The 20 Best Low-Carb + Keto Cocktails to Make at Home

Keto cocktail recipes are very popular among carb-conscious folks who follow the ketogenic diet. This type of diet keeps carbohydrates on the low end of the spectrum, which means that drinks with lots of sugar, juice, syrups and sweet mixers don’t really fit the bill.  

To help you pour carb-clever drinks for yourself and fellow keto enthusiasts, here are a few mixed drinks that slot into this lifestyle with ease:  

1. Vodka Martini

Keto alcoholic drinks don’t come any more iconic than the Vodka Martini. Coming to the party with <1g of carbs, it’s a darling of the low-carb crew. The drier the better – vermouth does contain a small about of sugar, so the sweeter you go, the higher the carbs will be. The same goes for the classic Gin Martini, of course.  

2. Old Fashioned Keto cocktail

A low-carb take on the classic Old Fashioned, this version swaps sugar for stevia while keeping the bourbon, bitters, and orange notes you’ll love.

Ingredients

• 2 oz Wild Turkey Bourbon (opens in new window)

• 2–3 dashes Bitters

• 2–3 drops Liquid stevia (to taste)

• Ice

• Garnish: Orange twist and brandied cherry

Method

1. Add bitters and stevia to a rocks glass

2. Fill with ice and pour in bourbon

3. Stir gently to combine

4. Garnish with an orange twist and a brandied cherry

3. Sugar-Free Skinny Margarita cocktail

A low-carb riff on the classic, this Margarita swaps Grand Marnier (opens in new window) for orange extract and sweetens with stevia. It’s tangy, zesty, and keto-friendly.

Ingredients

• 45 ml Espolòn Tequila Blanco (opens in new window)

• 30 ml Fresh lime juice

• 0.25 tsp Orange extract

• 0.5 tsp Stevia

• Ice

• Garnish: Lime wheel and salted rim (optional)

Method

1. Rim a glass with salt if desired

2. Add tequila, lime juice, orange extract, stevia, and ice to a blender

3. Blitz until smooth and slushy

4. Pour into a serving glass

5. Garnish with a lime wheel

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4. Peach Martini cocktail

A summery keto-friendly martini that blends peach vodka, vanilla vodka, and peach purée with a touch of stevia for sweetness.

Ingredients

• 60 ml Peach vodka

• 30 ml Vanilla vodka

• 45 ml Peach purée

• 1 tsp Stevia

• Juice of a quarter lemon

• Ice

• Garnish: Peach slice (optional)

Method

1. Add peach vodka, vanilla vodka, peach purée, stevia, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker with ice

2. Shake until well chilled

3. Strain into a Martini glass

4. Garnish with a peach slice if desired

5. Keto Lemon Drop cocktail

The classic Lemon Drop Martini is a very lush drink that features SKYY Infusions® Citrus Vodka, Grand Marnier, lemon juice, and simple syrup. If this zesty vibe is what you feel like, but you want to keep carbs on the DL, try the Keto Lemon Drop instead.  

Ingredients

• 30 ml SKYY Infusions® Citrus Vodka (opens in new window)

• 30 ml Fresh lemon juice

• 1 tbsp Stevia

• Lemon-flavoured seltzer or sparkling water, to top

• Ice

• Garnish: Lemon twist (optional)

Method

1. Add vodka, lemon juice, stevia, and ice to a shaker

2. Shake well and strain into a martini glass

3. Top with lemon-flavoured seltzer or sparkling water

4. Garnish with a lemon twist if desired

6. Elderflower Spritz cocktail

Light, floral, and gently sparkling, the Elderflower Spritz is an easy-drinking cocktail that’s as pretty as it is elegant.

