Not Vanilla Vodka

Madagascan vanilla beans do the work here. The aroma comes across sweet and buttery with a toffee edge, then a warming capsicum note lands on the finish, which is how Strykk replicates the burn that alcohol normally provides. That heat is the reason a bottle like this can carry an espresso martini instead of tasting like sweetened coffee water. There is no sugar, no fat and no artificial flavours in the 70cl bottle, and it is distilled and bottled in the UK by Elegantly Spirited. Shake it with espresso and a little syrup, build a passion fruit martini around it, or pour 50 ml over ice and top with cola for the low effort version. Strykk bills it as a pioneering bottle, and it is certainly the most cocktail specific one the brand makes.