Step 3: Shake or Stir. If using a cocktail shaker, pour the vodka and cranberry juice into the shaker and fill with ice. Give it a few good shakes to mix and chill the drink. Strain and pour the liquid into your prepared glass. Cover the strawberries with enough vodka until they start to float. Now the strawberries are going to start to release their color and flavor. No need to heat this mixture. Just keep this strawberry vodka sealed and in a cool dry place. After about 8 hours your strawberries have released all their yummy sweetness. Cook honey, water, orange zest, and cinnamon over medium heat, stirring frequently, until it is integrated into a syrup, about 5 minutes. Let cool, with the orange zest and cinnamon still in the pot. Scrape off any white foam. Once syrup has cooled, remove zest and cinnamon. Then combine honey syrup and vodka in a sealable glass jar, seal, and Steps. 1. Divide vodka evenly among mason jars; reserve vodka bottle. 2. In 10-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon and reserve for another use. Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon drippings; discard any remaining drippings. 3. Add 2 teaspoons drippings to vodka in each jar. Quarter three lemons and add them to a quart volume jar ( I use Mason jars ). Pour in two cups of neutral ( unflavored) vodka. Seal the jar and place in a cool, dark location for one week. If the lemon flavor is to your preference, discard the lemons, and keep the lemon vodka sealed in a cool, dark location indefinitely. Steps. 1. Pour the vodka into a glass jar, or leave it in its original bottle if it is the right measure. 2. Add the split vanilla pods to the vodka. To split a vanilla pod, simply cut down the middle of the pod with the tip of a sharp knife while keeping the pod flat on a clean, non-slip surface. Some people prefer to scrape out the middle of Want to learn how to make vodka? In this guide, we teach how to distill your own homemade vodka using potato mash Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol. The name vodka is derived from the Slavic word "voda," meaning "water." Vodka is made by distilling fermented grain or potatoes. The earliest recorded mention of vodka production in Russia dates back to 1430. Vodka was originally used as a medicine and was thought to cure tu9TC.