Blueberry Vodka Lemonade
There's nothing quite like a glass of cold lemonade on a hot summer day. Unless it's a glass of cold Blueberry Vodka Lemonade! This summer cocktail is the perfect balance of tart and sweet and can also easily be made into a blueberry lemonade mocktail.
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Makes: 1 cocktail
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Ingredients
- Ice
- 2 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 oz. water
- 2 oz. blueberry simple syrup (recipe below)
- 1 ½ oz. vodka
Blueberry Simple Syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup blueberries
Instructions
- In a shaker filled with ice, combine lemon juice, water, blueberry simple syrup, and vodka. Shake well.
- Pour cocktail into two glasses filled with ice. Garnish with additional blueberries and a lemon wedge.
Blueberry Simple Syrup
- Put sugar, water, and blueberries in a medium-size saucepan and bring mixture to a boil. Once boiling, lower heat and let simmer for about 15 minutes, until the mixture thickens.
- Strain the mixture into a bowl, being sure to press down on the berries to extract as much juice as possible. Keep syrup in bowl or pour into a mason jar and place in fridge to cool completely before using.
Notes
- Blueberry simple syrup recipe should make about 6 cocktails.
- For more details on blueberry simple syrup, check out this detailed post.
- To make this into a pitcher cocktail, I recommend the following:
- 1 batch blueberry simple syrup
- 1 ½ cups lemon juice
- 2 ¼ cups water
- 1 ¼ cup vodka
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