This blueberry vodka lemonade recipe is the perfect cocktail for a hot summer day! Light, refreshing, and the perfect balance of bright lemon and sweet blueberry flavor.
Pretty sure we’ve found our new signature drink of the summer! This simple recipe is made with just a handful of ingredients to create the perfect summer cocktail with the best combo of summer flavors. Fresh squeezed lemon juice, homemade blueberry syrup, water, and vodka are shaken together making a vibrant purple drink that is then garnished with fresh blueberries and lemon slices. This drink is sure to be a huge hit with your family and friends too!
If you love this blueberry lemonade cocktail, you’ve got to try these refreshing summer cocktails too: a vodka press, a vodka sunrise, and a skinny pineapple margarita!
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- Why you’ll Love This Blueberry Lemonade Cocktail
- Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Recipe Ingredients
- How to Make Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Recipe
- Vodka Blueberry Lemonade Variations
- Having a Party? Make This Into a Large-Batch Cocktail
- Blueberry Vodka Lemonade FAQs
- Love This Recipe? You May Also Enjoy
- Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Recipe
Why you’ll Love This Blueberry Lemonade Cocktail
Quick and easy to make! Measure, shake, serve and enjoy!
Simple ingredients. A short ingredient list that includes easy to get items like fresh fruit, water, vodka, and an easy homemade blueberry syrup that you can prep ahead of time and store in the fridge to enjoy these for weeks at a time.
Awesome flavor. Bright and citrusy lemon paired with sweet blueberry comes together to create an wonderfully tasty drink.
Light and refreshing. The perfect drink to enjoy on a hot summer afternoon.
Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Recipe Ingredients
- Fresh Lemons. The fresh lemon juice is a must for this spiked blueberry lemonade recipe. You’ll also use a lemon wedge or lemon slices as garnish.
- Blueberry syrup. Blueberry simple syrup is a key component to this delicious cocktail (and making your own is super easy too!).
- Water. Necessary for any homemade lemonade recipe, used to help dilute the tart lemon juice.
- Unflavored Vodka. Use your favorite vodka for this refreshing blueberry vodka lemonade cocktail recipe.
- Ice. Used for shaking and serving to keep your cocktail nice and cold.
- Fresh blueberries. Used for garnish, adding a pop of color and fun to your drink.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Tools Needed for this Blueberry Lemon Cocktail
Using a jigger to measure out your cocktail ingredients is always helpful. A citrus juicer and cocktail shaker are also helpful for this refreshing cocktail recipe.
How to Make Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Recipe
Step 1 – Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add the lemon juice, water, blueberry syrup, and vodka to the shaker. Cap and shake vigorously until chilled (about 15-20 seconds).
Step 2 – Divide the blueberry vodka lemonades between two lowball glasses filled with ice, garnish, and enjoy!
Vodka Blueberry Lemonade Variations
- Add some bubbles. Top with a splash of club soda or sparkling water for a sparkling blueberry vodka drink.
- Adjust the ratio of water to lemon juice to your desired tartness level. If the homemade blueberry lemonade is too tart for you, increase the amount of water (one ounce at a time) until your perfect level of tart-to-sweet is reached.
- Add fresh herbs. Fresh mint or fresh basil would be great additions to this refreshing drink. There are a few ways to do this. Option 1 is to add fresh herb leaves to your cocktail shaker to help release the flavors. Option 2 is to garnish your drink with a sprig of fresh mint or sprig of fresh basil.
Having a Party? Make This Into a Large-Batch Cocktail
While the recipe card outlines how to make two single cocktails, this is a great drink to make into a large scale cocktail for parties too!
To make this into a pitcher cocktail, add 1.5 cups lemon juice + 1.5-2 cups cold water + 1.5 cups blueberry syrup + 1 cup vodka to a large pitcher and stir to combine. Store the pitcher in the fridge, without ice, until ready to serve. When ready to serve, you can add ice to individual glasses or into the pitcher.
Blueberry Vodka Lemonade FAQs
Yes, if you’d prefer to enjoy a homemade blueberry lemonade, simply skip the vodka! If desired, add in some sparkling water (plain or lemon flavored) for some bubbles too!
If desired, you can sweeten your drink with plain simple syrup, honey simple syrup, agave, or another fruit-flavored simple syrup of your choosing. If doing so, you’ll no longer have the blueberry flavor or the vibrant purple color for your drink.
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Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 3 oz cold water
- 3 oz blueberry simple syrup
- 2 oz vodka
- ice
- fresh blueberries for garnish
- lemon wedges for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add the lemon juice, water, blueberry syrup, and vodka to the shaker. Cap and shake vigorously until chilled (about 15-20 seconds).
- Divide the blueberry vodka lemonades between two lowball glasses filled with ice, garnish, and enjoy!
Notes
- Adjust the ratio of water to lemon juice to your desired tartness level. If the homemade blueberry lemonade is too tart for you, increase the amount of water (one ounce at a time) until your perfect level of tart-to-sweet is reached.
- Add fresh herbs. Fresh mint or fresh basil would be great additions to this refreshing drink. There are a few ways to do this. Option 1 is to add fresh herb leaves to your cocktail shaker to help release the flavors. Option 2 is to garnish your drink with a sprig of fresh mint or sprig of fresh basil.
- Add some bubbles. Top with a splash of club soda or sparkling water for a sparkling blueberry vodka drink.
Vivienne says
Ahhhhh, perfection! And I used lemon vodka!
Meredith says
So happy to hear you enjoyed this! I’ll have to try it with lemon vodka now! Cheers 🙂
David says
Really tasty! I love the sweetness of the blueberries with the lemon 🙂
Meredith says
Cheers to that my friend!