Exotic Finn Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Finlandia vodka
    1 part passion-fruit syrup
    1 tsp strawberry syrup
    Sprite soda

Fill a highball glass with cracked ice. Add the first three ingredients and stir. Top up with sprite and garnish with mint leaves, a strawberry, a twist of orange and a straw.

Ole Skeiedal, from Norway, took first place in the long drinks listing of the 1993 Finlandia Vodka International Drinks Competition.

Caipirinha #2 Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 oz vodka
    1 1/2 oz limeade
    1 tsp sugar
    1/4 lime
    4 ice cubes

Cut the 1/4 lime into a few chunks. With the sugar, crush them against the bottom and sides of the glass with a spoon. Add a few ice cubes. Add two medium spoonfuls of crushed ice. Fill the glass to halfway with vodka. Fill the rest of the way with limeade. Stir well and serve with a straw.