Easy
Citrusy & Sweet
3 Minutes
Highball Glass
Ingredients
The Blueberry Fizz is a vodka cocktail that’s bright, citrusy and almost aggressively blue.
A vodka twist on the classic Gin Blueberry Fizz, our version swaps gin and blueberry syrup for Absolut Vodka and blue curaçao, giving it a cleaner, more citrus-forward character while keeping that signature vivid blue hue.
Built directly in a highball glass and topped with soda water, it’s one of the easier cocktails to make and one of the most eye-catching.
Worth noting – the blueberries in our version are purely for garnish. The blue color comes entirely from the blue curaçao.
How To Make A blueberry fizz
Bar tools you’ll need
Jigger
Knife
Bar Spoon
Citrus Press
How to Mix
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Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
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Cut a Lime in half and juice using a citrus press or citrus elbow.
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Use a jigger to measure and pour the Lime Juice into the glass.
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Use the jigger to measure and add Simple Syrup.
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Measure and add Blue Curaçao, followed by Absolut Vodka.
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Top up with soda water.
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Use a bar spoon to stir gently.
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Drop fresh Blueberries and a Lemon Wedge directly into the glass to garnish.
All about the Blueberry Fizz
The Blueberry Fizz is a built cocktail made with Absolut Vodka, blue curaçao, lime juice and simple syrup, topped with soda water and served in a highball glass over ice, garnished with fresh blueberries and a lemon wedge.
The original Gin Blueberry Fizz is typically made with gin and blueberry syrup. Our version takes a different approach – and blue curaçao steals the show. It brings the color, the sweet orange citrus character and most of the personality, while Absolut Vodka provides a clean, smooth base underneath it all.
Citrusy, sweet and lightly effervescent. The blue curaçao brings a sweet orange flavor with a subtle bitter edge, balanced by the sharp tartness of lime juice and the gentle sweetness of simple syrup. Absolut Vodka keeps things clean underneath, and the soda water lifts everything with a crisp, bubbly finish.
Despite the name, it tastes nothing like blueberries – until, of course, you eat the fresh blueberries added as garnish.
The Blueberry Fizz belongs to the family of fizz cocktails – a category with roots going back to the 19th century, built on the simple but effective formula of spirit, citrus, sweetener and soda water.
The classic Gin Blueberry Fizz uses blueberry syrup to give the drink both its flavor and its distinctive color. Our vodka version takes a different route – blue curaçao taking on the color while adding its own citrus-forward character to the mix.
- Always use fresh lime juice
The lime juice is what gives the Blueberry Fizz its sharp, zesty citrus quality – bottled lime juice won’t give you the same result. Grab a couple of limes and a citrus press or citrus elbow and get squeezing. - Add the soda water last
Always add the soda water last and pour gently to preserve the carbonation. It’s called a fizz, after all. Stir once, lightly – over-stirring will flatten the fizz and take away the crisp finish that makes this drink work.
- Muddle fresh blueberries
For a version that actually tastes of blueberries, muddle a small handful of fresh blueberries at the bottom of the glass before adding the other ingredients. The blueberries add a genuine berry flavor and deepen the color further, making it closer in spirit to the classic Gin Blueberry Fizz. - Use blueberry syrup instead of simple syrup
Swap the simple syrup for homemade blueberry syrup for a version that actually tastes of blueberries. To make it, simmer fresh blueberries with equal parts sugar and water until the blueberries break down, then strain through a fine mesh sieve. Now you’ve got a fruity syrup that adds both genuine blueberry flavor and color to the drink. - Try it with gin
Swap Absolut Vodka for gin and you’re closer to the classic Gin Blueberry Fizz – the botanical notes of gin adding a herbal complexity that works particularly well with the blue curaçao and lime juice.
The Blueberry Fizz is one of the most eye-catching drinks you can put on a table. The garnish should keep up.
- Glassware
A highball glass – tall enough to show off the drink’s vivid blue color and give the soda water room to fizz. - Fresh blueberries and lemon wedge
A handful of fresh blueberries dropped directly into the glass and a lemon wedge on the rim – the blueberries add another shade of blue and the lemon wedge ties back to the citrus character of the drink.
Blueberry Fizz FAQ
In our version, not really. The blue color comes from the blue curaçao, which has a sweet orange citrus flavor rather than a blueberry one. The blueberries in this recipe are purely for garnish. If you want a genuine blueberry flavor, muddle fresh blueberries at the bottom of the glass or swap the simple syrup for homemade blueberry syrup.
Blue curaçao is a sweet, orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried peel of the laraha citrus fruit, originally from the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean. Its distinctive blue color makes it one of the most visually recognizable liqueurs and a popular ingredient in cocktails that need a vivid color.
It tastes of sweet orange with a subtle bitter edge – nothing like blueberries, despite what the color might suggest.
The classic Gin Blueberry Fizz uses gin and blueberry syrup, giving it a herbal, botanical character and a genuine blueberry flavor. Our version swaps gin for Absolut Vodka and blueberry syrup for blue curaçao, giving it a cleaner, more citrus-forward character with the same striking blue color.
