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5 Berry Cocktails for this Summer

Posted On: July 13, 2018

Just when you thought you had everything sort out to have an amazing summer, you noticed there was something missing on your table: A fresh easy to make summer cocktail. Lucky for you, we’ve rounded up 5 of the best easy to make blueberry cocktails from our favorite connoisseurs. Like them, we believe that a fresh and satisfyingly zingy cocktail can be a great bonus to enjoy a perfect summer day. Before you start mixing like a pro, stock your bar with the basics (shaker, bar spoon, strainer, mixing glass and jigger) –Then try these fresh and sweet recipes for this light time of the year!

ROSÉ BERRY BLISS COCKTAIL

 

 

What You’ll Need:

• 1 bottle Clos du Bois Rosé, chilled
• 1 bag frozen blueberries
• 1 container frozen pink lemonade
• 1 liter lemon-lime soda

How to make it

• In a large pitcher, mix the wine, frozen blueberries, and frozen pink lemonade together.
• Allow the flavors to marry in the refrigerator for an hour.
• Pour into Champagne flutes and top with lemon-lime soda.

 

FRESH BLUEBERRY MOJITO

 

 

What You’ll Need:

• 8 blueberries (fresh or frozen and thawed), plus more for serving
• 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) fresh squeezed lime juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 8 fresh mint leaves, plus more for serving
• 1/4 cup (2 ounces) white rum
• Ice
• 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) club soda
• Lime slice for serving

How to make it

• Add blueberries, lime juice, sugar and eight mint leaves to a cocktail shaker.
• Use the end of a wooden spoon or cocktail muddler to bash (or muddle) the mint into the lime juice and sugar. (This releases oils from the mint, breaks up the blueberries and helps the sugar dissolve into the lime juice).
• Add rum
• Stir well then pour into a glass filled with ice, leaving about an inch of room then top with club soda.
• Garnish with extra blueberries, mint leaves and a lime slice.

 

ABSOLUT BLUEBERRY SMASH

 

 

What You’ll Need:

• 2 Parts Absolut Vodka
• 1 Part Simple Syrup
• 1 Part Lemon Juice
• 10 Whole Blueberries
• 1 Mint Leaf

How to make it

• Muddle blueberries and simple syrup in a mixing glass.
• Add Absolut Vodka and lemon juice.
• Fill with ice cubes.
• Stir and strain into a cocktail glass.
• Garnish with mint leaf.

 

BLUEBERRY – LAVENDER DAIQUIRI

 

 

What You’ll Need:

• 1 1/2 ounces rum (Zacapa Rum 23)
• 3/4 ounce lavender honey
• 3/4 ounce blueberry shrub
• 2 ounces sparkling water
• Garnish: 1 sprig lavender
• Garnish: 1 lime wheel

(To make the lavender honey, brew 1 cup of lavender tea. Combine this with 1 cup honey and stir until well mixed).

How to make it

• Pour the rum, shrub, and honey into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
• Shake well.
• Strain into a chilled highball glass filled with ice.
• Top with sparkling water.
• Garnish with lavender and a lime wheel.