We are into one of the most popular and easy-to-make cocktail drinks with one of the most common and most popular alcohol, the Vodka. Madras Drink, the name of this cocktail, is refreshing, zingy, snappy and fruit flavored!
Vodka and Cranberry seems to be a natural pair by themselves. So, you can see a lot of cocktails coming out with this combination (We will see at the end of this article).

The cocktail is simple to make – mix Vodka, Cranberry Juice and Orange juice in the proportion of 1:3:1 and you get the Cocktail ready. Is it that simple? You Bet, it is!
Are looking for a drink to enjoy your party? Madras drink is something that is not so harsh and exciting to drink in a gathering or an occasion. So, this is one of the cocktails you can always look forward to.

Madras Drink Recipe

Equipment
- 1 Highball glass
- 1 Mixing Spoon
Ingredients
- 1 oz. (30 ml) Vodka
- 3 oz. (90 ml) Cranberry Juice
- 1 oz. (30 ml) Orange Juice
- A wedge of Lime, for garnish
Instructions
- Mix all the drinks on a Highball glass with ice cubes in it
- Stir them well and add garnish with Lime wedge
- Serve and have fun!
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Tips To Make Madras Drink
✅ One important tip is that your choice of Cranberry juice is equally as important as the Vodka itself.
✅ If you are going for bottled Cranberry juice that is sweeter, your Cocktail is also sweeter and light pink in color. This may not be a big problem if you are ok with your drink being sweet.
✅ However, if you would like to have a true vodka-cranberry drink that is unsweetened, go for freshly made cranberry juice. You can also add sweet to this to the level you want with Simple syrup.
✅ And the color is brighter as well with unsweetened fresh cranberry juice.
✅ Also, make the Orange juice fresh, as it gives a fresh taste, than bottled juices.
✅ Serve them Cold by preparing the cocktail well ahead of time before a party, so your friends can have them as a Punch.
✅ Of course, you can add Club Soda or Sparkling water to make it Sparkling, just as good for occasions.
Related Drinks
- Cape Cod - just Vodka + Cranberry juice, without the Orange Juice.
- Sea breeze - Vodka + Cranberry juice + Grapefruit juice
- Bay Breeze - Vodka + Cranberry juice + Pineapple juice
- Cosmopolitan - Vodka + Cranberry juice + Cointreau Orange Liqueur + Lemon Juice
- Cape Driver - equal proportions of Vodka + Cranberry juice + Orange juice
Of course, you could make countless cocktails with any given ingredients. And it all depends on what you want to taste and how you want to have it.
Madras Drink is a light to medium drink that can be enjoyed as a Party drink on several occasions because of its fruitiness, and can also light up your holiday brunches or evening drinking.