One of the most popular New Year's cocktails in Russia is a drink that includes vodka and champagne. Such a cocktail is suitable only for healthy people with good tolerance to alcohol, since the drink is strong and in an unprepared person can cause rapid intoxication. And, as a result, in the morning a person can suffer a severe hangover and headache. The fact is that the combination of vodka with champagne is a combination of ethanol and aromatic alcohols, which are present in excess in champagne.
Drink name
The cocktail quickly gained popularity due to its availability and ease of preparation. After all, all the ingredients are usually present on the festive table. The popular name is "New Year's cocktail." What is really called champagne vodka? Among the bartenders, the name of the Northern Lights cocktail was strengthened.
History of creation
Since the cocktail appeared a long time ago and immediately in several places, it is not possible to establish its creator. Most likely, here, as in many other cases, the folk savvy worked, someone decided to mix vodka with champagne at the festive table. The name of the cocktail given by the creator remains unknown. Presumably, he first appeared in the USSR, and the students of one of Moscow universities came up with it.
There are several recipes for Northern Lights. Both the ingredients and the method of preparation differ, but the basic principle remains the same: strong alcohol is mixed with drinks of a lower strength, preferably carbonated.
Cocktail "Northern Lights"
For a classic recipe you will need:
- vodka - 50 ml;
- a tube;
- sweet sparkling wine - 100 ml;
- lemon juice - 50 ml;
- wineglass;
- ice - 100-150 g.
Vodka is used chilled or at room temperature. Sparkling wine should also be cooled to 18 degrees. In order to reduce the negative consequences of drinking vodka with champagne, you can open the latter in advance and give it a little “breathe”. At the same time, part of the gas will evaporate and the negative impact of alcohol will decrease, and intoxication will not come so quickly.
Preparing a cocktail like this:
- cool the glass;
- pour ice into it (if the drinks are pre-cooled, then you can make a cocktail without adding ice);
- pour lemon juice into a glass, and then vodka;
- pour sparkling wine;
- in case of excessive gasification of wine, the cocktail needs to be mixed;
- decorate the rim with salt.
Use the "Northern Lights" through a tube.
Aurora Cocktail
The main components of Aurora remain vodka with champagne. For a cocktail you will need:
- stack
- vodka or alcohol - 70 ml;
- wineglass;
- lemon;
- sparkling wine - 150 ml.
The main difference between a cocktail is the way it is consumed.
The stack and alcohol are cooled in the refrigerator. Wine and glass leave room temperature. Alcohol is poured into a pile, wine is poured into a glass. They use a cocktail like this: at first they gulp the contents of the pile and immediately after that - wine. After you can eat a small slice of lemon. The cocktail got its name due to the effect that occurs after its use. Before the eyes appear colored circles, similar to the aurora. Perhaps this effect occurs from alcohol, but most likely this is due to a sharp change in the temperature of the drinks.
"Northern Lights": a modern recipe
Today there are modern means for making drinks. The tastes of modern people have also become more demanding. And the recipe for a cocktail of vodka with champagne began to improve.
Alternative recipe:
- vodka - 50 ml;
- honey - 1 spoon;
- sparkling wine - 150 ml;
- mint - a small twig;
- wineglass;
- lemon juice - 50 ml;
- a tube;
- ice - 200 g.
Chill a glass in the refrigerator. Mix juice, vodka and honey in a shaker. Pour ice into the glass, pour the mixture from the shaker on top with a thin stream, then add champagne. You can decorate the cocktail with a sprig of mint. Drinking a cocktail is best through a straw.
Similar cocktails
For those who like the Northern Lights cocktail, there are several alternative drink options.
Everyone knows the cocktail called Ruff. The cooking method is similar, only it is served in a beer glass, and champagne is replaced by beer. It is practically not necessary to cook it. A glass of beer is taken, you need to take a sip, and pour vodka into the vacated space.
For those who like more refined drinks, the following recipe exists.
Instead of vodka, whiskey of 50-60 ml is used. To it add the same amount of cranberry juice and orange and dilute with 40 ml of schnapps (preferably peach). This cocktail smells good and is perfect for girls. It tastes like juice.
Precautions
When these components are mixed, the body begins to intensively process ethanol, and other alcohols simply poison the body. To avoid this, you should use a few simple rules. It is better to mix vodka with champagne from the middle and expensive segment, as it has less impurities and flavors. Open the champagne briefly before mixing.