Crystal Head Vodka Pride Bottle Taste Test and Cocktail Recipes

The Crystal Head Vodka Pride bottle is a stunning look for one of our favorite vodka brands and this is the last year to purchase the Pride bottle design.

"Our beautifully decorated rainbow bottle is made with pride," said Dan Aykroyd, Crystal Head Vodka Founder, actor and musician. "Crystal Head Vodka is the vodka for the creative spirit - we see the world without limitations and provide inspiration to dream, build and make, inspiring freedom of expression and creative thought."

Crystal Head Vodka's global efforts include year-round support for Stonewall Sports Program, The Test Positive Awareness Network, Kaleidoscope Trust, and Lurie Children's Hospital Transgender Youth Program and others.

The company also partnered with Gay Pride Apparel, a first-generation Mexican American & LGBTQIA+ owned brand, to design a "Made with Pride" t-shirt. The shirts are available online, and a portion of the profits will benefit the Human Rights Campaign.

Inside this rainbow bottle is the original corn-based Crystal Head Vodka, made with locally sourced Canadian Corn and distilled four times into a neutral grain spirit before being blended with water from Newfoundland, Canada.

From there, the company filters the vodka seven times, including through layers of Herkimer diamonds three times. These semi-precious crystals aren't actually diamonds, but they are often used to filtrate premium vodkas.

The Crystal Head Vodka tastes good, with a bit of vanilla. It's not something I want to sip as a standalone drink, as I do with the Crystal Head Onyx Vodka, but it is great for mixing into cocktails. Thankfully, Crystal Head provides several cocktail recipes.

Sugar Daddy

• 2 oz. Crystal Head Vodka | 60ml Crystal Head Vodka
• 4 oz. Fresh Grapefruit Juice | 120ml Fresh Grapefruit Juice
• ½ oz. Simple Syrup | 15ml Simple Syrup
• Muddled Raspberries
• ½ oz. Cointreau | 15ml Cointreau
• ½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice | 15ml Fresh Lime Juice

Method: Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker and muddle. Add ice, shake and double strain into a chilled martini glass with pink sugar rim.

Red On The Runway

• 1 ½ oz. Crystal Head Vodka | 45ml Crystal Head Vodka
• ¼ oz. Campari | 10ml Campari
• ¼ oz. St. Germain | 10ml St. Germain
• ½ oz. Tart Cranberry Juice | 15ml Tart Cranberry Juice
• ½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice | 15ml Fresh Lime Juice
• ½ oz. Simple Syrup | 15ml Simple Syrup
• Top with Soda

Method: Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a highball with ice. Top with soda.

Tropic Like It's Hot

• 1 ½ oz. Crystal Head Vodka | 45ml Crystal Head Vodka
• ½ oz. Campari | 15ml Campari
• ½ oz. Apricot Liqueur | 15ml Apricot Liqueur
• ½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice | 15ml Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 ½ oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice | 45ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
• Pinch of Salt
• ½ oz. Simple Syrup | 15ml Simple Syrup
• Morello Cherry

Method: Build ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into glass with crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple leaf, cherry and pineapple slice.

What's The T?

• 1 ½ oz. Crystal Head Vodka | 45ml Crystal Head Vodka
• ½ oz. Honey Simple Syrup | 15ml Honey Simple Syrup
• ¼ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice | 10ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• ¼ oz. Cointreau |10ml Cointreau
• Top with Black Tea

Method: Build ingredients in a Collins glass and stir. Garnish with lemon.

The Crystal Head Vodka Pride Bottle is available in 750ml and 1.75L sizes for the suggested retail prices of $49.99 and $99.99, respectively. Prices will vary by location and retailer.

You can find them at Reserve Bar, Drizzly and local retailers in the U.S, Canada and Europe.

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