This boozy fresh Lemonade Blueberry Cocktail recipe is one of my summer favorites! Refreshing and full of blueberry flavor, everyone loves it when I serve these. The color is gorgeous too.
Here's what you need to make a Lemon Blueberry Cocktail:
- fresh blueberries
- plain or lemon vodka
- lemon wedges
- plain or lemon simple syrup
- club soda
- ice
- blueberries and lemon wheel for garnish
This cocktail recipe is so easy, it comes together in just a few minutes.
How blueberries grow:
Cultivated (farmed) blueberries grow on tall bushes planted in a series of long rows. Learn more about farming and harvesting blueberries and wild vs. cultivated fruit from CA GROWN here.
Blueberry Lemonade is a true summer essential!
Whether you take your berry lemonade straight like my friend Meg, or in Lemon Blueberry Cocktail form like I do, this summery sip is a total winner.
Making Lemon Simple Syrup is so easy!
It’s easy to make your own simple syrup – just combine equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan over medium and stir until sugar dissolves and liquid becomes clear. Then boil the mixture for a minute or two, and allow it to cool. You can flavor your syrup with lemon by adding a few lemon wheels (seeds removed) while the syrup is cooking and then straining once it’s cool, or just buy some lemon simple syrup and skip the sugar-boiling part altogether.
Switching up the fruit in this blueberry cocktail recipe:
We’ve made this recipe with fresh cherries too, and it’s totally delicious. I also like it with limes – so be creative! Consider this Lemonade Blueberry Cocktail recipe a base for vodka-based experimentation.
Wondering about gluten in alcohol? We have answers.
Wondering if alcohol is gluten-free? In most cases, yes - distilled alcohol is gluten-free. It's mixers, flavors and cross contamination that are issues. Here's our guide to imbibing gluten-free.
Another favorite to try: Lemon Crush Cocktail
This might be our favorite lemon vodka cocktail ever - our version of P.F. Chang's Lemon Crush is so deliciously tangy!
Give my Farmer's Daughter Cocktail recipe a try too - it's a fresh strawberry and basil sipper that screams summertime!
Bottoms up!
Lemonade Blueberry Cocktail
Ingredients
- 10-12 fresh blueberries
- 1.5 ounces vodka
- 2-3 lemon wedges
- 2 ounces plain or lemon simple syrup
- club soda
- ice
- garnish: blueberries and lemon wheel
Instructions
- Squeeze the juice from the lemon wedges into the bottom of a stemless wineglass, mason jar or pint glass.
- Add the blueberries to the lemon juice and muddle (crush) them thoroughly.
- Pour in the vodka and simple syrup, and stir to combine.
- Add ice to the glass, then fill with club soda. Stir to combine, then garnish with a few blueberries on a lemon wheel.
Notes
Nutrition
photos by Katie Roletto
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