Elevate Your Happy Hour with Delightful Lavender Cocktails
- Erika Doty
- Jul 23
- 3 min read
Updated: Aug 4
Our cocktail herb gardens are looking beautiful! But I must say, I have more lavender than I know what to do with. I recently made some lavender simple syrup (it's SO easy!) and have since been playing with different summer cocktail recipes to go along with it.
Lavender simple syrup adds a beautiful floral note to cocktails, and pairs wonderfully with vodka and gin. And because vodka has very little taste, you can easily make these cocktails into mocktails without taking any of the summery flavor away.
Below you'll find my recipe for Lavender Simple Syrup as well as some elegant and refreshing vodka + lavender simple syrup cocktail recipes. Enjoy, and happy sipping!
Lavender Simple Syrup
10-12 sprigs of fresh lavender in a bunch
1 cup water
1 cup sugar (can substitute honey)
Add water and sugar (honey) to small pan, mix well and heat until well combined. Remove from heat, then "stir" the mixture with the sprigs of lavender for a few minutes. Let the sprigs rest in the simple syrup while it cools completely. Once cooled, transfer to a storage container (I like this one from Amazon) and leave a sprig or two of lavender in the syrup.
5 Delicious Lavender Cocktail Recipes
1. Lavender Lemon Vodka Fizz
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
1 oz lavender simple syrup
1 oz fresh lemon juice
Club soda
Ice
Lemon wheel or lavender sprig (for garnish)
Instructions:
Shake vodka, lavender syrup, and lemon juice with ice.
Strain into a tall glass over fresh ice.
Top with club soda.
Garnish with a lemon wheel or lavender sprig.
2. Lavender Martini
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
0.75 oz lavender simple syrup
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice (or dry vermouth for a more classic touch)
Ice
Edible flower or lemon twist for garnish
Instructions:
Shake all ingredients with ice.
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish and serve.
3. Lavender Mule
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
0.75 oz lavender simple syrup
0.5 oz lime juice
Ginger beer
Ice
Mint or lavender sprig (optional)
Instructions:
Fill a copper mug with ice.
Add vodka, syrup, and lime juice.
Top with ginger beer.
Stir gently and garnish.
4. Blueberry Lavender Vodka Smash
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
0.75 oz lavender simple syrup
0.5 oz lemon juice
Handful of fresh blueberries
Ice
Mint sprig or lavender for garnish
Instructions:
Muddle blueberries in a shaker.
Add vodka, lavender syrup, lemon juice, and ice.
Shake well and strain into a glass with ice.
5. Lavender Cosmopolitan (Floral Cosmo)
Ingredients:
1.5 oz vodka
0.75 oz triple sec or Cointreau
0.5 oz lavender simple syrup
0.5 oz lime juice
0.25 oz white cranberry juice (optional, for color)
Ice
Lime wheel or flower garnish
Instructions:
Shake all ingredients with ice.
Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish and serve.
If you haven't already, check out Babble's Ode to the Cocktail Herb Garden. It's never too late to start one! Even in the cold winter months, I have a few of these herbs in pots in my house and I use them year-round.
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