Ingredients

• 60 ml Elderflower liqueur

• 90 ml Dry sparkling wine

• 60 ml Soda water

• Ice

• Garnish: Cucumber slice

Method

1. Fill a Collins glass with ice

2. Add elderflower liqueur

3. Top with sparkling wine and soda water

4. Stir gently to combine

5. Garnish with cucumber

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7. Keto Espresso Martini cocktail

There’s nothing like a coffee cocktail for a shot of energy, and the crowd-pleasing Espresso Martini is best served as a digestif or after-dinner drink due to its rich caffeine content. 

Ingredients

• 30 ml Freshly brewed espresso

• 60 ml SKYY Vodka

• 0.5 tsp Stevia

• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Ice

• Garnish: Coffee beans (optional)

Method

1. Add espresso, vodka, stevia, vanilla extract, and ice to a cocktail shaker

2. Shake vigorously until well chilled and frothy

3. Strain into a Martini glass

4. Garnish with coffee beans if desired

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8. Dry Manhattan cocktail

The Manhattan is one of those drinks that will never go out of style. Make it more diet-friendly by swapping out the sweet vermouth for dry vermouth and using an orange twist as a garnish rather than a sugary maraschino cherry.  

Ingredients

• 60 ml Wild Turkey 101 Rye (opens in new window)

• 30 ml Dry vermouth

• 3 drops Orange bitters

• Ice

• Garnish: Orange peel

Method

1. Fill a mixing glass with ice

2. Add rye, dry vermouth, and bitters

3. Stir for about 30 seconds until icy cold

4. Strain into a chilled coupe glass

5. Express an orange peel over the top, then drop it into the drink

6. Serve immediately

9. Low-Carb Moscow Mule cocktail

Turn the Moscow Mule into a low-carb drink by switching out the ginger beer for diet ginger ale – easy as pie and just as refreshing at a far lower calorie count. 

10. Low-Carb Cosmopolitan cocktail

The always-fashionable Cosmopolitan cocktail can also wear a carb-clever coat when you use sugar-free cranberry juice, a low-carb sweetener, and orange extract instead of orange liqueur. 

Ingredients

• 45 ml SKYY Infusions Citrus Vodka (opens in new window)

• 10 ml Sugar-free cranberry juice

• 15 ml Fresh lime juice

• 0.25 tsp Orange extract

• 0.5 tsp Stevia (to taste)

• Ice

• Garnish: Lime peel

Method

1. Add ice to a cocktail shaker

2. Add vodka, cranberry juice, lime juice, orange extract, and stevia

3. Shake until properly chilled (about 30 seconds)

4. Strain into a coupe glass

5. Garnish with a lime peel

11. Bourbon Rickey

Sometimes you’ve got to get back to basics to enjoy the captivating flavours of truly great ingredients, and that’s where the Bourbon Rickey comes in. This super simple cocktail can be poured in two minutes flat, but the elements thereof come together so beautifully that it tastes like an elegant drink that took far longer to compose. Total winner for a beginner! 

12. Gin Rickey

During summer, many people like to keep things on the lighter end of the spectrum, which is why the caloric value of the Gin Rickey, at 146 calories, is quite a nice deal. Folks who are focussed on staying trim often reduce the gin to 45ml instead of 60ml, which brings the calories of this drink down to 114 calories. Either way, the drink only contains a single gram of carbohydrates, which comes from the lime juice.   

13. Whisky Highball cocktail

The Whisky Highball is crisp, light, and effortlessly smooth. It stretches whisky’s depth with a sparkling lift, making each sip clean and delicious without losing character. Think of it as the cocktail equivalent of understated cool—simple, balanced, and always in style.

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14. Low-Carb Red Sangria cocktail

A summer-ready sangria with all the flavour and only 3g carbs per serving — red wine, brandy, diet soda, and stevia make it picnic-perfect.

