime + Mint
- Start by adding lime juice, lime wedges, vodka, simple syrup, and fresh mint into a cocktail shaker and use a muddle to release the flavors from the mint leaves.
- Then, add a handful of ice and put the top onto the cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds to mix.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with more fresh mint and lime wedges.
Grapefruit
- Start off by adding vodka, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with grapefruit wedges and fresh rosemary.
Orange + Ginger
- Start off by pouring vodka, orange juice, grated ginger, simple syrup, and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a glass with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with orange wedges.
Tips & Notes
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Don’t forget to tag your posts on social media with the hashtag #fitfoodiefinds , we’d love to see what you’re up to!
