5 Delicious Drinks to Make with Absolut Wild Berri

Open a bottle of Absolut Wild Berri and you’re immediately taken to the lush forests of Sweden – where the air is warm with the scent of ripe berries waiting to be picked.

On the nose, sweet blackberries and raspberries come through immediately. On the palate, the character deepens — think oven-fresh blueberry pie layered with fruits of the forest jam.

Trust us, the versatility of our wild berry-flavored vodka opens up a world of cocktails. Below are just five delicious drinks to make with Absolut Wild Berri:

1. Wild Berri and Lemon-Lime Soda
The Wild Berri and Lemon-Lime Soda is about as straightforward as cocktails get…and that’s exactly the point.

Absolut Wild Berri and lemon-lime soda, built directly in a highball glass over ice and garnished with fresh raspberries and a lemon wheel. No shaking, no stirring, no blending. A fresh, effervescent berry drink that’s ready in seconds.

Ingredients:

• 45ml Absolut Wild Berri
• Lemon-lime soda
• Fresh seasonal berries, to garnish
• Lime wheel, to garnish

How to Make It:

1. Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
2. Use a jigger to measure and pour 45ml Absolut Wild Berri into the glass.
3. Top with lemon-lime soda.
4. Stir gently with a bar spoon to combine.
5. Garnish with a few seasonal berries and a lemon wheel.

Watch Ricardo ‘Rico’ Dynan, bartender and Absolut Global Brand Ambassador, show how to make three drinks with ANY Absolut vodka flavor, including a Wild Berri and Lemon-Lime Soda:

2. Wild Berri Bramble

The Bramble is one of the great British cocktail classics – gin, blackberry liqueur, lemon juice and sugar, served over crushed ice.

The Wild Berri Bramble follows the classic recipe but swaps gin for Absolut Wild Berri, doubling down on the berry character and creating something that feels both familiar and entirely fresh. Blackberry liqueur and Absolut Wild Berri together is a combination that needs no convincing. Garnish with a couple of fresh blackberries for that extra special berry touch.

Ingredients:

• 45 ml Absolut Wild Berri
• 30 ml Lemon juice
• 15 ml Simple syrup
• 15 ml Blackberry liqueur
• Lemon half moon, to garnish
• Blackberries, to garnish

How to Make It:

1. Use a jigger to measure and pour 30ml fresh lemon juice into a cocktail shaker.
2. Add 15ml simple syrup.
3. Add 45ml Absolut Wild Berri.
4. Fill the shaker with ice cubes.
5. Shake vigorously until the outside is frosty.
6. Fill a rocks glass with crushed ice.
7. Strain the cocktail directly into the glass.
8. Garnish with a lemon half moon.
9. Pour 15ml blackberry liqueur gently over the back of a bar spoon to create a float.
10. Garnish with two fresh blackberries to finish.

Watch Rico show you how to make a classic Bramble and an Absolut Wild Berri Bramble:

3. Wild Berri Vodka Margarita

The Wild Berri Vodkarita is a Margarita made with vodka instead of tequila and, according to Absolut Global Brand Ambassador Ricardo ‘Rico’ Dynan, it’s the perfect drink to make to make if you want to show your friends that you know how to balance a drink.

Ingredients:

• 45 ml Absolut Wild Berri
• 20 ml Lime juice
• 20 ml Simple syrup
• 15 ml Orange Curaçao
• 2 Blackberries, to garnish
• Kosher salt, to rim the glass

The Wild Berri Vodka Margarita is also the perfect drink to make as a batched cocktail.

Discover the cocktail recipe for an Absolut Wild Berri Vodkarita. 

4. Wild Berri Swizzle

The Wild Berri Swizzle is a built cocktail – meaning it comes together directly in the glass with no shaking or straining required.

The mint and berry combination is one of those pairings that just works – fresh, fragrant and fruit-forward in equal measure.

Ingredients:

• 45ml Absolut Vodka
• 22.5ml Lime juice
• 22.5ml Simple Syrup
• 8-10 Mint leaves
• 4-5 Dashes bitters
• Crushed ice
• Mint sprig, to garnish

Check out the video at the bottom of this page to see how to make a Wild Berri Swizzle.

5. Wild Berri Lemonade

The Wild Berri Lemonade is a delicious two-ingredient cocktail and another built drink. It combines homemade lemonade and Absolut Wild Berri directly in a highball glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel and a fresh strawberry and you’ve got a perfect summer drink in under a minute.

Ingredients:

• 45ml Absolut Wild Berri
• 90ml Homemade lemonade
• Lemon wheel, to garnish
• Strawberry, to garnish

Tip! To make your own fresh squeeze lemonade, add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup water into a saucepan and cook on medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Allow the syrup to cool (approx. 10 minutes), then squeeze 1 cup of fresh lemon juice. Mix the two together with 5 cups of water and stir. There you have it – fresh homemade lemonade!

Watch Elyse show you how to make both the Wild Berri Swizzle and Wild Berri Lemonade: