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    Easy Homemade Liquor Infusion Recipes

    Modified: Sep 18, 2024 · Published: Aug 25, 2020 by Katy McAvoy

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    Homemade Liquor Infusions

    Crafting your own homemade liquor infusions is a delicious way to enjoy a variety of flavors using your favorite spirits while skipping the artificial flavors, added colors, and sugar often found in store-bought flavored alcohol. 

    Lime and Mint Infused Rum
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    • Homemade Liquor Infusion Recipes
    • Blueberry Infused Vodka
    • Lime and Mint Infused Rum
    • Grapefruit Infused Tequila
    • Apple Cinnamon Infused Gin
    • Strawberry Infused Vodka
    • Pumpkin Infused Vodka
    • Watermelon Infused Vodka
    • Cherry Infused Vodka
    • Peach Infused Bourbon

    Fresh fruit, herbs, and other easy-to-find ingredients make the best liquor infusion ingredients. These infusion ingredients will lend their color to your alcohol of choice, making it naturally flavored and often even prettier than the store-bought counterpart. 

    By infusing your own liquors, you get to make all the flavor decisions. Want a lightly flavored alcohol? Strain out the fruit or herbs after a day or two. Want a stronger flavor? Let the infusion sit for a few additional days. 

    Homemade liquor infusions make great gifts! I love creating them for the holidays, then gifting them in a DIY Cocktail Kit.

    Homemade Liquor Infusion Recipes

    Below are several quick and easy DIY Liquor Infusions to try. All include instructions for the infusion, plus cocktail suggestions for using the liquor. Grab a pint mason jar and let’s get infusing! 

    Blueberry Infused Vodka

    This blueberry vodka is delicious in a cosmopolitan, blueberry vodka lemonade, or in my lavender lemon drop martini.

    Blueberries and vodka being poured through a strainer into a bowl below.

    Lime and Mint Infused Rum

    Nothing takes your mojito to the next level like homemade lime and mint infused rum. Try it in a classic mojito cocktail or my blueberry mojito recipe.

    Rum being poured into a jar filled with lime peels and mint.

    Grapefruit Infused Tequila

    No juice here, we're using grapefruit peels to create grapefruit infused tequila leaving the grapefruit juice to be used in a Paloma or triple citrus margarita - also great cocktails for using this grapefruit tequila.

    A jar of grapefruit infused tequila.

    Apple Cinnamon Infused Gin

    One of my favorite things to sip in the fall is this apple cinnamon infused gin. It's delicious on the rocks with a squeeze of lemon or in a gin and tonic. It's also a key ingredient in my Apple French 75 cocktails.

    Gin being poured into a jar of apples and cinnamon.

    Strawberry Infused Vodka

    Nothing in the stores compares to vodka infused with fresh strawberries. It's the first thing I make after we pick strawberries every summer. I love using it in strawberry vodka lemonade or in place of the raspberry vodka in my peach raspberry martini.

    Strawberry infused vodka being poured into a small glass.

    Pumpkin Infused Vodka

    This one might seem a little strange, but if you're a fan of herb and vegetal flavors, you have to try pumpkin infused vodka. I use it in my pumpkin pie martini and well as my pumpkin ginger cocktail, perfect for people who don't like (or can't have) cinnamon.

    A bottle of pumpkin infused vodka.

    Watermelon Infused Vodka

    Homemade watermelon vodka is delicious and refreshing. Pair it up with strawberry simple syrup and club soda for a tasty summer sip.

    A bottle of watermelon vodka with two small glasses.

    Cherry Infused Vodka

    Make the ultimate summer vodka soda with cherry infused vodka. It's also key ingredient in my easy and delicious Cherry Vodka Sour cocktail.

    A jar of cherry infused vodka.

    Peach Infused Bourbon

    Bourbon's not thought of as a warm-weather spirit, but peach infused bourbon is perfect for summery cocktails like my Peach Old Fashioned or in a fizzy Bourbon Ginger Cocktail.

    A hand picking up a glass of peach infused bourbon.

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    Katy is the author, photographer, home cook, mixologist, and Michigander behind MittenGirl.com and Homemade Happy Hour. Since 2017, she's been crafting recipes for easy-to-make cocktails and delicious snacks while sharing her love of all things Michigan (a.k.a. The Mitten)!

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    Katy McAvoy, mixologist and photographer

    Hi! I’m Katy (she/her). I’m an author, photographer, home cook, mixologist, Michigander, and lover of all things food and drink. I never turn down a good happy hour and believe that everyone deserves a delicious drink. Follow me on Instagram to check out what I’m working on next!

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