Ingredients
Serves 6

• 375 ml Red wine

• 45 ml Brandy

• 240 ml Diet lemon-lime soda

• 6 drops Liquid stevia

• 0.5 tsp Orange extract

• Ice

• Garnish: Berries and lemon slices

Method

1. Fill a large pitcher with ice

2. Add red wine, brandy, soda, stevia, and orange extract

3. Stir gently to combine

4. Garnish with berries and lemon slices

5. Serve immediately

15. Keto Paloma cocktail

All the tangy, citrussy flavour of a Paloma without the carbs, this easy pour swaps fresh juice and agave for sugar-free grapefruit soda.

Ingredients

• 60 ml Espolòn Tequila Blanco

• Squeeze of fresh lime juice

• Sugar-free grapefruit soda, to top

• Ice

• Garnish: Lime wedge (optional)

Method

1. Fill a highball glass with ice

2. Add tequila and a squeeze of lime juice

3. Top with sugar-free grapefruit soda

4. Stir gently to combine

5. Garnish with a lime wedge if desired

16. Sugar-Free Mojito cocktail

Keto rum drinks like the Sugar-Free Mojito are perfect for summery occasions. A Mojito is a drink that is known for its sweet taste, so leaving out the sugar can make it fall flat if you don’t bolster the flavour profile with something else. Here’s our go-to recipe. 

Ingredients

• 1 Handful of fresh mint leaves, stalks removed

• 60 ml Trois Rivières White Rum (opens in new window)

• Sugar-free lime soda, to top

• Dash Fresh lime juice (optional, for brightness)

• Ice

• Garnish: Mint sprig and lime slice

Method

1. Add mint leaves to a shaker or mason jar

2. Muddle gently to release flavour

3. Add rum and a handful of ice, then shake briefly until chilled

4. Tip into a highball glass

5. Top with sugar-free lime soda

6. Garnish with a mint sprig and a lime slice

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17. Vodka Mojito cocktail

A lighter, less-sweet take on the classic Mojito — crisp vodka, lime, and mint built tall over ice with a fizzy soda finish.

Ingredients

• 60 ml SKYY Vodka (opens in new window)

• Dash of fresh lime juice

• Handful of mint leaves

• Soda water, to top

• Ice

• Garnish: Mint sprig and lime wedge

Method

1. Fill a tall glass with ice

2. Add vodka, lime juice, and mint leaves

3. Top with soda water

4. Stir gently to combine

5. Garnish with a mint sprig and a lime wedge

18. Keto Dark ’n Stormy

A Dark ’n Stormy can be a very tasty keto-friendly drink based on one simple substitution – use diet ginger ale instead of ginger beer. Some people even leave out the lime to cut down the remaining carbs completely, but we believe that squeeze of lime really pulls the whole drink together very nicely.  

19. Classic Gin Fizz cocktail

A low-carb twist on the classic fizz, this version swaps sugar for stevia while keeping the silky foam, citrus brightness, and sparkling finish.

Ingredients

• 60 ml Bulldog Gin (opens in new window)

• 30 ml Fresh lemon juice

• 1 tsp Stevia

• 1 Egg white

• 60 ml Soda water

• Ice

• Garnish: Rosemary sprig (or garnish of choice)

Method

1. Add gin, lemon juice, stevia, and egg white to a cocktail shaker without ice

2. Dry shake vigorously to combine and foam

3. Add ice and shake again until frosty

4. Strain into a serving glass

5. Top with soda water

6. Garnish with a rosemary sprig or your choice of garnish

20. Carb-Clever Bloody Mary

The Bloody Mary is one of those amazing cocktails that play in the savoury space, so you’d assume that it will be carb-clever straight out of the gate. However, most commercial tomato juices actually contain a fair amount of sugar.  So, if you want to indulge in the ultimate morning-after fixer-upper, keep an eye out for unsweetened tomato juice and check to see that the other sauces and flavouring you add don’t contain sugar either.  

No need to miss out on tasty cocktails! These keto cocktail recipes will help you keep your carbs and calories in check all year round. Happy pouring! For more helpful insights and cocktail inspiration, remember to sign up for our newsletter.