Got a bottle of club soda? This carbonated beverage has been used in cocktails for hundreds of years. In fact, the first club soda was commercially available in the 1830’s! Club soda is carbonated water infused with added minerals, which give it a salty or lightly sweet flavor. There are so many club soda drinks to choose from, whether you want to mix up a classic cocktail or just a simple wine spritzer! The list below includes lots of classics, like the Mojito, Tom Collins, and more. Everything’s better with a little bubbly! Many of the recipes below call for “soda water,” which is interchangeable with club soda (though it’s not technically same thing…keep reading!).
And now…the top club soda cocktails to try!
Club soda vs seltzer vs tonic water
There are several carbonated beverages that are popularly used as drink mixers, in club soda cocktails and beyond. What’s the difference between club soda vs seltzer? What’s tonic water? Here’s what to know: Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, club soda Ingredients: Mint, white rum, simple syrup, club soda Ingredients: Gin, club soda, lime Ingredients: Vodka, lime, club soda Ingredients: Gin, lemon, simple syrup, egg white, soda water Ingredients: Tequila, lime, club soda Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, lime juice, mint, club soda Ingredients: Whiskey, club soda Wine spritzersWhite Wine SpritzerRed Wine SpritzerRosé Spritzer Ingredients: Wine, club soda Ingredients: Vodka, club soda, cranberry juice, simple syrup, strawberries, lemon Spritz recipesAperol SpritzCampari SpritzLimoncello SpritzLillet SpritzSt Germain SpritzAmaro Spritz Ingredients: Sparkling wine, club soda, Aperol Ingredients: St Germain elderflower liqueur, Prosecco, club soda, mint Ingredients: Tequila, club soda or Topo Chico, lime Ingredients: Campari, sweet vermouth, club soda Ingredients: Kahlua, vodka, club soda
Seltzer, aka soda water or sparkling water is carbonated water with no additives, carbonated by injecting carbon dioxide (CO2). It’s the base for brands like La Croix, or what comes out of a SodaStream. Sparkling mineral water is made with water from a mineral spring, like Perrier or Topo Chico.Club soda is carbonated water infused with added minerals, which give it a salty or lightly sweet flavor. Additives you may see in club soda are potassium sulfate, sodium chloride, disodium phosphate, or sodium bicarbonate.Tonic water is carbonated water with added quinine and sugar. It was first sold in the 1850’s as a way to drink quinine, prescribed at the time to fight malaria. It tastes sweet and bitter, and is used in many cocktails like the gin and tonic. (Here’s more about tonic water.)
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