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Blackberry Infused Vodka

8 September 2009 8 Comments

My friend and I practice yoga frequently now- several times a week… But on one particular August day, we were just not feeling our usual yogi activities! I suggested we take a bike ride instead, and she suggested we pick some blackberries. As I hadn’t picked any berries yet this year, I jumped on the idea and we headed off to find a suitable spot. Within a couple minutes we found a huge farmer’s field so we set down our bikes and started picking. Just as we would finish one bush, we would discover more! We ended up with a couple solid buckets of blackberries and the occasional berry found it’s way into our mouths! These were sweet and delicious berries and it was great way to take advantage of one of the last days of summer.

I don’t bake as often as I used to anymore and I didn’t feel like making a pie, or a crumble, etc. These berries tasted so great on their own that I ended up eating a ton of them plain! I saved a couple for something special…Blackberry Infused Vodka!

There are some great flavoured vodka’s out there now and I have tried quite a few- blueberry, black currant, watermelon, jalapeno. I decided to try making my own flavoured vodka. It’s an extremely simple process….

Blackberry Infused Vodka

  • vodka (any amount)
  • berries (as many needed for the amount of vodka you have)

(*I used about a handful of berries for maybe a quarter of a 2’6 of vodka)

Drop berries into vodka. Let sit for 2 – 5+ days. Strain out berries.

Please, try not to hurt yourselves in the process of this difficult recipe ;)

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8 Comments »

  • Teenaw said:
    YES! haha I am making my own as we speak!..or as i type

    you should do the iceberg vodkas..i’m sure they would taste waaaayyyy better hahaha. In have tons more Blackberries if you need be!

    # 8 September 2009 at 5:24 pm
  • Sophie said:
    What an excellent recipe!! I love vodka!!

    Your glass is a wonderful one!! Very apart!!

    # 9 September 2009 at 6:36 am
  • Juliana said:
    Yummie! I think I need a glass of the infuse blackberry martini now :-) Looks so delicious and refreshing, like the idea of using fresh berries. Nice pictures!
    # 9 September 2009 at 11:04 am
  • justcooknyc said:
    i’ve made blackberry infused grappa before, but vodka sounds really good too. it’s a little weird when the berries turn gray-ish though, after all the juice seeps out.
    # 9 September 2009 at 5:54 pm
  • Koko said:
    Teenaw- I ate my blackberries waaaaaay to fast to have any left now! Way to show restraint haha

    Sophie- Thanks! I really like those quirky martini glasses, too! Yummy vodka!

    Juliana- Who could resist a blackberry martini! Thanks!

    justcooknyc- I heard that the berries would turn sort of colourless- pretty neat!!! And blackberry grappa sounds quite interesting!!

    # 9 September 2009 at 6:24 pm
  • evan said:
    Makes a delicious martini if you add a couple of ounces of pomegranate juice, a splash of cointreau and a squirt of lime. Really nice!
    # 11 September 2009 at 8:51 am
  • Koko said:
    Hahaha hmmm mother….I can see you helped yourself!!
    # 11 September 2009 at 10:11 pm
  • Simone (junglefrog) said:
    I’ve never been able to get used to the taste of wodka…:) But I love your wodka glass and great shot too!
    # 17 September 2009 at 1:25 am

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