Blueberry Rum Spritzer

This Blueberry Rum Spritzer absolutely falls into the category of easy and fun alcoholic drinks to make. It is light and refreshing with loads of blueberry flavor and a hint of lemon.

Course Adult Beverage

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Chilling Time 6

Total Time 30

Servings drinks

Calories 259kcal

Author Heather

Ingredients

For the Blueberry Simple Syrup

1 cup blueberries
1 cup organic cane sugar *see notes above for using honey
1 cup water
2 tsp lemon juice

For the Spritzers

60-80 homemade ice cubes *or 5-10 lb bag of ice
750 ml bottle of white rum *this will allow 1-2 shots per glass
fresh or frozen blueberries *as garnish
2 fresh lemons cut into smaller wedges *as garnish
10-12 12 oz cans sparkling water *chilled (I used lemon flavored)

Instructions

For the Blueberry Syrup

Place blueberries, sugar and water in a medium sized sauce pan over low heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring often about 5 mins.
Raise heat to medium/high and continue stirring often. Cook until blueberries soften and begin to break apart, about 15-20 mins.
Take off heat and stir in lemon juice.
Place a mesh colander over a large glass bowl and pour blueberry mixture through colander. Using a large wooden spoon break apart cooked blueberry extracting as much blueberry juice from them as possible.
Refrigerate Blueberry syrup covered in a glass container until thoroughly chilled, about 6 hours.

For the Spritzers

Place desired amount of ice in each glass. Pour 1-2 shots of rum over ice. Add in 1-2 tbsp of blueberry syrup over rum and ice. Pour in 8-12 oz of sparkling water. Garnish with lemon wedges and blueberries.

Notes

*Please use as many organic ingredients as possible.*

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