Recipes

Homemade Watermelon Whiteclaw

04.11.20

I don’t know what it is about quarantine that is making me gravitate to Whiteclaws, but I have had like at least one a day hahaha. Don’t judge me. They are hypnotizing me. So much that I decided to create my own recipe.

Before I start getting all the comments saying “Whiteclaw isn’t made from vodka”, I know that, okay? I realize they are made with some beer alcohol alternative that isn’t hard alcohol and isn’t beer, but obviously I can’t physically create and ferment all that in my home. Therefore, this recipe is made from vodka as the alcohol base, and oddly enough, it tastes VERY similar to a watermelon Whiteclaw. Adding a champagne floater on top, too, really helps achieve that alcohol alternative flavor and helps with the extra carbonation.

***KEEP IN MIND, YOU NEED TO INFUSE THE VODKA FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS. Other than that, this recipe takes 5 minutes!

Why watermelon? Watermelon has surpassed black cherry as my new favorite flavor so that’s why I was inspired to create this recipe with that flavor.

Here we go!

Homemade Watermelon Whiteclaw

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Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 8 drinks
Course: Drinks
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 fifth Tito's vodka It's gluten-free!
  • 1/2 watermelon
  • 8 tbsp agave
  • 4 limes
  • 4 cans watermelon waterloo
  • prosecco to float

Method
 

  1. Cut the watermelon into small cubes.
  2. Pour the bottle of vodka into a large mason jar (might need two).
  3. Fill the jar of vodka with watermelon until it is full.
  4. Let the vodka infuse in the refigerator for at least 5 days.
  5. Strain the watermelon into another jar.
  6. To make 2 cocktails a mixer, add 4 shots of the vodka to a mixer.
  7. Squeeze one lime into the mixer.
  8. Add the 2 tablespoons of agave to the mixer.
  9. Shake!
  10. Pour over an ice sphere (cubes melt too fast).
  11. Fill the rest of the glass with Watermelon Waterloo.
  12. Float with prosecco.

Notes

**The entire fifth of watermelon infused vodka will make 8 cocktails, but you can only fit the ingredients for two drinks into a mixer, so the recipe instructions make 2 cocktails.

CHEERS!